Download FY21 FORMULA GRANT.Final Upload (pdf)
Instructions
Instructions have been updated this year, please read carefully.
The COA/Municipality shall make no changes to the contract!
*Due to the high volume of contracts, scanned copies will not be accepted.
Do not scan or email the formula grant contract
The contract section entitled “BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CONTRACT PERFORMANCE or REASON FOR AMENDMENT” provides a description of the terms of the Contract the COA/Municipality is bound. In addition, incorporated into the contract are the Terms and Conditions uploaded with the Contract. The COA/Municipality is to print a copy of the Terms and Conditions and maintain as part of the Contract. http://www.macomptroller.info/comptroller/docs/forms/contracts/CommonwealthTermsAndConditions.pdf
- The address in the upper left hand corner box of the contract may not be the COA’s address; it is the current legal address of the municipality on file with the Office of the State Comptroller.
- The Executive Office of Elder Affairs countersigns in the lower right field corner; do not mark or make any changes in that area.
- The authorized signatory shall sign and date this contract as an original, PLEASE note the date cannot be typed. The COA director or COA board chair should print the signatory’s name and title in the field located at the bottom left section of the form. Only the chair of the select board, executive secretary, mayor or someone legally authorized to sign contracts, may sign on behalf of the municipality.
- An original Contractor Authorization Signatory Listing (CASL) form is expected. Please disregard the note referring to page 2 as being optional. Page 2 is REQUIRED. Send the original CASL form with your executed contract.
http://www.macomptroller.info/comptroller/docs/forms/contracts/casl-form.docx - If the COA requests an original signed copy of the contract, two original signed signature pages are to be returned to EOEA with a self-addressed envelope. One signed copy of the Contract with original signatures will be returned to the COA/Municipality.
- Changes made to the contract will not be accepted. Please include a memo advising ELD of any updates you wish to include going forward and enclose the memo when mailing in your contract.
- As noted in the Brief Description of the Contract Performance or Reason for Amendment field, upon receipt of the properly signed contract, EOEA will issue a payment in the amount noted in the Compensation Field.
- Please submit as soon as practical. You need NOT overnight the contract. Return the document to:
Executive Office of Elder Affairs
1 Ashburton Place, Rm 517
Boston, MA 02108
ATTN: Stacey O’Connell