Maximizing the Impact of Federal Aid to Deliver Programs in a Fiscally Transparent and Compliant Manner is designed to provide state Chief Administrators and their staff with the seven steps they can follow during a pandemic to maximize the impact of federal to deliver on their programs. Additionally, the paper specifies how to leverage the American Rescue Plan (aid available to state and local governments) and multiple direct grant programs. This resource was produced as a partnered resource through collaboration of NASCA and Alvarez and Marsal.