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ORI CA03019 - Awmd 202OULWX0021 - Awmd Terms and Conditions 2020 - CAP -Page 1 of 16 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services 2020 COPS Hiring Program Award Terms and Conditions By signing the Award Document to accept this COPS IIiring Program award, your agency agrees to abide by the following award terns and conditions: 1. Award Owner's Manual The recipient agrees to comply with the terms and conditions in the applicable 2020 COPS Office Program Award Owner's Manual; COPS Office statute (34 U. S.C. § 10381, at seq.) ; the requirements of 2 C.F.R. Part 200 (Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards) as adopted by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2 C.F.R. § 2800.101; 48 C.F.R. Part 31 (FAR Part 31) as applicable (Contract Cost Principles and Procedures); the Cooperative Agreement as applicable; representations made in the application; and all other applicable program requirements, laws, orders, regulations, or circulars. 2. Assurances and Certifications The recipient acknowledges its agreement to comply with the Assurances and Certifications forms that were signed as part of its application. 3. Allowable Costs The funding under this project is for the payment of approved full-time entry-level salaries and fringe benefits over three years (for a total of 36 months of funding) up to a maximum federal share of $125,000 per officer position for career law enforcement officer positions lured and/or rehired on or after the official award start date. Any salary and fringe benefit costs higher than entry-level that your agency pays a CHP-funded officer must be paid with local funds. Your agency is required to use CHP award funds for the specific hiring categories awarded. Funding under this program may be used for the following categories: • Hiring new officers, which includes filling existing officer vacancies that are no longer funded in your agency's budget; • Rehiring officers laid off by arty jurisdiction as a result of state, local, or Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) budget reductions; and/or • Rehiring officers who were, at the time of award application, scheduled to be laid off (by yourjurisdiction) on a specific future date as a result of state, local, or BIA budget reductions If your agency's local fiscal conditions have changed and your agency needs to change one or more of the funded hiring categories, your agency should request an award modification and receive prior approval before spending CHP funding under the new category. The Financial Clearance Memorandum (FCM), included in your award package, specifies the amount of CHP funds awarded to your agency. You should carefully review your FCM, which contains the final officer salary and fringe benefit categories and amounts for which your agency was approved. Please note that the salary and fringe benefit costs requested in your CHP application may have been adjusted or removed. Your agency may only be reimbursed ADVANCING PUBLIC SAFETYTHROUGH COMMUNITY POLICING 26C-7