Item 36 - Resolution, Agreement, and Appropriation Adjustment Accepting the FY 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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Unallowable Costs The following projects and costs are considered ineligible for award consideration: • Organization costs, and operational overtime costs; • Hiring of public safety personnel; • General -use expenditures; • Overtime and backfill; • Initiatives that do not address the implementation of programs/initiatives to build prevention and protection -focused capabilities directed at identified facilities and/or the surrounding communities; • The development of risk/vulnerability assessment models; • Initiatives that fund risk or vulnerability security assessments or the development of the IJ; • Initiatives in which federal agencies are the beneficiary or that enhance federal property; • Initiatives which study technology development; • Proof -of -concept initiatives; • Initiatives that duplicate capabilities being provided by the Federal Government; • Organizational operating expenses; • Reimbursement of pre -award security expenses; • Cameras for license plate readers/license plate reader software; • Cameras for facial recognition software; • Weapons or weapons -related training; and • Knox boxes. NSGP Investment Modifications — Changes in Scope or Objective Changes in scope or objective of the award —whether as a result of intended actions by the recipient or subrecipients—r e q u i r e F E MA' s p r i o r w r i t t e n WgOP8(c)ol ; a 200.407. NSGP is competitive, with applications recommended for funding based on threat, vulnerability, consequence, and their mitigation to a specific facility/location. However, consistent with 2 C.F.R § 200.308(c)(1), Change in Scope Notification, FEMA requires prior written approval of any change in scope/objective of the grant -funded activity after the award is issued. See 2 C.F.R. § 200.308(b), (c). Scope/objective changes will be considered on a case -by -case basis, provided the change does not negatively impact the competitive process used to recommend NSGP awards. Requests to change the scope or objective of the grant -funded activity after the award is made must be submitted by the SAA via ND Grants as a Scope Change Amendment. The amendment request must include the following: • A written request from the NSGP subrecipient on its letterhead, outlining the scope or objective change,i n c l u d i n g t h e a p p r o v e d p r o f e c t s f r o m objective significance allocated to those projects, the proposed changes, and any resulting reallocations as a result of the change of scope or objective; • An explanation why the change of scope or objective is necessary; • Validation from the SAA that any deviations from the approved IJ are addressed in the vulnerability assessment submitted by the subrecipient at the time of application; and • The subrecipient request must also address whether the proposed changes will impact its ability to c o mp l e t e t h e p r o f e c t wi t h i n t h e a wa r d' s FEMA will generally not approve NSGP change -of -scope requests resulting from the following situations: i n t h e p e r t o ��xos�PQ 6 �� FEMA NSGP Appendix 12023 Page C-7