Item 18 - Adopt Resolution for FY 2021 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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NSGP Appendix | February 2021 Page C-6 Training Nonprofit organizations may use NSGP funds for the following training-related costs: • Employed or volunteer security staff to attend security-related training within the United States; • Employed or volunteer staff to attend security-related training within the United States with the intent of training other employees or members/congregants upon completing the training (i.e., “train-the-trainer” type courses); • Nonprofit organization’s employees, or members/congregants to receive on-site security training. Allowable training-related costs under the NSGP are limited to attendance fees for training and related expenses, such as materials, supplies, and/or equipment. Overtime, backfill, and travel expenses are not allowable costs. Allowable training topics are limited to the protection of critical infrastructure key resources, including physical and cybersecurity, target hardening, and terrorism awareness/employee preparedness such as Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training, indicators and behaviors indicative of terrorist threats, Active Shooter training, and emergency first aid training. Training conducted using NSGP funds must address a specific threat and/or vulnerability, as identified in the nonprofit organization’s IJ. Training should provide the opportunity to demonstrate and validate skills learned as well as to identify any gaps in these skills. Proposed attendance at training courses and all associated costs using the NSGP must be included in the nonprofit organization’s Investment Justification (IJ). Contracted Security Personnel Contracted security personnel are allowed under this program only as described in the NOFO and Manual and comply with guidance set forth in IB 421b and IB 441. NSGP funds may not be used to purchase equipment for contracted security. The recipient must be able to sustain this capability in future years without NSGP funding, and a sustainment plan will be required as part of the closeout package for any award funding this capability. Additionally, NSGP recipients and subrecipients may not use more than 50 percent of their awards to pay for personnel activities unless a waiver is approved by FEMA. For more information on the 50 percent personnel cap and applicable procedures for seeking a waiver, please see IB 421b, Clarification on the Personnel Reimbursement for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of Homeland Security Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-412 – the PRICE Act). 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