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

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HSGP Appendix | February 2021 Page A-9 Temporary or Term Appointments • Subrecipients may utilize temporary or term appointments to augment the law enforcement presence on the borders. However, applying funds toward hiring full-time or permanent sworn public safety officers is unallowable. • OPSG-funded temporary or term appointments may not exceed the approved period of performance. o For OPSG purposes, temporary appointments are non-status appointments for less than one year. o For OPSG purposes, term appointments are non-status appointments for one year, extendable for one year as necessary. • OPSG funding for temporary or term appointments may pay for salary only. Benefits are not allowable expenses for term or temporary employees. • OPSG remains a non-hiring program. Appropriate uses of temporary or term appointments include: o To carry out specific enforcement operations work for ongoing OPSG-funded patrols throughout the Sector Area of Operation; o To staff operations of limited duration; such as OPSG-enhanced enforcement patrols targeting specific locations or criminal activity; and, o To fill OPSG positions in activities undergoing transition or personnel shortages and local backfill policies (medical/military deployments) • OPSG term and temporary appointments must have all necessary certifications and training to enforce state and local laws. OPSG funds will not be used to train or certify term or temporary appointments except as otherwise stated in this Manual and the HSGP NOFO. • FEMA provides no guarantee of funding for temporary or term appointments. In addition to the terms of this Manual and the HSGP NOFO, subrecipients must follow their own applicable policies and procedures regarding temporary or term appointments. Management and Administration Management and administration (M&A) activities are those directly relating to the management and administration of HSGP funds, such as financial management and monitoring. A maximum of up to five percent of HSGP funds awarded may be retained by the state, and any funds retained are to be used solely for M&A purposes associated with the HSGP award. Subrecipients may also retain a maximum of up to five percent of the funding passed through by the state solely for M&A purposes associated with the HSGP award. Recipients or subrecipients may apply or credit M&A funding toward the recipient’s requirement to allocate funding toward the four National Priority Areas. For example, if a recipient spends $5,000 to manage or administer its funding dedicated toward its enhancing cybersecurity investment, the recipient may credit that funding toward its requirement to allocate at least 7.5 percent of its award to the enhancing cybersecurity National Priority Area. A state’s HSGP funds for M&A calculation purposes includes the total of its SHSP, UASI, and OPSG awards. While the SAA may retain up to five percent of this total for M&A, the state must still ensure that all subrecipient award amounts meet the mandatory minimum pass-through requirements that are applicable to each HSGP program. To meet this requirement, the percentage of SHSP and UASI funds passed through to local or tribal jurisdictions must be based on the state’s total HSGP award prior to withholding any M&A. In retaining these funds, states may retain a maximum of 2.5 percent of the OPSG allocation, which must be withheld from the pass-through to each subrecipient county or tribe in an equal percentage. The SAA