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Although state, local, tribal, and private sector partners— including nongovernmental organizations —are not required to credential their personnel in accordance with these guidelines, FEMA strongly encourages them to do so in order to leverage federal investment in the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 201 infrastructure and to facilitate interoperability for personnel deployed outside their home jurisdiction. Additional information is available from the http:/ /www.fema.gov /nims- doctrine- suMorting- guides- tools. Cost Share or Match A cost match is required under this program. The federal share that is used towards the EMPG Program budget shall not exceed 50 percent of the total budget. The state must equally match (cash or in -kind) the federal contribution pursuant to Sections 6110) and 613 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Pub. L. No. 93 -288), as amended, (42 U.S.C. §§ 5121et seq.). Unless otherwise authorized by law, federal funds cannot be matched with other federal funds. FEMA administers cost matching requirements in accordance with 2 C.F.R. § 200.306. To meet matching requirements, the recipient contributions must be verifiable, reasonable, allowable, allocable, and necessary under the grant program and must comply with all federal requirements and regulations. In accordance with 48 U.S.C. § 1469a, match requirements are waived for the insular areas: the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. D. Application and Submission Information I {ey Dates and Times Date Posted to Grants.gov: Application Submission Deadline: Anticipated Award Date: February 16, 2016 March 18, 2016, 11:59:59 PM EST No later than September 30, 2016 All applications must be received by the established deadline. The Non - Disaster (ND) Grants System has a date stamp that indicates when an application is submitted. Applicants will receive an electronic message confirming receipt of the full application. In general, FEMA will not review applications that are not received by the deadline or consider them for funding. FEMA may, however, extend the application deadline on request for any applicant who can demonstrate that good cause exists to justify extending the deadline. Good cause for an extension may include technical problems outside of the applicant's control that prevent submission of the application by the deadline, or other exigent or emergency circumstances. Extensions based on exigent or emergency Page 5 of 46 FY 2016 EMPG 55A -75