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fI <br />Although state, local, tribal, and private sector partnors—including nongovernmental <br />organizations, --are not required to credential their personnel in accordance with these <br />guidelines, FEMA strongly encourages them to do so in order to leverage Federal <br />investment is the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIDS) 201 infrastructure and <br />to facilitate interoperability for personnel deployed outside their Dome jurisdiction. <br />Additional information is available from the NEVIS Guideline for ffie Credentialing, of <br />Personnel. <br />Maintenance of Effort <br />There is no Maintenance of Effort requirement for this program. <br />Cost Match Criteria <br />A cost match is required under this program. <br />The Federal share that is used towards the EMPG Program budget shall not exceed 50 <br />percent of the total budget. The state must equally match (cash or in-kind) the Federal <br />contribution pursuant to Sections 6110) and 613 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief <br />and Emorgen cy Assistan ce Act (Pub, L. No. 93-288), as amended, (42 U.S,C. §§ 5121- <br />5207). Unless otherwise authorized by law, Federal funds cannot be matched with other <br />Federal funds. <br />FEMA administers cost matching requirements in accordance with 2 C.F.R. § 200,306. <br />To meet matching requirements, the recipient contributions must be verifiable, <br />reasonable, allowable, allocable, and necessary under the grant program and must comply <br />with all .Federal requirements and regulations, In accordance with 48 U.S.C. § 1469a, <br />thatch requirements are waived for the insular areas: the U.S. territories of American. <br />Samoa, Guam, the US. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Northern <br />Mariana Islands, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. <br />Application and Submission Information <br />Submission Date and Other Key Dates and. Times <br />Date Posted to Grants.gov: <br />Application Submission Deadline - <br />March 25, 2015 <br />April 24, 2015 at 11:59:59 p.m. (EDT) <br />Ali applications must be received by the established deadline, The Non -Disaster (ND) <br />Grants System has a date st u p that indicates when an application is submitted. <br />Applicants will receive an electronic message confirming receipt of the full application.. <br />In general, FEMA. will not review- applications that are not received by the deadline or <br />consider them for funding. FEMA may, however, extend the application deadline on <br />request For any applicant who can demonstrate that good cause exists to justify extending <br />the deadline, Good cause for an extension may include technical problems outside of the <br />applicant's control that prevent submission of the application by the deadline, or other <br />FY 2015 EMPG Program <br />