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determinations, is available from the following website, <br />dtttp: //WwW.dol.gol1fcornPlicclxcc/Iczlvs/car�ir�-clbrct.htrn. <br />Maintenance and Sustainment <br />The use of FEMA. preparedness grant funds for maintenance contracts, warranties, repair or <br />replacement costs, upgrades, and user fees are allowable under all active grant awards, unless <br />otherwise noted. <br />EMPG Program grant funds are intended to support the Goal and fund activities and projects that <br />build and sustain the capabilities necessary to prevent, protect against, mitigate the effects of, <br />respond to, and recover from those threats that pose the greatest risk to the security of the Nation. <br />In order to provide recipients the ability to meet this objective, the policy set forth in GPD's IE <br />379 (Guidance to State Administrative Agencies to Expedite the Expenditure of Certain <br />DHSIFENIA Grant Funding) allows for the expansion of eligible maintenance and sustaiarnent <br />costs, which must be in: (1) direct support of existing capabilities, (2) must be an otherwise <br />allowable expenditure under the applicable grant program; (3) be tied to one of the core <br />capabilities in the five mission areas contained within the Goal, and (4) shareable through the <br />ETMAC. Additionally, eligible costs may also be in support of equipment, training, and critical <br />resources that have previously been purchased with either Federal grant funding or any other <br />source of f mcling other than DHS/FEMA preparedness grant program dollars. Additional <br />guidance is provided in FEMA Policy FP 205-402-125-1, Maintenance Contracts and YYarranty <br />Coverage Funded by Preparedness Grants, located at: htt://tivtivv� c mcx. ov/rrac>clicr- <br />lihrEi /assEts/clocaaments/32474. <br />Unallowable Costs <br />Expenditures for weapons systems and ammunition <br />Costs to support the hiring of sworn public safety officers for the purposes of firlfilling <br />traditional public safety duties or to supplant traditional public safety positions and <br />responsibilities <br />Activities and projects unrelated to the completion and implementation of the EMPG <br />Program <br />In general, recipients should consult with their FEMA Regional Program Manager prior to <br />making any investment that does not clearly meet the allowable expense criteria established in <br />this Guidance. <br />38 <br />Appendix 13- .FY 2015 EMPG Program Funding Guidelines <br />