Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program-COVID-19 Supplemental Round 2 (AFG-S 2)
| Published date | 17 November 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 73287 |
| Record Number | 2020-25330 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
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Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Cancer Institute at Shady
Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room
7W246, Rockville, MD 20850 (Telephone
Conference Call).
Contact Person: Jun Fang, Ph.D., Scientific
Review Officer, Research Technology and
Contract Review Branch, Division of
Extramural Activities, National Cancer
Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical Center Drive,
Room 7W246, Rockville, MD 20850, 240–
276–5460, jfang@mail.nih.gov.
Name of Committee: National Cancer
Institute Special Emphasis Panel; NCI
Program Project I (P01).
Date: February 9–10, 2021.
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Cancer Institute at Shady
Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room
7W618, Rockville, MD 20850 (Telephone
Conference Call).
Contact Person: Mukesh Kumar, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Research Program
Review Branch, Division of Extramural
Activities, National Cancer Institute, NIH,
9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 7W618,
Rockville, MD 20850, 240–276–6611,
mukesh.kumar3@nih.gov.
Name of Committee: National Cancer
Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Participant
Engagement and Cancer Genome Sequencing
Centers (PE–CGS).
Date: February 11, 2021.
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Cancer Institute at Shady
Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room
7W102, Rockville, MD 20850 (Telephone
Conference Call).
Contact Person: Shakeel Ahmad, Ph.D.,
Chief, Research Technology and Contract
Review Branch, Division of Extramural
Activities, National Cancer Institute, NIH,
9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 7W102,
Rockville, MD 20850, 240–276–6442,
ahmads@mail.nih.gov.
Name of Committee: National Cancer
Institute Special Emphasis Panel; NCI
Program Project (P01) Review II.
Date: February 16–17, 2021.
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Cancer Institute at Shady
Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room
7W634, Rockville, MD 20850 (Telephone
Conference Call).
Contact Person: Michael E. Lindquist,
Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Research
Programs Review Branch, Division of
Extramural Activities, National Cancer
Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical Center Drive,
7W634, Rockville, MD 20850, 240–276–5735,
mike.lindquist@nih.gov.
Name of Committee: National Cancer
Institute Special Emphasis Panel;
Glioblastoma Therapeutics Network.
Date: February 18–19, 2021.
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Cancer Institute at Shady
Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, 7W608,
Rockville, MD 20850 (Telephone Conference
Call).
Contact Person: Nadeem Khan, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Research
Technology and Contract Review Branch,
Division of Extramural Activities, National
Cancer Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical Center
Drive, Room 7W608, Rockville, MD 20850,
240–276–5856, nadeem.khan@nih.gov.
Name of Committee: National Cancer
Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Physical
Sciences—Oncology Projects (PS–OP).
Date: February 24, 2021.
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Cancer Institute at Shady
Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room
7W114, Rockville, MD 20850 (Telephone
Conference Call).
Contact Person: Jeffrey E. DeClue, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Research
Technology and Contract Review Branch,
Division of Extramural Activities, National
Cancer Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical Center
Drive, Room 7W114, Rockville, MD 20850,
240–276–6371, decluej@mail.nih.gov.
Name of Committee: National Cancer
Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Metastasis
Research Network.
Date: February 25–26, 2021.
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Cancer Institute at Shady
Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room
7W612, Rockville, MD 20850 (Telephone
Conference Call).
Contact Person: Shari Williams Campbell,
DPM, MSHS, Scientific Review Officer,
Resources and Training Review Branch,
Division of Extramural Activities, National
Cancer Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical Center
Drive, 7W612, Rockville, MD 20850, 240–
276–7381, shari.campbell@nih.gov.
Name of Committee: National Cancer
Institute Initial Review Group; Subcommittee
I—Transition to Independence.
Date: February 24–25, 2021.
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Cancer Institute at Shady
Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room
7W602, Rockville, MD 20850 (Telephone
Conference Call).
Contact Person: Delia Tang, M.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Resources and
Training Review Branch, Division of
Extramural Activities, National Cancer
Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical Center Drive,
Room 7W602, Rockville, MD 20850, 240–
276–6456, tangd@mail.nih.gov.
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Patricia B. Hansberger,
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2020–0034]
Assistance to Firefighters Grant
Program—COVID–19 Supplemental
Round 2 (AFG–S 2)
AGENCY
: Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA),
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS).
ACTION
: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY
: On March 27, 2020, the
President signed into law the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security Act (‘‘CARES Act’’). This bill
provides $100 million for AFG–S to
prevent, prepare for, and respond to
coronavirus, domestically or
internationally. Specifically, AFG–S
funds shall be for the purchase of
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
and related supplies, including
reimbursements for previously
purchased PPE back to January 1, 2020.
On May 12, 2020, FEMA published a
Notice of availability announcing the
application period for the Fiscal Year
(FY) 2020 AFG–S Program which
opened on April 28, 2020 and closed on
May 15, 2020. By law, at least 25
percent of available AFG–S funds must
be awarded to volunteer fire
departments and at least another 25
percent must be awarded to
combination fire departments. FEMA
did not receive enough applications to
award at least 25 percent of the
available AFG–S funds to volunteer or
combination fire departments under that
initial application period. As a result,
FEMA has opened a second application
period for the remaining $31 million
available. This second application—or
AFG–S 2—is limited to volunteer and
combination fire departments to fulfill
this requirement. Volunteer and
combination fire departments are
eligible to apply in this round even if
they had a successful application in the
first round of AFG–S funding. However,
such applications must support new or
additional needs or capabilities.
Departments that applied in the first
round of AFG–S funding but were
unsuccessful can reapply to be
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considered for funding in this round.
Applications from the first round of
AFG–S funding will not automatically
carry forward to this round for
consideration. Pursuant to the Federal
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974,
as amended, the Administrator of FEMA
is publishing this notice describing the
AFG–S 2 application process, deadlines,
and award selection criteria. This notice
explains the differences, if any, between
these guidelines and those
recommended by representatives of the
national fire service leadership during a
Criteria Development meeting, held
April 20, 2020. The application period
for the FY 2020 AFG–S Program opened
on October 6, 2020, and closed on
November 13, 2020, and was announced
on the AFG website at https://
www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness/
firefighters, as well as at http://
www.grants.gov.
DATES
: Grant applications for AFG–S 2
will be accepted electronically at
https://go.fema.gov, from October 6,
2020, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time
through November 13, 2020, at 5 p.m.
ET.
ADDRESSES
: Assistance to Firefighters
Grant Branch, DHS/FEMA, 400 C Street
SW, 3N, Washington, DC 20472–3635.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Catherine Patterson, Branch Chief,
Assistance to Firefighters Grant Branch,
1–866–274–0960.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: The FY
2020 AFG–S 2 is a modified
supplemental funding opportunity
under the Assistance to Firefighters
Grant (AFG) Program. AFG is one of
three grant programs that constitute
DHS/FEMA’s focus on enhancing the
safety of the public and firefighters with
respect to fire and fire-related hazards.
AFG–S 2 accomplishes this by
providing financial assistance directly
to eligible volunteer and combination
fire departments for critical PPE and
supplies needed to prevent, prepare for
and respond to the COVID–19 public
health emergency. Applications for
AFG–S 2 will be submitted and
processed online at https://go.fema.gov.
Before the application period started,
the FY 2020 AFG–S 2 NOFO was
published on the AFG website, which
provides additional information and
materials useful to applicants including
Frequently Asked Questions. FEMA
anticipates receiving 500 to 1,000
applications for AFG–S 2, and the
ability to award approximately 500
grants.
Congressional Appropriations:
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security (CARES) Act, Div. B (Pub. L.
116–136). The CARES Act provides an
additional amount of Federal assistance
through the AFG Program to prevent,
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus,
domestically or internationally.
Accordingly, the amount provided shall
be for the purchase of PPE and related
supplies, including reimbursements.
Allocations and Restrictions of
Available Grant Funds by Organization
Type
Aggregate Cap: Awards are capped at
1 percent of the total available grant
funds for the entire FY 2020 AFG–S, or
$1 million. FEMA may waive this
aggregate cap of $1 million in certain
cases as described in the AFG–S 2
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
that is published on the AFG website.
Micro Grants: The selection of the
voluntary Micro Grant option
(cumulative Federal funding of $3,000)
for eligible activities does not impact an
applicant’s request or Federal
participation under regional projects.
Applicants who select Micro Grants as
a funding opportunity choice may still
apply for a regional project. Further, at
least $150,000 of the available funds
will be allocated toward this applicant
type.
Regional Projects: A regional
application is an opportunity for a
volunteer or combination fire
department to act as a host and apply
for funding on behalf of itself and any
number of other participating AFG–S 2
eligible organizations. Fire Departments
that serve as host regional applicants
can apply on behalf of other eligible fire
departments within the same
application. Career fire departments are
not eligible to apply under the Regional
activity or be included in a Regional
award. Regional activities should
achieve cost effectiveness, support
regional efficiency and resilience, and
benefit more than one local jurisdiction
(county, parish, town, township, city, or
village) directly from the activities
implemented with the grant funds.
Application Evaluation Criteria: Prior
to making a grant award, FEMA is
required by 31 U.S.C. 3321 note, 41
U.S.C. 2313, and 2 CFR part 200 to
review information available through
any Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) designated repositories of
government-wide eligibility
qualification or financial integrity
information. Therefore, application
evaluation criteria may include the
following risk-based considerations of
the applicant: (1) Financial stability; (2)
quality of management systems and
ability to meet management standards;
(3) history of performance in managing
Federal awards; (4) reports and findings
from audits; and (5) ability to effectively
implement statutory, regulatory, or
other requirements.
Funding priorities and criteria for
evaluating AFG–S 2 applications are
established by FEMA based on the
recommendations from the Criteria
Development Panel (CDP). CDP is
composed of fire service professionals
that make recommendations to FEMA
regarding the creation of new or the
modification of previously established
funding priorities, as well as developing
criteria for awarding grants. The content
of the FY 2020 AFG–S 2 NOFO reflects
implementation of CDP’s
recommendations with respect to the
priorities and evaluation criteria for
awards.
The nine major fire service
organizations represented on the CDP
are:
•International Association of Fire
Chiefs;
•International Association of Fire
Fighters;
•National Volunteer Fire Council;
•National Fire Protection
Association;
•National Association of State Fire
Marshals;
•International Association of Arson
Investigators;
•International Society of Fire Service
Instructors;
•North American Fire Training
Directors; and
•Congressional Fire Service Institute.
Review and Selection Process
AFG–S 2 applications are reviewed
through a multi-phase process. All
applications are electronically pre-
scored and ranked based on how well
they align with the funding priorities
outlined in the FY 2020 AFG–S 2
NOFO. Applications with the highest
pre-score rankings are then scored
competitively by (no less than three)
members of the Peer Review Panel
process. Applications will also be
evaluated through a series of internal
FEMA review processes for
completeness, adherence to
programmatic guidelines, technical
feasibility, and anticipated effectiveness
of the proposed project(s). Below is the
process by which applications will be
reviewed.
i. Pre-Scoring Process
The application undergoes an
electronic pre-scoring process based on
established program priorities listed
within the FY 2020 AFG–S 2 NOFO and
answers to activity-specific questions
within the online application.
Application narratives are not reviewed
during pre-scoring. Request details and
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budget information should comply with
program guidance and statutory funding
limitations. The pre-score is 50 percent
of the total application score.
ii. Peer Review Panel Process
Applications with the highest pre-
score will undergo peer review. The
peer review panel is comprised of fire
service representatives recommended by
CDP national organizations. The
panelists assess the merits of each
application based on the narrative
section of the application, including the
evaluation elements listed in the
Narrative Evaluation Criteria below.
Panelists will independently score each
project within the application, discuss
the merits and/or shortcomings of the
application with his or her peers, and
document the findings. A consensus is
not required. The panel score is 50
percent of the total application score.
iii. Technical Evaluation Process
The highest ranked applications are
considered within the fundable range.
Applications that are in the fundable
range undergo both a technical review
by a subject matter expert, as well as a
FEMA AFG Branch review prior to
being recommended for an award. The
FEMA AFG Branch will assess the
request with respect to costs, quantities,
feasibility, eligibility, and recipient
responsibility prior to recommending an
application for award. During this
review, priority for award will be given
to applications that did not receive
funding in the first round of AFG S
application.
Once the technical evaluation process
is complete, the cumulative score for
each application will be determined and
FEMA will generate a final application
ranking. FEMA will award grants based
on this final ranking and the statutorily
required funding limitations listed in
this notice and the FY 2020 AFG–S 2
NOFO.
Narrative Evaluation Criteria
1. Financial Need (25 Percent)
Applicants should describe their
financial need and how consistent it is
with the intent of the AFG–S 2 Program.
This statement should include details
describing the applicant’s financial
distress, such as summarized budget
constraints, unsuccessful attempts to
secure other funding, and proving that
the financial distress is out of their
control.
2. Project Description and Budget (25
Percent)
The Project Description and Budget
statement should clearly explain the
applicant’s project objectives and its
relationship to the applicant’s budget
and risk analysis. Applicants should
link the proposed expenses to
operations and safety, as well as to the
completion of the project’s goals.
Applicants should describe how their
current response capabilities are
impacted by COVID–19 as well as the
overall rate of COVID–19 in their
community. Applicants can reference
data supported by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
through referencing state level data from
the website https://www.cdc.gov/
coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/
cases-in-us.html. This data will be
considered when prioritizing funding.
3. Cost Benefit (25 Percent)
Applicants should describe how they
plan to address the operations and
personal safety needs of their
organization, including cost
effectiveness and sharing assets. This
statement should also include details
about gaining the maximum benefits
from grant funding by citing reasonable
or required costs, such as specific
overhead and administrative costs. The
applicant’s request should also be
consistent with their mission and
identify how funding will benefit their
organization and personnel.
4. Statement of Effect on Daily
Operations (25 Percent)
The Statement of Effect on Operations
should explain how this funding request
will enhance an organization’s overall
effectiveness. It should address how an
award will impact the daily operations
and reduce an organization’s risk(s).
Applicants should include how
frequently the requested item(s) will be
used and in what capacity. Applicants
should detail whether award funding
will seek reimbursement of pre-award
expenses related to the acquisition of
eligible PPE, acquire PPE for immediate
use, or acquire PPE resources to
strengthen future response capabilities.
Applicants will be evaluated on the
current inventory of supplies, response
usage of requested supplies, and
anticipated future needs (i.e., actual or
anticipated burn rate percentage of PPE
resources).
Eligible Applicants
Volunteer and Combination Fire
Departments: Volunteer and
Combination fire departments operating
in any of the 50 States, as well as fire
departments in the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any
federally-recognized Indian Tribe or
Tribal organization.
A fire department is an agency or
organization having a formally
recognized arrangement with a state,
local, tribal or territorial authority (city,
county, parish, fire district, township,
town, or other governing body) to
provide fire suppression to a population
within a geographically fixed primary
first due response area.
Combination Fire Department, as
defined in 15 U.S.C. 2229, means a fire
department that has paid firefighting
personnel and volunteer firefighting
personnel. Departments that pay fees or
stipends to firefighting personnel for
each event to which they respond (paid
on call) are also considered under this
category.
Volunteer Fire Department, as defined
in 15 U.S.C. 2229, means a fire
department that has an all-volunteer
force of firefighting personnel.
Eligible Activities
Activities under this solicitation are
limited to the purchase of PPE and
supplies to prevent, prepare for, and
respond to the COVID–19 public health
emergency. This includes
reimbursement for expenditures made
since January 1, 2020.
Cost Sharing and Maintenance of Effort
Grant recipients must share in the
costs of the projects funded under this
grant program as required by 15 U.S.C.
2229(k)(1) and in accordance with
applicable Federal regulations at 2 CFR
part 200, but they are not required to
have the cost-share at the time of
application nor at the time of award.
However, before a grant is awarded,
FEMA will contact potential awardees
to determine whether the grant recipient
has the funding in hand or if the grant
recipient has a viable plan to obtain the
funding necessary to fulfill the cost-
sharing requirement.
In general, an eligible applicant
seeking a grant shall agree to make
available non-Federal funds equal to not
less than 15 percent of the grant
awarded. However, the cost share will
vary as follows based on the size of the
population served by the organization,
with exceptions to this general
requirement for entities serving smaller
communities:
•Applicants that serve populations
of 20,000 or less shall agree to make
available non-Federal funds in an
amount equal to not less than 5 percent
of the grant awarded.
•Applicants serving areas with
populations above 20,000, but not more
than 1 million, shall agree to make
available non-Federal funds in an
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amount equal to not less than 10 percent
of the grant awarded.
Cost share of non-Federal cash is the
only allowable recipient contribution
for AFG–S 2 activity. On a case-by-case
basis, FEMA may allow recipients
already owning assets acquired with
non-Federal cash, to use the trade-in
allowance/credit value of those assets as
cash for the purpose of meeting the cost-
share obligation.
For FEMA to consider a trade-in
allowance/credit value as cash, the
allowance amount must be reasonable,
and the allowance amount must be a
separate entity clearly identified in the
acquisition documents.
In-kind cost share is not allowable for
AFG–S 2.
In cases of demonstrated economic
hardship, and at the request of the grant
recipient, the Administrator of FEMA
may waive or reduce certain recipients’
AFG–S 2 cost-share requirement or
maintenance of expenditure
requirement. FY 2020 AFG–S 2
applicants must indicate at the time of
application whether they are requesting
a waiver and whether the waiver is for
the cost-share requirement, maintenance
of effort requirement, or both. The
FEMA Administrator is required by
statute to establish guidelines for
determining what constitutes economic
hardship. FEMA has published these
guidelines at https://www.fema.gov/
media-library-data/1518026897046-
483d76a37022b8a581ffb7d42fa9b17e/
Eco_Hardship_Waiver_FPS_SAFER_
AFG_IB_FINAL.pdf.
Before the start of the FY 2020 AFG–
S 2 application period, FEMA
conducted applicant workshops/
internet webinars to inform potential
applicants AFG–S 2. In addition, FEMA
provided applicants with information at
the AFG website: https://www.fema.gov/
welcome-assistance-firefighters-grant-
program to help them prepare quality
grant applications. The AFG Help Desk
is staffed throughout the application
period to assist applicants with the
automated application process as well
as assistance with any questions.
Applicants can reach the AFG Help
Desk through a toll-free telephone
number during normal business hours
(1–866–274–0960) or electronic mail
(firegrants@fema.dhs.gov).
Application Process
Organizations may submit one
application per application period in
each of the three AFG program activities
(e.g., one application for Operations and
Safety, and/or a separate application to
be a Joint/Regional Project host). If an
organization submits more than one
application for any single AFG program
activity (e.g., two applications for
Operations and Safety, two for Joint/
Regional Project, etc.), either
intentionally or unintentionally, both
applications may be disqualified.
Applicants can access the grant
application electronically at https://
portal.fema.gov. The application is also
accessible from the U.S. Fire
Administration’s website http://
www.usfa.fema.gov and http://
www.grants.gov. New applicants must
register and establish a username and
password for secure access to the grant
application. Previous AFG grant
applicants must use their previously
established username and passwords.
Applicants must answer questions
about their grant request that reflect the
AFG–S 2 funding priorities described
above. In addition, each applicant must
complete a separate narrative for each
project or grant activity requested. Grant
applicants will also provide relevant
information about their organization’s
characteristics, call volume, and
existing organizational capabilities.
System for Award Management (SAM)
Per 2 CFR part 25, all Federal grant
applicants and recipients must register
in https://SAM.gov. SAM is the Federal
Government’s System for Awards
Management, and registration is free of
charge. Applicants must maintain
current information in SAM that is
consistent with the data provided in
their AFG–S 2 grant application and in
the Dun & Bradstreet (DUNS) database.
FEMA may not accept any application,
process any awards, and consider any
payment or amendment requests, unless
the applicant or grant recipient has
complied with the requirements to
provide a valid DUNS number and an
active SAM registration. The grant
applicant’s banking information, EIN,
organization/entity name, address, and
DUNS number must match the same
information provided in SAM. Further
guidance is provided in the FY 2020
AFG–S 2 NOFO.
Pete Gaynor,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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Agency Information Collection
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