Application Notes:

Applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 18, 2024.

Applications must be submitted online at www.ecivis.com/grants.gov.

Applications must include:

• SF 424
• SF 424A
• SF 424B
• SF LLL (if applicable)
• Project abstract summary (1 page max)
• Project narrative (20 pages max)
• Budget narrative
• Attachments:
  • Table of contents
  • Detailed budget period work plan
  • Indirect cost rate agreement
  • Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) support letter
  • Organizational chart
  • Recipient level direct costs waiver request (if applicable)
  • Memorandum of agreement or understanding (optional)
  • Bona fide agent documentation (optional)

The project abstract, project narrative, and budget narrative must be formatted single-spaced on numbered pages with one-inch margins using 12-point Times New Roman font and be submitted in .pdf format. Files must be appropriately named.

The following are required in order to submit an application:

• Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number
• SAM (System for Award Management) registration

Applicants may obtain a UEI number and verify or renew SAM registration status at www.ecivis.com/sam.

Optional webinars are scheduled for this program as follows:

May 22, 2024
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ET
Registration: deloitte.zoom.us

May 22, 2024
8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. ET
Registration: deloitte.zoom.us

Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Approach
• Evaluation and performance measurement
• Applicant's organizational capacity

Refer to the NOFA file for additional application information.

Match Notes:

Applicants must provide at least 10 percent of the award amount via nonfederal cash or in-kind contributions; however, exceptions to the matching requirement include:

• The match requirement does not apply to the political subdivisions of Chicago, Los Angeles County, or New York City, or the Freely Associated States of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau
• A portion of the match requirement is waived up to $200,000 for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
• Matching does not apply to future contingent emergency response awards that may be authorized, unless such a requirement were imposed by statute or administrative process at the time

Funding Notes:

Approximately $1.2 billion is available, with approximately $240 million available per budget period, to support an expected 62 cooperative agreements ranging from $255,889 to $23,171,118 through this program.

Awards will be provided on a formula basis, as detailed in the table on pages 92-94 of the NOFA file.

Awards are expected to be made on July 1, 2024.

Awards will be provided for five, 12-month budget periods beginning on July 1, 2024, and ending on June 30, 2029.

Award recipients must budget travel funds to participate in the mandatory meetings and trainings listed on page 41 of the NOFA file.

Award recipients may retain up to 15 percent of the award amount for Recipient Level Direct Costs (RLDC).

Refer to pages 48-53 of the NOFA file for additional information regarding funding policies and limitations.

Funding may not be used for:

• Individual health care entities to meet the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation
• Promotional clothing or other promotional material
• Guest meals
• Payment or reimbursement of staff backfilling costs
• Standalone, single-facility exercises
• Training courses, exercises, and planning resources when similar offerings are available at no cost
• Over-the-road passenger vehicles
• Furniture or equipment, unless identified and justified in the budget
• Research
• Clinical care
• Construction or major renovations
• Purchasing a house or other living quarters for those under quarantine