Application Notes:

Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 16, 2024.

Applications must be submitted online at go.fema.gov.

Applications must include:

• SF 424
• Certification regarding lobbying
• SF 424A
• SF 424B
• SF LLL
• Application narrative and proposed budget, including:
  • Cover page
  • Executive summary and summary of proposed training (2 pages max)
  • Needs analysis (2 pages max)
  • National scope (2 pages max)
  • Target audience (2 pages max)
  • Organizational experience (1 page max)
  • Training development and delivery plan (3 pages max)
  • Budget (3 pages max)
• Indirect cost rate agreement (if applicable)

Application narratives and proposed budgets must not exceed 15 pages, excluding the cover page. The application narrative must be formatted on pages with one-inch margins using a 12-point Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri, or Cambria font, and lines must be between single-spaced and 1.5-spaced. Citations and spreadsheet data may be typed in 10-, 11-, or 12-point font sizes. The primary font color should be black; however, other colors, such as red and blue, may be used for emphasis, as appropriate. In general, pages should be formatted in portrait orientation; however, landscape orientation may be used for spreadsheets and tables.

The following are required in order to submit an application:

• Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number
• SAM (System for Award Management) registration
• SPOC (state Single Point of Contact) notification

Applicants may obtain a UEI number and verify or renew SAM registration status at www.ecivis.com/sam. Applicants in states participating in the SPOC program must contact the relevant SPOC listed in the SPOC file before applying.

Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Programmatic criteria:
  • Technical merit (25 points)
  • Needs analysis (15 points)
  • National in scope (25 points)
  • Target audience (15 points)
  • Organizational experience (10 points)
  • Training development and delivery plan (25 points)
  • Budget (15 points)
• Financial integrity criteria:
  • Financial stability
  • Quality of management systems and ability to meet management standards
  • History of performance in managing federal award
  • Reports and findings from audits
  • Ability to effectively implement statutory, regulatory, or other requirements
• Supplemental financial integrity criteria (if applicable)

Refer to the NOFA file for additional application information.

Match Notes:

Matching funds are not required for this program.

Funding Notes:

A total of $5.4 million is available to support an estimated one to two cooperative agreements of up to $5.4 million through this program.

Funding selections are expected to be made no later than September 1, 2024, and awards are expected to be issued by the same date.

The project period will last for 36 months and is expected to begin on September 1, 2024, and end on August 31, 2027. Extensions to the project period may be permitted, as outlined on pages 31-32 of the NOFA file.

Management and administrative (M&A) costs are limited to 5 percent of the total award amount.

Funds may not be used for:

• Subawards
• Matching other federal awards
• Lobbying
• Prosecuting claims against the federal government or any other government entity
• Covered telecommunications equipment or services, as detailed on pages 17-19 of the NOFA file
• Pre-award costs, unless approved in writing by the funding agency and included in the award agreement
• Attending existing training
• Creating degree-awarding or graduate-level courses
• Developing training or educational courses or materials that duplicate existing training courses or materials