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TSGP Appendix | 2023 Page D-10 <br />of the period of performance. EHP policy guidance and the EHP Screening Form can both be found on <br />FEMA.gov. EHP review materials should be sent to gpdehpinfo@fema.dhs.gov. <br />Training and Awareness Campaigns <br />Training and Awareness Campaigns address the Soft Targets/Crowded Places; Cybersecurity; and <br />Training and Awareness Campaign Priorities. <br />Training <br />TSGP funds may be used for the following training activities: <br />•Training Topics. Priority topics include active shooter training, security training for employees, <br />and public awareness/preparedness campaigns. <br />•Training Workshops. Grant funds may be used to plan and conduct training workshops to <br />include costs related to planning, meeting space and other meeting costs, facilitation costs, <br />materials and supplies, travel, and training plan development. Recipients are strongly encouraged <br />to use free public space/locations/facilities, whenever available, prior to the rental of <br />space/locations/facilities. Training should provide the opportunity to demonstrate and validate <br />skills learned, as well as to identify any gaps in these skills. Any training or training gaps, <br />including those for children and individuals with disabilities or other access and functional needs, <br />should be identified in an After-Action Report/Improvement Plan (AAR/IP) and addressed in the <br />training cycle. <br />•Hiring of Full or Part-Time Staff or Contractors/Consultants. Full or part-time staff or <br />contractors/consultants may be hired to support training-related activities. Hiring of <br />contractors/consultants must follow the applicable federal procurement requirements at 2 C.F.R. <br />§§ 200.317-200.327. Reimbursement of these costs should conform with the policies of the state <br />or local unit§ of government or the awarding agency, whichever is applicable. Such costs must be <br />included within the funding allowed for program management personnel expenses, which must <br />not exceed 10% of the total allocation. Dual compensation is unallowable. That is, an employee <br />of a unit of government may not receive compensation from their unit or agency of government <br />and from an award for a single period of time (e.g., 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.), even though such <br />work may benefit both activities. Personnel hiring, overtime, and backfill expenses are permitted <br />under this grant only to the extent that such expenses are for the allowable activities within the <br />scope of the grant. <br />•Overtime and Backfill Costs. The entire amount of overtime costs, including payments related <br />to backfilling personnel, that are the direct result of attendance at FEMA and approved training <br />courses and programs are allowable. Reimbursement of these costs should follow the policies of <br />the state or local u§(s) of government or the awarding agency, whichever is applicable. In no case <br />is dual compensation allowable. <br />•Travel. Domestic travel costs (e.g., airfare, mileage, per diem, and hotel) are allowable as <br />expenses by employees who are on travel status for official business related, approved training, <br />subject to the restrictions at 2 C.F.R. Part 200. International travel is not an allowable expense. <br />•Supplies. Supplies, items that are expended or consumed during the course of the planning and <br />conduct of the training p§ect(s) (e.g., gloves and non-sterile masks), are allowable expenses. <br />•Funds Used to Develop, Deliver, and Evaluate Training, including costs related to <br />administering the training, planning, scheduling, facilities, materials and supplies, reproduction of <br />materials, and equipment are allowable expenses. Training should provide the opportunity to <br />demonstrate and validate skills learned, as well as to identify any gaps in these skills. Any <br />training or training gaps, including those for children and individuals with disabilities or other <br />access and functional needs, should be identified in the AAR/IP and addressed in the training <br />cycle.