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IPR Appendix | 2023 Page F-10
<br />encouraged to use free public space, locations, or facilities, whenever available, prior to the rental
<br />of space, locations, or facilities. Training should provide the opportunity to demonstrate and
<br />validate 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. Reimbursement of
<br />these costs should conform with the policies of recipient, as well as any applicable federal and
<br />FEMA policies, rules, and regulations. Hiring of contractors/consultants must follow the
<br />applicable federal procurement requirements at 2 C.F.R. §§ 200.317-200.327. Dual compensation
<br />is unallowable, in other words, an employee of a unit of government may not receive
<br />compensation from their unit or agency of government and from an award for a single period of
<br />time (e.g., 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.), even though such work may benefit both activities. Personnel
<br />hiring, overtime, and backfill expenses are permitted under this grant only to the extent that such
<br />expenses are for allowable activities within the 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 recipient, as well as any applicable federal and FEMA policies, rules, and regulations. state.
<br />Dual compensation is never 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 project(s) (e.g., gloves and non-sterile masks), are allowable expenses.
<br />•Funds Used to Develop, Deliver, and Evaluate Training. Funds used to develop, deliver, and
<br />evaluate training, including costs related to administering the training, planning, scheduling,
<br />facilities, materials and supplies, reproduction of materials, and equipment are allowable
<br />expenses. Training should provide the opportunity to demonstrate and validate skills learned as
<br />well as to identify any gaps in these skills. Any training or training gaps, including those for
<br />children and individuals with disabilities or other access and functional needs, should be
<br />identified in the AAR/IP and addressed in the training cycle.
<br />Recipients are encouraged to use existing training rather than developing new courses. When developing
<br />new courses, recipients are encouraged to apply the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and
<br />Evaluation (ADDIE) model of instructional design. Information on FEMA-approved training can found at
<br />http://www.firstrespondertraining.gov/.
<br />Awareness Campaigns
<br />IPR funds may be used for the development and implementation of awareness campaigns to raise public
<br />awareness of indicators of terrorism and terrorism-related crime and for associated efforts to increase the
<br />sharing of information with public and private sector partners, including nonprofit organizations. DHS
<br />currently sponsors or supports a number of awareness campaigns. Please review materials, strategies, and
<br />resources at https://www.dhs.gov/dhs-campaigns before embarking on the development of an awareness
<br />campaign for local constituencies and stakeholders.
<br />Note: DHS requires that all public and private sector partners wanting to implement and/or expand the
<br />DHS “If You See Something, Say Something®” campaign (“campaign”) using grant fund s work directly
<br />with the DHS Office of Partnership and Engagement (OPE). This will help ensure that the awareness
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