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<br /> EMPG Program Appendix | 2023 Page H-35 <br />• EMPG Program National Priority Area: Select the applicable National Priority Area from the <br />drop-down menu. <br />• Regional Administrator (RA) Agreed Upon Priority Area: Select from a drop-down list of the <br />32 core capabilities and other priorities identified in the latest version of the National Preparedness <br />Report. If the priority is not included in the drop-down list, enter “other” for Primary, Secondary <br />and/or Tertiary, and then enter the priority in the adjacent cell. <br />• POETE Category: Select whether the project relates to Planning, Organization, Equipment, <br />Training, or Exercises. Multiple POETE categories can be selected to accommodate projects that <br />span multiple categories. For example, building capability often involves a combination of <br />planning, training, and exercise activities. Space is provided to populate the Primary, Secondary <br />and Tertiary POETE category. <br />• Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) Standard Element: This field is <br />optional. It is made available to those states/territories that are EMAP certified and want to <br />continue tracking their investments by EMAP Standard Elements. Select the appropriate EMAP <br />Standard Elements from the drop-down menu, if applicable. <br />• Mission Area: Select the appropriate preparedness mission area supported by the project: <br />Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, or Recovery. Multiple mission areas can be selected <br />to accommodate projects such as plans and exercises that involve multiple mission areas, and space <br />is provided to populate the Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Mission Areas. <br />• Core Capabilities: Select up to five core capabilities supported by the project. Indicate whether <br />the Core Capability has a target with a gap rated as high priority. <br />• Performance Goals: Select the performance goal(s) from the drop-down menu. The drop-down <br />menu will consist of the performance goals as entered in the Grant Investment Strategy. <br />• Current Capability Metrics: Identify capability metrics prior to the project implementation. <br />• Milestones: Identify key project activities and other deliverables or outputs that are critical to <br />accomplishing the identified performance goal and can be tracked to demonstrate progress toward <br />achieving the performance goal. <br />Detailed Budget – Excluding M&A <br />The Detailed Budget – Excluding M&A tab enables a full accounting of all project activity costs, excluding <br />M&A costs. This tab contains an itemization of non-M&A costs related to personnel, fringe benefits, travel, <br />equipment, supplies, contractual services, construction, other, and indirect costs. For personnel and fringe <br />benefits, the position title and percentage of time or fringe allocated to the EMPG Program grant is <br />required. Each line item is assigned to its relevant project, allowing the information in mission areas, core <br />capabilities, priorities, EMAP, and POETE categories to populate accordingly. This enables a breakdown of <br />the full EMPG Program budget into various categories: Mission Area, Core Capabilities, National Priority <br />Area, RA Agreed Upon Priority, EMAP Standard Elements, and POETE Category. The cells for each of <br />these categories are automatically populated based on the project number as identified in the Grant <br />Activities Outline. <br />Budget Narrative – Excluding M&A <br />The purpose of the Budget Narrative – Excluding M&A tab is to 1) justify the need for each line item and <br />the cost estimates; 2) explain how costs relate to the programmatic goals of the project(s); and 3) <br />supplement other budget information provided on the Detailed Budget – Excluding M&A tab. This tab will <br />include a narrative for each cost category of the budget. For the Cost Share, applicants must include a <br />detailed description of the source of the match/cost share. If funds or services are to be provided by a <br />third party for in-kind match, a dated letter of commitment is required to document the donation. If the <br />M&A Detailed Budget tab includes Indirect Costs, an approved Indirect Cost Rate Agreement signed by the <br />recipient agency and the cognizant agency for the recipient, or a copy of the proposal to the cognizant