Grant Award Federal Emergency Management Agency

Article 1 Assurances,Administrative Requirements,Cost Principles, Representations and Certifications DHS financial assistance recipients must complete either the Office of Management and Budget(OMB)Standard Form 424B Assurances-Non-Construction Programs,or OMB Standard Form 424D Assurances-Construction Programs as applicable.Certain assurances in these documents may not be applicable to your program,and the DHS financial assistance office(DHS FAO) may require applicants to certify additional assurances.Applicants are required to fill out the assurances applicable to their program as instructed by the awarding agency. Please contact the DHS FAO if you have any questions. DHS financial assistance recipients are required to follow the applicable provisions of the Uniform Administrative Requirements,Cost Principles,and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards located at Title 2,Code of Federal Regulations(C.F.R) Part 200,and adopted by DHS at 2 C.F.R. Part 3002. Article 2 DHS Specific Acknowledgements and Assurances All recipients, subrecipients,successors,transferees,and assignees must acknowledge and agree to comply with applicable provisions governing OHS access to records,accounts,documents, information,facilities,and staff. 1.Recipients must cooperate with any compliance reviews or compliance investigations conducted by OHS.2. Recipients must give OHS access to,and the right to examine and copy, records,accounts,and other documents and sources of information related to the federal financial assistance award and permit access to facilities, personnel,and other individuals and information as may be necessary,as required by OHS regulations and other applicable laws or program guidance.3. Recipients must submit timely,complete, and accurate reports to the appropriate DHS officials and maintain appropriate backup documentation to support the reports.4. Recipients must comply with all other special reporting,data collection,and evaluation requirements,as prescribed by law or detailed in program guidance.5. Recipients of federal financial assistance from OHS must complete the OHS Civil Rights Evaluation Tool within thirty(30)days of receipt of the Notice of Award or,for State Administering Agencies,thirty(30)days from receipt of the DHS Civil Rights Evaluation Tool from DHS or its awarding component agency. Recipients are required to provide this information once every two(2)years,not every time an award is made.After the initial submission for the first award under which this term applies, recipients are only required to submit updates every two years, not every time a grant is awarded. Recipients should submit the completed tool, including supporting materials to CivilRightsEvaluation@hq.dhs.gov.This tool clarifies the civil rights obligations and related reporting requirements contained in the DHS Standard Terms and Conditions.Subrecipients are not required to complete and submit this tool to DHS.The evaluation tool can be found at https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhs-civil- rig hts-eval uati on-tool.. Article 3 Acknowledgement of Federal Funding from DHS Recipients must acknowledge their use of federal funding when issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid invitations,and other documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with federal funds. Article 4 Activities Conducted Abroad Recipients must ensure that project activities carried on outside the United States are coordinated as necessary with appropriate government authorities and that appropriate licenses, permits,or approvals are obtained.