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<br />13166,lmproving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency (August
<br />11,2000), requires federal agencies to issue guidance to recipients, assisfing such
<br />organizations and entities in understanding their language access obligations. DHS
<br />published the required recipient guidance in April 2A11, DHS Guidancl to Federat
<br />Financial Assistance Recipientstegarding Title Vl Prohibition Against National Origin
<br />Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons, 76 Fed. Reg. 21755-21TEA,
<br />(April 18, 2011). The Guidance provides helpful information such as how a recipient can
<br />determine the extent of its obligation to provide language services, selecting ianguage
<br />seNices, and elements of an effective plan on language assistance for LEP personl. F-or
<br />additionalassistance and information regarding language access obligations, please referto the DHS Recipient Guidance at httog:/fir nnir.dhs,gollsudan{e-p.uqli$bgd-helo-
<br />dqpa rlrn ent-sup oorted -orqa n izations- provide-mea n inoful-ac-m
<br />additional resources on https;fuflulg, leo.tov.
<br />NIMS COMPLIANCEa. The National lncident Management System (NIMS) identifies concepts and principles that
<br />answer how to manage emergencies from preparedness to recovery regaidlesd of their
<br />cause, size, location, or complexity. NIMS provides a consistent, nationwide approach and
<br />vocabulary for multiple agencies or jurisdictions to work together to build, sustain, and
<br />deliver the core capabilities needed to achieve a secure and resilient nation.
<br />b. Consistent implementation of NIMS provides a solid foundation across jurisdictions and
<br />disciplines to ensure effective and integrated preparedness, planning, and response.
<br />NIMS empowers the components of the National Preparedness System, a requirement of
<br />Presidential Poliry Directive 8, to guide activities within the public and private sector and
<br />describes the planning, organizational activities, equipping, training, and exercising
<br />needed to build and sustain the core capabilities in support of the National Preparednesi
<br />Goal.
<br />c. ln order to receiv.e federal preparedness funding from the Deparlment, the Subrecipient
<br />must achieve, or be actively working to achieve, all of the NIMS lmplementation Objectives
<br />located at httos://www.fema.qov/emerqenqr-managerq/nims/imolementation-traininq.
<br />EMPG PROGRAM SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
<br />The Department receives EMPG funding from DHS/FEMA, to assist state, local, and kibalgovernments
<br />to enhance and sustain all-hazards emergency management capabilities as authorized 6y Robert T.
<br />Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Acl, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sg 5121 6t seq.) and
<br />section 662 of the Post Katrina Emergency Management Act (6 u.s.c. S 262).
<br />A portion of the grant program is passed through to local jurisdictions and tribes with emergency
<br />management programs to supplement their losal/tribal operating budgets to help sustain and enhanc6
<br />ernergency management capabilities pursuant to Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 118-09.
<br />a. The Subrecipient shall use the EMPG funds authorized under this Agreement onty to perform
<br />tasks as described in the Work Plan of the Subrecipient's application for funding, as ipproved by
<br />the Depailment and incorporated into this Agreement.
<br />b. Funding may not be used to replace or supplant existing local or tribal government funding of
<br />emergency management programs.
<br />c. The Subrecipient shall provide a fifty percent cash match of non-federal origin. The Federal share
<br />applied toward the EMPG budget shall not exceed fifty percent of the total budget as submitted
<br />and approved in the-application and documented in the Budget (Attachment F). To meet matching
<br />reguirements, the Subrecipient's cash matching contributions must be verifiable, reasonable-,
<br />allowable, allocable, and necessary under the grant program and must comply with all Federai
<br />requirements and regulations, including, but not limited to, 2 CFR Part 20d. An appropriate
<br />mechanism must be in place to capture, track, and document matching funds. ln the nhh riport,
<br />the subreclpient shall identity how the match was met and documented.
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