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financial assistance for infrastructure projects that does not ensure compliance with BABAA <br />domestic preference requirement. Such disclosures shall be forwarded to the Subrecipient <br />who will forward them to the Department who, in turn, will forward the disclosures to FEMA. <br />The Build America, Buy America Act Self -Certification form is included herein as Attachment <br />G. <br />If the Subrecipient is interested in applying for a waiver, the Subrecipient should contact the <br />Department Key Personnel to determine the requirements. All waiver requests must include a <br />detailed justification for the use of goods, products, or materials mined, produced, or <br />manufactured outside the United States and a certification that there was a good faith effort to <br />solicit bids for domestic products supported by terms included in requests for proposals, <br />contracts, and nonproprietary communications with potential suppliers. <br />7. SUBRECIPIENT MONITORING <br />a. The Department will monitor the activities of the Subrecipient from award to closeout. The goal of <br />the Department's monitoring activities will be to ensure that subrecipients receiving federal pass - <br />through funds are in compliance with this Agreement, federal and state audit requirements, <br />federal grant guidance, and applicable federal and state financial regulations, as well as 2 CFR <br />Part 200 Subpart F. <br />b. To document compliance with 2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F requirements, the Subrecipient shall <br />complete and return to the Department an Audit Certification/FFATA form. Reporting <br />requirements are referenced in section 3.c, <br />c. Monitoring activities may include, but are not limited to: <br />I. Review of financial and performance reports; <br />ii. Monitoring and documenting the completion of Agreement deliverables; <br />iii. Documentation of phone calls, meetings (e.g., agendas, sign -in sheets, meeting minutes), e- <br />mails, and correspondence; <br />iv. Review of reimbursement requests and supporting documentation to ensure allowability and <br />consistency with Agreement Work Plan (Attachments D-1, D-2, D-3), Budget (Attachment E), <br />and federal requirements; <br />v. Observation and documentation of Agreement -related activities, such as exercises, training, <br />events, and equipment demonstrations; and <br />vi. On -site visits to review equipment records and inventories, to verify source documentation for <br />reimbursement requests and performance reports, and to verify completion of deliverables. <br />d. The Subrecipient is required to meet or exceed the monitoring activities, as outlined above, for <br />any non-federal entity to which the Subrecipient makes a subaward as a pass -through entity <br />under this Agreement. <br />e. Compliance will be monitored throughout the performance period to assess risk. Concerns will be <br />addressed through a corrective action plan. <br />8. LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY (CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 TITLE VI) <br />The Subrecipient must comply with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) prohibition <br />against discrimination on the basis of national origin, which requires that subrecipients of federal <br />financial assistance take reasonable steps to provide meaningful access to persons with limited <br />English proficiency (LEP) to their programs and services. Providing meaningful access for persons <br />with LEP may entail providing language assistance services, including oral interpretation and written <br />translation. Executive Order 13166, Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English <br />Proficiency (August 11, 2000), requires federal agencies to issue guidance to recipients, assisting <br />such organizations and entities in understanding their language access obligations. DHS published <br />the required recipient guidance in April 2011, DHS Guidance to Federal Financial Assistance <br />Recipients Regarding Title VI Prohibition against National Origin Discrimination Affecting Limited <br />English Proficient Persons, 76 Fed. Reg. 21755-21768, (April 18, 2011). The Guidance provides <br />helpful information such as how a recipient can determine the extent of its obligation to provide <br />DHS-FEMA-HSGP-SHSP-FY23 Page 9 of 48 Kittitas County, E24-135 <br />