93.095: HHS Programs for Disaster Relief Appropriations Act - Non Construction

93.095

Inactive

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Aug. 31, 2018

Sept. 6, 2017

As written in the Relief Appropriations Act of 2013, this program will fund disaster response and recovery, and other expenses directly related to Hurricane Sandy, which are in the FEMA-declared major disaster states, relevant to the following: The Head Start program, but not including the base grant and not subject to allocation requirements of section 640(a) of the Head Start Act; Social Services Block Grant, in addition to the entitlement grants; Health services (including mental health services); Costs of renovating, repairing, or rebuilding health care facilities, child care facilities, or other social services facilities; Supporting the recovery of losses due to the hurricane at non-Federal biomedical or behavioral research facilities.

B - Project Grants

For Head Start and Social Services Block Grant, applicants must be current grantees. Applicants will be required to attest (at time of application) that funds requested will not be used for costs that are reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, under a contract for insurance, or by self-insurance. Terms and Conditions of the award will stipulate that the grantee must reimburse HHS for any costs that are subsequently covered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, under a contract for insurance, or by self-insurance. Definition: Self-Insurance is a formal plan, pursuant to law or regulation, in which amounts are set aside in a fund to cover losses of specified types and amounts, typically by a commercial insurance company. Appropriated funds are precluded from expenses that are or can be reimbursed by the formal self-insurance plan.

Beneficiaries must be those impacted by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

93.667 - Social Services Block Grant

93.600 - Head Start