Degrees at a Distance Program

 

To support curriculum development, regional meeting support, program marketing, course material printing and publications and initiation of institutional agreements with local two-year college degree programs and colleges/universities, designated by the National Fire Academy, to participate in the Degrees at a Distance Program (DDP). To provide an alternative means for fire service personnel to earn a bachelor's degree or to pursue college-level learning in a fire related course concentration without the requirement of having to attend on-campus classes.

Deleted 04/02/2020 (Archived.) 97.103 Agency: Department of Homeland Security PROJECT GRANTS Not Applicable. Executive Order 12127; Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public Law 107-296; U.S.A. Patriot Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56; The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, Section 21, Public Law 93-498. Only colleges/universities designated by U. S. Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy are eligible, unsolicited applications will not be accepted. Specific information on applicant eligibility is identified in the funding opportunity announcement and program guidance. State, local and the general public. No Credentials or documentation are required. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. Application deadline and other information are contained in the application/program guidance. The application will be reviewed and recommended for funding by the DHS/FEMA/USFA/NFA Project Officer based on the program criteria identified in the announcement / guidance. Notification of award is made through the electronic Non Disaster Grant System (NDGrants). Once an award has been approved, a notice is sent to the authorized grantee official. Awards are subject to certain administrative, national policy, and cost principle requirements delineated in both 2 CFR and 44 CFR. For complete information on the award procedure, and CFR (and other) requirements, refer to program guidance. Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. Refer to program guidance document. Not Applicable. Requests for extensions must be supported by adequate justification, and can only be authorized in writing by the DHS/FEMA Grants Management Specialist/Grants Management Division with the concurrence of the administering program office. Refer to the program guidance for information on criteria for selecting proposals. Restricted to colleges/universities designated by the U.S. Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy, to support curriculum development, regional meeting support, program marketing, course material printing and publications; and initiation of institutional agreements with local two-year colleges. Quarterly progress reports. Quarterly Financial Status Reports. Refer to program guidance. Quarterly progress reports. Quarterly Financial Status Reports. Refer to program guidance. In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, non-Federal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.503. These audits are due to the cognizant Federal agency, submitted through the Federal Audit Clearinghouse, not later than nine months after the end of the grantees fiscal year. Grant records shall be retained for a period of 3 years from the day the recipient submits its final expenditure report. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit, or other action involving the records has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the records must be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later. Grant records include financial and program/progress reports, support documents, statistical records, and other documents that support the activity and/or expenditure of the recipient or sub-recipient under the award. Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this program.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this program. Refer to program guidance. Awards are subject to the Cash Management Improvement Act for payment and/or reimbursement of expenditures. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Refer to program guidance. None. Diane Close, Project Officer 16825 South Seton Avenue
, Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727 Phone: (301) 447-1376 http://www.usfa.dhs.gov 70-0564-0-1-800. (Project Grants) FY 14 $0; FY 15 est $0; and FY 16 est $0 - No funding is available for FY 2015. This program remains open due to open awards. No Data Available. Not Applicable. Not Applicable.