Safe Kids Worldwide

 

Provide financial assistance to reduce fire deaths and injuries among children under the age 14 by educating them in fire safety awareness, fire safety techniques, and providing fire safety equipment.

Deleted 01/15/2013 (Archived.) 97.095 Agency: Department of Homeland Security PROJECT GRANTS Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2011: No Current Data Available. Fiscal Year 2012: No Current Data Available U.S.A. Patriot Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56; the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, Public Law 100-476; Federal Emergency Management Agency, Executive Order 12127; Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public Law 107-296. Qualified nonprofit organization designated by DHS, statutes, and regulations. Unsolicited applications will not be accepted. Individual/family; minority group. No Credentials or documentation are required. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. OMB Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. OMB Circular No. A-110 applies to this program. Application deadline and other information are contained in the application/program guidance. Applications or plans are reviewed by DHS program and administrative staff. Any issues or concerns noted in the application will be negotiated with the successful applicant prior to the award being issued. Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. Refer to program guidance document. None. Requests for modifications to the grant award can only be authorized in writing by the DHS Assistance Officer with the concurrence of the administering program office. Requests for modifications must be supported by adequate justification. Refer to the program guidance for information on criteria for selecting proposals. Funds are used to support local coalitions and their high-risk communities and to develop fire and burn education and prevention materials targeting high-risk populations. See Program Guidance. See Program Guidance. Grantees are required to submit quarterly financial and performance reports. Quarterly Progress Reports must include the progress of each sub-grant award. Reports are due 30 days after the end of each quarter: January 30, April 30, July 30, and October 30. Final financial and performance reports are due 90 days after the expiration or termination of grant award. See Program Guidance. See Program Guidance. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. These audits are due to the cognizant Federal agency, submitted through the Federal Audit Clearinghouse, not later than 9 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. DHS/FEMA/Grant Programs Directorate, Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, Tech World Bldg - South Tower, 5th Floor, 500 C Street, SW, Washington, District of Columbia 20472 Email: firegrants@dhs.gov Phone: (866) 274-0960. http://www.dhs.gov. 70-0564-0-1-800. (Salaries) FY 09 $200,000; FY 10 $200,000; FY 11 $200,000 Refer to Program Guidance. 31 CFR 205: Rules and Procedures for Funds Transfers; OMB Circular A-102: Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements with State and Local Governments; OMB Circular A-87: Cost Principles for State and Local Governments; OMB Circular A-110: Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations; OMB Circular A-21: Cost Principles for Educational Institutions; OMB Circular A-122: Cost Principles for Nonprofit Organizations. Not Applicable.