Florida Administrative Code › 27 - EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR › 27P - Division of Emergency Management › Chapter 27P-19 - BASE FUNDING FOR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM AND MUNICIPAL COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM RULE › Section 27P-19.009 - Selection Criteria for Competitive Grants

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The review committee shall review all
				applications that are received by the noticed application deadline and that
				comply with the application procedures and requirements set forth in this rule.
				Applications that are either not received by the noticed application deadline
				or that do not comply with the application procedures and requirements set
				forth in this rule shall be rejected. Received means delivery by hand,
				certified mail, electronically transmitted (disk or on-line) or courier to the
				location designated in the Notice of Fund Availability no later than 4:00 p.m.,
				Eastern Time, on the final day of the application period. Facsimile
				transmissions shall not be accepted.
(2) Applications shall be scored by the
				review committee independently and the scores shall be totaled and averaged.
				Thereafter, the committee shall evaluate the scores and arrive at preliminary
				scores and resulting rankings. Preliminary scores and resulting rankings shall
				be prepared within each category based upon the total number of points earned
				with the overall highest number of points determining priority for funding. The
				review committee shall, within 75 days of the application deadline date, post
				preliminary scores and resulting rankings on the Division of Emergency
				Management website
www.floridadisaster.org
. Upon
				determination, final scores and resulting rankings will be posted on the
				Division of Emergency Management website,
www.floridadisaster.org
. Funds shall be
				offered to the Applicant with the overall highest score, then to the Applicant
				with the next overall highest score, and so on, until all funds have been
				offered and accepted, or all eligible applications have been funded, or
				insufficient funds remain to fund an eligible project. The Division may offer
				to fund all or part of the project or all or part of the amount requested in an
				application. Applicants shall be given 21 days to accept or reject a proposed
				award. Written notice of acceptance shall be delivered to the Division offices
				designated in the notice of award along with a complete proposal, revised
				budget, timeline and a list of project items. In the event that an Applicant
				fails to accept or reject a proposed award offered for the Emergency Management
				Competitive Grant Program or the Municipal Competitive Grant Program within the
				specified time, then the funds offered shall revert to the Trust
				Fund.
(3) The review committee may
				use other Division staff, staff from other state and regional agencies and
				local governments that have not applied for funds, or professional consultants,
				to assist in reviewing an application.
(4) In the event of a tie, the review
				committee shall give first priority to the application which provides the
				largest amount of cash match of other funds for the project, and, if a tie
				still results, then preference shall be given in accordance with Section 18,
				Chapter 92-132, Laws of Florida, to the project exclusively located or to be
				performed in a county or municipality which has been adversely affected by an
				environmental cleanup initiative conducted by the state, or is located in a
				Front Porch Community.
(5)
				Applications will be accepted for awards in four separate categories. A
				municipality shall not apply for funding for the same project from both the
				funding available under the Emergency Management Competitive Grant Program and
				the funding available under the Municipal Competitive Grant Program. Each
				application must designate one, and only one, of the categories noted in this
				rule. Failure to designate a category, or designating a category that is
				unrelated to the proposed project, shall result in rejection of the
				application. If sufficient numbers of applications that achieve the minimum
				score are received, at least one application will be funded from each category.
				The categories are:
(a) Projects that will
				promote public education on disaster preparedness and recovery
				issues.
(b) Projects that will
				enhance coordination of relief efforts of statewide private sector
				organizations, including public-private business partnership efforts.
(c) Projects that will improve the training
				and operations capabilities of agencies assigned lead or support
				responsibilities in the State Comprehensive Emergency Management
				Plan.
(d) Other projects that will
				further state and local emergency management objectives designated as
				priorities in the applicable Notice of Fund Availability.