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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 137 / Wednesday, July 21, 2021 / Notices
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and alternative requirements to title I of the HCD Act and 24 CFR part 570
necessary to expedite or facilitate the use of RHP funds. This Updated Program Notice imposes the Program Notices rules, waivers and alternative requirements, as amended by this Updated Program Notice, on the use of all existing and future RHP allocations and revises the FY 20 RHP Action Plan submission deadline. Grantees must comply with the applicable requirements at 2 CFR part 200, as amended. Amendments to 2 CFR part 200 may renumber some subparts and regulations. Where RHP notices with applicability dates preceding the amendments effective dates refer to specific regulations of 2 CFR part 200
that are renumbered or revised by amendments to 2 CFR part 200, the requirements that apply to the grant are the requirements in 2 CFR part 200, as amended, notwithstanding the renumbered regulatory reference.
II. Applicable Rules, Waivers, and Alternative Requirements This Updated Program Notice is based on the applicable waivers and alternative requirements to the CDBG
program requirements included in the November 25, 2020, Program Notice.
The Secretary has determined that those statutory and regulatory waivers and alternative requirements will apply to this Updated Program Notice because they are necessary to expedite or facilitate the use of RHP funds. The waivers and alternative requirements are only applicable to the use of RHP
funds and do not apply to CDBG funds used in conjunction with RHP funds or other sources of CDBG funds i.e., from other grants or guaranteed loan funds used for RHP-eligible activities.
All RHP allocations are subject to the requirements in the Program Notice, as amended by this Updated Program Notice and any subsequent notices collectively, the RHP notices. The applicable rules, statutory and regulatory waivers, and alternative requirements described in the RHP
notices apply to fiscal year allocations as of the applicability date of each RHP
notice. Grantees may use funds from different FY allocations for the same RHP-eligible activity, however, grantees should be aware that each allocation has a distinct period of performance and distinct limitations on administrative and technical assistance costs.
A. Submission Deadlines Section I.B. of the Program Notice requires RHP Grantees to submit a RHP
Action Plan for FY 20 allocations, including the Form SF424, application
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for federal funds, by August 16, 2021.
This Updated Program Notice amends section I.B. and extends the submission deadline for RHP Action Plans for FY 20
allocations to December 31, 2021.
Grantees with FY 21 allocations must submit a RHP Action Plan or amendment for FY 21 funds by August 16, 2022, according to the requirements in the Program Notice, as amended by section II.B. of this Updated Program Notice.
Grantees will have a single, combined RHP Action Plan for the use of RHP
funds, including any and all allocations from existing and future appropriations authorized under the SUPPORT Act. For future allocations, grantees must submit a RHP Action Plan or amendment, including a Form SF424, application for federal funds, for the allocated funds by August 16 of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the funds were authorized. For example, a grantee with an allocation in fiscal year 2022 must submit a RHP Action Plan or RHP
Action Plan amendment, as well as any required submissions, by August 16, 2023.
A grantees RHP Action Plan must meet the specific requirements in the Program Notice, as amended by this Updated Program Notice. If a grantee receiving an allocation fails to submit a RHP Action Plan for its allocation by the deadlines provided in this Updated Program Notice or submits a RHP
Action Plan for less than the total allocation amount, HUD may simultaneously notify the grantee of the reduction in its allocation amount and reallocate those funds in accordance with the SUPPORT Acts requirements.
B. Overview of Grant Process and Modified RHP Action Plan Requirements The following sections describe the RHP Action Plan requirements and process that RHP grantees must complete to access RHP grant funds.
These requirements and processes amend those provided in section II.H. of the Program Notice. Grantees that receive a RHP allocation must submit a RHP Action Plan according to the requirements in the Program Notice, as amended by this Updated Program Notice and described below.
A grantee will have a single RHP
Action Plan that describes the uses of RHP funds for all of its allocations.
While each fiscal year allocation will be a separate grant with separate grant numbers and agreements, this combined administrative approach of a single RHP
Action Plan is intended to expedite and facilitate the use of RHP funds by grantees while reducing administrative
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burden. Note: RHP Action Plan submissions or substantial amendments for less than the amount of the allocation amount may result in allocation amount reductions. For example, a grantees submission for its FY 20 allocation must have activity budgets that amount to its FY 20 funds.
i. Initial RHP Action Plan Submission:
A grantee must submit an initial RHP
Action Plan pursuant to the requirements in section II.H. of the Program Notice, not later than August 16 of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the funds were allocated.
Note: RHP Action Plans for FY 20
allocations have an extended deadline of December 31, 2021, as provided by section II.A. of this Updated Program Notice. For example, a grantee must submit a RHP Action Plan for its FY 21
allocation not later than August 16, 2022. All requirements of section II.H.
of the Program Notice related to Action Plan requirements, as amended by this Updated Program Notice, apply to all initial RHP Action Plans, and RHP
Action Plans must be submitted to HUD
via the Disaster Recovery Grants Reporting DRGR system. As a reminder, the citizen participation plan CPP may be amended in accordance with 24 CFR 91.105a3 and 91.115a3 concurrently to address RHP funds, and to allow no less than 15
calendar days of public comment and encourage participation by organizations interested in residential recovery programs for individuals with substance use disorders.
A grantee may submit an initial RHP
Action Plan for multiple allocations. A
grantee that submits an initial RHP
Action Plan for multiple allocations must submit its RHP Action Plan no later than the deadline for the earliest fiscal year allocation. For example, the deadline for an initial RHP Action Plan that includes both FY 20 and FY 21
allocations is December 31, 2021 the submission deadline for FY 20
allocations. If submitting a RHP action plan for multiple allocations, the grantee must set up project and activity budgets in the DRGR system for the total of the allocations and submit the RHP
Action Plan via the DRGR system in accordance with the requirements in the Program Notice, as amended by this Updated Program Notice.
ii. Substantial Amendment Process for Additional Allocations: A grantee with a HUD-approved Action Plan for any RHP allocations must submit a substantial amendment to its RHP
Action Plan to incorporate any subsequent allocations. For example, a grantee that has a HUD-approved RHP
Action Plan for its FY 20 allocation
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