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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 32 / Friday, February 19, 2021 / Notices
2. DFFA Award: DFFA award funds may only be expended for eligible FA
activities referenced in Table 3 to directly or indirectly benefit individuals with disabilities. The DFFA Recipient must close Financial Products for the primary purpose of directly or indirectly benefiting people with disabilities, where the majority of the DFFA
supported loans or investments benefit individuals with disabilities, in an amount equal to or greater than 85% of the total DFFA provided. Eligible DF
FA financing activities may include, among other activities, loans to develop or purchase affordable, accessible, and safe housing; loans to provide or facilitate employment opportunities;

and loans to purchase assistive technology.
For the purposes of DFFA, a person with a Disability is a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a history or record of such an impairment, or a person who is perceived by others as having such an impairment, as defined by the American Disabilities Act ADA at https www.ada.gov/
cguide.htm.
3. TA Grants: TA grant funds may be expended for the following eight eligible activity categories: i Compensation Personal Services; ii Compensation Fringe Benefits; iii Professional Service Costs; iv Travel Costs; v Training and Education Costs; vi
Equipment; vii Supplies; and viii Incorporation Costs. The TA Budget is the amount of the award and must be expended in the eight eligible activity categories before the end of the Budget Period. None of the eligible activity categories will be authorized for Indirect Costs or an associated Indirect Cost Rate. Any expenses that are prohibited by the Uniform Requirements are unallowable and are generally found in Subpart E-Cost Principles. The Recipient must comply, as applicable, with the Buy American Act of 1933, 41
U.S.C. 83018303 and 2 CFR 200.216 of the Uniform Requirements, with respect to any Direct Costs. For purposes of this NOFA, the eight eligible activity categories are defined below:

TABLE 4TA ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY CATEGORIES, SUBJECT TO THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE UNIFORM
REQUIREMENTS
i Compensationpersonal services ..

ii CompensationFringe Benefits

iii Professional Service Costs

iv Travel Costs

v Training and Education Costs

vi Equipment

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vii Supplies

viii Incorporation Costs Sponsoring Entities only.

TA paid to cover all remuneration, paid currently or accrued, for services of Applicants employees rendered during the Period of Performance under the TA grant in accordance with 200.430 of the Uniform Requirements.
Any work performed directly but unrelated to the purposes of the TA grant may not be paid as Compensation through a TA grant. For example, the salaries for building maintenance would not carry out the purpose of a TA grant and would be deemed unallowable.
TA paid to cover allowances and services provided by the Applicant to its employees as Compensation in addition to regular salaries and wages, in accordance with 200.431 of the Uniform Requirements.
Such expenditures are allowable as long as they are made under formally established and consistently applied organizational policies of the Applicant.
TA used to pay for professional and consultant services e.g., such as strategic and marketing plan development, rendered by persons who are members of a particular profession or possess a special skill e.g., credit analysis, portfolio management, and who are not officers or employees of the Applicant, in accordance with 200.459 of the Uniform Requirements. Payment for a consultants services may not exceed the current maximum of the daily equivalent rate paid to an Executive Schedule Level IV Federal employee. Professional and consultant services must build the capacity of the CDFI.
For example, professional services that provide direct Development Services to the customers does not build the capacity of the CDFI to provide those services and would not be eligible. The Applicant must comply, as applicable, with 2 CFR 200.216 of the Uniform Requirements, with respect to payment of Professional Service Costs.
TA used to pay costs of transportation, lodging, subsistence, and related items incurred by the Applicants personnel who are on travel status on business related to the TA award, in accordance with 200.475 of the Uniform Requirements. Travel Costs do not include costs incurred by the Applicants consultants who are on travel status. Any payments for travel expenses incurred by the Applicants personnel but unrelated to carrying out the purpose of the TA grant would be deemed unallowable.
As such, documentation must be maintained that justifies the travel as necessary to the TA grant.
TA used to pay the cost of training and education provided by the Applicant for employees development in accordance with 200.473 of the Uniform Requirements. TA can only be used to pay for training costs incurred by the Applicants employees. Training and Education Costs may not be incurred by the Applicants consultants.
TA used to pay for tangible personal property, having a useful life of more than one year and a per-unit acquisition cost of at least $5,000, in accordance with 200.1 of the Uniform Requirements. For example, items such as office furnishings and information technology systems are allowable as Equipment costs. The Applicant must comply, as applicable, with the Buy American Act of 1933, 41 U.S.C.
83018303 and 2 CFR 200.216 of the Uniform Requirements, with respect to the purchase of Equipment.
TA used to pay for tangible personal property with a per unit acquisition cost of less than $5,000, in accordance with 200.1 of the Uniform Requirements. For example, a desktop computer costing $1,000 is allowable as a Supply cost. The Applicant must comply, as applicable, with the Buy American Act of 1933, 41 U.S.C. 83018303 and 2 CFR 200.216 of the Uniform Requirements, with respect to the purchase of Supplies.
TA used to pay for incorporation fees in connection with the establishment or reorganization of an organization as a CDFI, in accordance with 200.455 of the Uniform Requirements. Incorporation Costs are allowable for NACA Program Sponsoring Entity Applicants only.

4. HFFIFA Award: HFFIFA award funds may only be expended for eligible
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