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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 153 / Thursday, August 12, 2021 / Notices points to each application in accordance with the scoring and selection criteria for the applicable funding track outlined in this Notice.

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III. Definitions The terms and conditions provided in this NOFA are applicable to and for purposes of this NOFA only. Unless otherwise provided in the award documents, all financial terms not defined herein shall have the meaning as defined by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP.
Agency means the Rural Housing Service RHS, an agency of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
Consortium means institutions of health care, higher education, academic health and research institutes, federallyrecognized tribes, or economic development entities inclusive of tribal economic development entities, or combination thereof, located in the region identified to be served that have experience in addressing these issues in the region.
Eligible Project Costs means only those costs incurred during the grant period and eligible pre-award period and that are directly related to the use and purposes of the American Rescue Plan Acts Emergency Rural Health Care Grant Program.
GAAP means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Poverty line means the level of income for a family of four as defined by section 6732 of the Community Services Block Grant Act 42 U.S.C.
99022.
Rural and rural area mean a city, town, or unincorporated area with a population of not more than 20,000
inhabitants in accordance with 7 U.S.C.
1991a13. Population may be adjusted by exclusion of individuals incarcerated on a long-term or regional basis and the exclusion of the first 1,500 individuals who reside in housing located on a military base. The boundaries for unincorporated areas will be based on Census Designated Places. Population data from the most recent decennial census of the United States will be used.
For projects located on tribal trust land, the population of the tribal trust land, based on the most recent decennial census, will be used to determine the rural area regardless of whether the tribal trust land is located within the boundaries of a city or town.
Rural Development RD means a mission area within USDA which includes Rural Housing Service, Rural Utilities Service, and Rural BusinessCooperative Service.

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State nonmetropolitan median household income MHI means the median household income of the States nonmetropolitan counties and portions of metropolitan counties outside of cities, towns, or places of 50,000 or more population.
IV. Eligibility Information A. Applicant Eligibility 1 An eligible applicant under this program must be one of the types of entities outlined in 7 CFR 3570.61a:
a Public body, such as a municipality, county, district, authority, or other political subdivision of a State.
State public bodies are not eligible for assistance under this program.
b Nonprofit corporation or association. Applicants, other than nonprofit utility applicants, must have significant ties with the local rural community. Such ties are necessary to ensure to the greatest extent possible that a facility under private control will carry out a public purpose and continue to primarily serve rural areas. Nonprofit Track Two, Impact applicants must demonstrate a consortium of partners that demonstrate significant ties with the local rural communityies as referenced in paragraph 2 of this section.
c Federally recognized Indian Tribe, including a political subdivision of a Tribe, in a rural area.
2 In addition to meeting the eligibility requirements of Section IVA1 above, Track Two, Impact grant applicants must establish a network or consortium of entities for the purposes of this grant. The network or consortium shall:
a Be comprised of at least three or more health care provider organizations, economic development entities, federally-recognized tribes, and/or institutions of higher education, academic health, and research institutes including the applicant organization.
b Be comprised of rural and/or urban nonprofit entities, as long as at least 66% two-thirds of network members are located in a rural area and primarily serve a rural area as defined by this Notice; and c Identify one lead entity to serve as the primary applicant and recipient of the Track Two, Impact grant funds and accountable for monitoring and reporting on the project performance and financial management of the grant.
The lead entity or applicant must be an eligible entity described above in Section IV A 1, although significant ties to the local rural community may be satisfied as long as at least 66% twothirds of consortium members are
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located in a rural area and primarily serve a rural area. The lead entity must also be legally organized as an incorporated organization or other legal entity with legal authority to contract with the Federal Government.
B. Project Location Eligibility To be eligible for grant funds under this Notice, the eligible facility or project to be financed must be located in a rural area as defined in section 343a13C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 7 U.S.C.
1991a13 and must primarily serve rural residents. The terms rural and rural area mean any area other than a city, town, or unincorporated area that has a population of greater than 20,000
inhabitants. Population may be adjusted by exclusion of individuals incarcerated on a long-term or regional basis and the exclusion of the first 1,500 individuals who reside in housing located on a military base. The boundaries for unincorporated areas in determining populations will be based on the Census Designated Placess CDP. Data from the most recent decennial census of the United States will be used in determining population. For projects located on tribal trust land, the population of the tribal trust land, based on the most recent decennial census, will be used to determine the rural area regardless of whether the tribal trust land is located within the boundaries of a city or town.
Non-public body applicants are not required to be headquartered in a rural area. However, applicants must demonstrate how the facility to be financed with these grant funds is located in and will primarily serve rural areas. For Track Two, Impact grants, the lead applicant must demonstrate how the project is for the benefit of facilities located in rural areas and which primarily serve rural areas.
When considering whether a facility primarily serves rural residents, the Agency will consider the applicant or facilitys normal service territory, excluding any temporary expansion of service area resulting from the COVID
19 pandemic.
C. Eligible Grant Amounts An applicant is limited in the amount of grant funds that can be requested to assist a facility, depending on the population to be served and the median household income of that population.
Facilities and projects must demonstrate other sources of funds to fund the remaining portion of project costs. In these cases, grant assistance will be provided on a graduated scale with smaller communities with the lowest
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