04-26-24: 2025 R3 NOFO Applicant Questions

Posted: April 26, 2024

Question Received 4/25/24

If my organization is in a collaborative, are we able to put out yearly budget together to qualify for Tier 2?

Response

Yes, if you are the lead applicant. Tiered status is based on the lead applicant’s annual operating budget and number of years of service provision.

Question Received 4/23/24

If we are awarded a grant, how often are reimbursements done? Is it quarterly after the reporting is done?

Response

Grantees may elect to submit expenses for reimbursement monthly or quarterly. Some grantees may qualify for advance pay, which supports organizations with an initial cash disbursal. Advance pay eligibility is determined with an evaluation and provided upon ICJIA approval.

Question Received 4/23/24

We will be acting as the pass-through entity for our grant collaboration, we will need to complete the Memorandum of Understanding or Linkage Agreement. Could you kindly provide us with this document or the relevant link to the document to ensure our application is complete and submitted on time?

Response

The Memorandum of Understanding and/or Linkage Agreement should be negotiated and developed by the lead applicant for the pass-through entity. ICJIA does not provide these documents.

Question Received 4/23/24

Just confirming that the Certification of Employee Local Residence Form is optional - it states on the NOFO that it is (Required only for organizations seeking local preference points based on their employees’ residence in an R3 zone). We don’t have 50% in one particular R3 zone, we do if we add a couple of zones together. So I wanted to double verify that we don’t have to fill this out.

Response

To claim local preference, the organization’s employees must reside in an R3 zone (any zone). Claiming local preference is optional and up to the discretion of the applicant.

Question Received 4/23/24

Wondering if it’s allowable to put money in the budget for emergency family assistance such as housing, rental assistance, clothing, food, etc.?

Response

All expenses must be reasonable, necessary, and allocable to the program. Emergency family assistance may be allowable when the application articulates a nexus between providing emergency family assistance and the objectives of the grant program.

It is the applicant’s responsibility to fully explain and justify the need for specific expenses within the program design and the budget narrative. ICJIA retains the right to determine the allowability and reasonableness of proposed expenditures.

Question Received 4/23/24

Will an application be denied because they selected advance pay?

Response

No. Reimbursement types selected by applicants are not scored.

Question Received 4/22/24

We are applying for Violence Prevention/Youth Development and are wondering if it’s allowable to put money in the budget for emergency family assistance such as housing, rental assistance, clothing, food, etc.

Response:

All expenses must be reasonable, necessary, and allocable to the program. Emergency family assistance may be allowable when the application articulates a nexus between providing emergency family assistance and the objectives of the grant program.

It is the applicant’s responsibility to fully explain and justify the need for specific expenses within the program design and the budget narrative. ICJIA retains the right to determine the allowability and reasonableness of proposed expenditures.

Question Received 4/21/24

I have a question regarding completion of the performance measures template. Do we need to include target numbers for the mandatory measures portion (similar to what we need to provide for the discretionary measures)? The example provided on the top of page 22 of the NOFO does not include targets but wanted to confirm.

Response:

No, target numbers are not required in the mandatory measures section of the performance measures template.

Question Received (4/19/24):

We had some difficulty setting up SAM and getting the registration completed and submitted, but we were able to submit it today. Can we still submit with this still in process?

Response:

The UEI number generated from SAM.gov is required for application submission. Applicants must meet pre-qualification criteria at the time of AmpliFund submission. Applications that are not prequalified with a UEI will not be reviewed.