[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR38.5]



[Page 135-136]

 

                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

                                SERVICES

 

PART 38_DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR CRISIS COUNSELING AND TRAINING--Table of 

Contents

 

Sec.  38.5  Grant assistance.



    (a) Eligibility. Public agencies and private nonprofit mental health 

organizations which are determined by the Secretary to be capable of 

providing the professional mental health crisis counseling services or 

mental health training of disaster workers needed as a result of a major 

disaster are eligible for a grant award under this part.



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    (b) Application. The application shall contain:

    (1) A proposed plan for the provision of the services for which 

grant assistance is requested;

    (2) A proposed budget for the expenditure of the requested grant 

funds; and

    (3) Such other pertinent information and assurances as the Secretary 

may require.

    (c) Grant awards. (1) Preference will be given, to the extent 

feasible and practicable, to those public and private nonprofit agencies 

and organizations which are located or do business primarily in the area 

affected by the major disaster.

    (2) Within the limits of the funds advanced by the Administrator, 

the amount of any grant award shall be determined on the basis of the 

Secretary's estimate of the sum necessary to carry out the grant 

purpose.

    (3) Neither the approval of any application nor the award of any 

grant commits or obligates the United States in any way to make any 

additional, supplemental, continuation, or other award with respect to 

any approved application or portion of an approved application.

    (d) Other HHS regulations that apply. Several other regulations 

apply to grants under this grant. These include, but are not limited to:



42 CFR part 50, subpart D--Public Health Service grant appeals procedure

45 CFR part 16--Procedures of the Departmental Grant Appeals Board

45 CFR part 74--Administration of grants

45 CFR part 75--Informal grant appeals procedures

45 CFR part 80--Nondiscrimination under programs receiving Federal 

assistance through the Department of Health and Human Services 

effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

45 CFR part 81--Practice and procedure for hearings under part 80 of 

this title

45 CFR part 84--Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs 

and activities receiving or benefiting from Federal financial assistance

45 CFR part 86--Nondiscrimination on the basis of sex in education 

programs and activities receiving or benefiting from Federal financial 

assistance

45 CFR part 91--Nondiscrimination on the basis of age in HHS programs or 

activities receiving Federal financial assistance



    (e) Expenditure of grant funds. Any funds granted pursuant to this 

part shall be expended solely for the purposes for which the funds were 

granted in accordance with the approved application and budget, the 

regulations of this part, the terms and the conditions of the award, and 

the applicable cost principles prescribed in subpart Q of 45 CFR part 

74.

    (f) Reports. In exceptional circumstances, a grantee may be required 

to submit special progress reports, in addition to those otherwise 

required, relating to the conduct and results of the approved grant.



[41 FR 52052, Nov. 26, 1976, as amended at 45 FR 57396, Aug. 28, 1980; 

49 FR 38109, Sept. 27, 1984]