Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Grants

Promote the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in residential homes and dwelling units across the United States in order to promote the health and public safety of citizens throughout the United States.

3.1 Eligible applicants
Eligible applicants are entities that fall within one of the three definitions below. Eligible applicants may contract with other entities, including civic organizations, to achieve some aspects of their proposal. Each applicant may only file one application per submitting organization.
• State - the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Wake Island, Midway Island, Kingman Reef, Johnston Island, the Canal Zone, American Samoa, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and includes the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
• Local Governments - any political subdivision of a State, which may include a county, municipality, city, town, township, local public authority, school district, special district, intrastate district, council of governments, or any agency or instrumentality of a local government.
• Tribal Organization - “Tribal organization” or “tribal organization” means the recognized governing body of any Indian tribe; any legally established organization of Indians which is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by such governing body or which is democratically elected by the adult members of the Indian community to be served by such organization and which includes the maximum participation of Indians in all phases of its activities: Provided, That in any case where a contract is let or grant made to an organization to perform services benefiting more than one Indian tribe, the approval of each such Indian tribe shall be a prerequisite to the letting or making of such contract or grant (25 U.S.C. 5304(l)).

3.2 State or Local Law Requirements
An applicant must have adopted a statute or a rule, regulation, or similar measure with the force and effect of law, which requires compliant carbon monoxide alarms to be installed in dwelling units in accordance with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 72, the International Fire Code (IFC), or the International Residential Code (IRC).
The applicant must submit a full copy of the applicable statue or rule, regulation, or similar measure with the force and effect of law, to be uploaded as Attachment 2, for eligibility to be determined. The applicant must identify specific sections of the applicable document that meets the requirement of Section 204(b)(1) of the NZB Act and explain how it meets the requirements of Section 204(b)(1) of the

NZB Act. The applicant may annotate or highlight the applicable sections of the document if that helps to explain how it meets the NZB requirement. Failure to include this information will result in the application being removed from consideration for funding.

3.3 Other Eligibility Requirements
• Applications must be submitted by the specified deadline.
• Applications may be filed on behalf of the State or Tribal organization by the fire safety code enforcement agency of that State or Tribal organization. The fire safety code enforcement agency may submit an application on behalf of an eligible applicant.

3.4 Cost Sharing/Matching Funds
• This funding opportunity requires cost sharing from eligible State and/or Local Government award recipients to provide non-Federal contributions in an amount equal to not less than 25 percent of the amount of Federal funds provided under the grant to administer the program. Failure to address cost sharing will result in the application being ineligible for consideration.
• This funding opportunity does not require cost sharing from Tribal Organization award recipients.
• This funding opportunity does not require fund matching.

The purpose of the COPPGP is to provide state, local and tribal governments assistance to help promote the installation of carbon monoxide alarms and develop training and public education programs, with the goal of preventing carbon monoxide poisoning of low-income families, children, and the elderly in dwelling units and other facilities, and to promote the health and public safety of citizens throughout the United States.

See FOA for details

CPSC has developed review criteria and procedures for assessing the technical merit of applications. The review criteria and process assist reviewers in judging each application objectively, and they aid applicants’ understanding of the standards CPSC uses in reviewing an application. In addition, CPSC developed critical indicators for each review criterion to assist the applicant in presenting pertinent information related to that criterion and to provide the reviewer with a standard for evaluation.
In selecting applicants for grant awards, CPSC is required to allocate grant funds for the purposes defined under Section 204(e) of the NZB Act (15 U.S.C. 2090(e)) (reference Section 1.1 of this FOA) to provide the maximum benefit possible for protecting against carbon monoxide poisoning.