Costs must be directly tied to the performance of eligible work and adequately documented. The claimed FAL costs were associated with employees quarantined due to COVID-19. Quarantined employees are not performing eligible emergency work. The claimed contract costs are associated with work to backfill the quarantined employees and are therefore ineligible; the Applicant has not demonstrated that the temporary employees performed any eligible emergency work. For emergency protective measures to be eligible, the applicant is responsible for showing the work is required due to an immediate threat resulting from the declared incident. The Applicant has not provided information demonstrating that the employees receiving meals were performing eligible work. The Applicant has not demonstrated the claimed costs for resident meals, meal delivery supplies, or materials are tied to the performance of eligible emergency work.

The Applicant has not demonstrated the claimed costs for FAL, contract labor, employee and resident meals, or materials are associated with eligible emergency protective measures. Therefore, this appeal is denied.

Stafford Act §§ 403, 502, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5170b, 5192. 44 C.F.R. §§ 206.223(a)(1), 206.225(a), 206.228(a)(2)(iii). PAPPG, at 19, 21, 23-24, 42, 57, 60-61, 63, 133, and 158. Work Eligible for Public Assistance Policy, at 3-4; O&O Policy, at 4-5; Food Policy, at 2-4; FEMA Fact Sheet, Eligible Emergency Protective Measures, at 1-2. Anchorage Middletown Fire & EMS, FEMA-4497-DR-KY, at 3; City of Bergen, FEMA-4488-DR-NJ, at 3; Fla. Christian Homes Senior Housing, Inc., FEMA-4486-DR-FL, at 3-4; Williamson (Cnty.) Gov’t, FEMA-4489-DR-IL, at 2; Water's Edge of Lake Wales, FEMA-4486-DR-FL, at 2-3; Strycker's Bay Neighborhood Council, Inc., FEMA-4480-DR-NY, at 4.