To be eligible for financial assistance, an item of work must be the legal responsibility of an eligible applicant. Emergency services are usually the responsibility of a government entity. When a PNP provides emergency services at the request of the legally responsible government entity, FEMA provides PA funding through that government entity as the eligible applicant. Here the Applicant, as a PNP, is not eligible for direct reimbursement of sheltering and associated services costs provided to homeless individuals during the storm.

FEMA finds that sheltering and its associated costs are reimbursable only to legally responsible government entities, and the Applicant, as a PNP, is not eligible for direct reimbursement of these costs. Therefore, this appeal is denied.

44 C.F.R. § 206.223(a)(3). PAPPG, at 112-113. FP 104-009-18, at 3 (Non-congregate Sheltering (NCS) Policy).