Common Emergency Protective Measure 16

If the applicant provides essential community services at a facility that is unsafe, inaccessible, or destroyed as a result of the incident, temporary relocation of these service to another facility is eligible.

• Essential community services are those services of a governmental nature that are necessary to save lives, protect property and the public, and preserve the proper function and health of the community at large.
• The regulatory time limitation for temporary facilities is six months from the declaration date

Eligible temporary relocation of essential services includes, but are not limited to:

• Essential community services provided by a State, Territorial, Tribal, or Local government Applicant are eligible
• E.g., Police, Fire protection, Emergency services, Medical care
• Essential community services provided by private nonprofit Applicant are eligible (provided they own and operate the facility)
• E.g., Alcohol and drug rehabilitation, child care, fire protection and emergency services

• Lease, purchase, or construction of a temporary space
• Construction of safe room for temporary school facilities
• This is only eligible if the permanent facility had one as well
• Relocation work and costs