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Student Stipend Reimbursement Program
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To provide travel stipends (up to 75 percent of the expense of attendance) to fire service, emergency medical services, and emergency managers attending National Fire Academy (NFA) courses at the National Emergency Training Center (NETC) in Emmitsburg, Maryland. This assistance is provided by Public Law 93-498, Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. NFA curricula and programs are designed to support State and local response agencies to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, and respond to local, regional and national emergencies. Cost sharing for student attendance at NETC supports Goal 5 of the DHS Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 20-24, Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience; and Goal 3 of the FEMA Strategic Plan for FY 2022-2026, Promote and Sustain a Ready FEMA and Prepared Nation. NFA has a performance measure in place to measure the percentage of supervisors of students trained who believe their staff are better prepared as a result of NFA training. For FY 2022, 93.3% of supervisors reported their staff was better prepared for natural and man-made emergencies.
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It is anticipated that the National Fire Academy will train an estimated 100,000 fire and emergency services personnel through NFA Sponsored 2/6/10 day on- and off-courses, State sponsored 2/6/10 day courses, and NFAOnline distance learning courses. NFA trained 103,257 fire and emergency services personnel through NFA-sponsored 2-, 6-, and 10-day on- and off-campus courses, State-sponsored 2-, 6-, and 10-day courses, and NFAOnline distance learning courses. Of those students, NFA reimbursed 3,651 students, who attended resident training, through the Student Stipend Reimbursement Program.
During FY 17 NFA trained over 100,000 fire and emergency services personnel through NFA-sponsored 2-, 6-, and 10-day on- and off-campus courses, State-sponsored 2-, 6-, 10-day courses, and NFA Online distance learning courses.
NFA trained 101,943 fire and emergency services personnel through NFA-sponsored 2-, 6-, and 10-day on- and off-campus courses, State-sponsored 2-, 6-, 10-day courses, and NFA Online distance learning courses. Financial assistance/stipends were paid to 3,533 students attending 294 resident 6- and 10-day course offerings at the NETC campus. Through the end of FY 2019, Quarter 2, NFA has paid stipends in the amount of $782,215 to 1,695 students.
NFA trained 96,369 fire and emergency services personnel through NFA-sponsored 2-, 6-, and 10-day on- and off-campus courses, State-sponsored 2-, 6-, 10-day courses, and NFA Online distance learning courses. Financial assistance/stipends were paid to 3,172 students attending 203 resident 6- and 10-day course offerings at the NETC campus. Through the end of FY 2020, Quarter 2, NFA has paid stipends in the amount of $819,131 to 1,910 students.
Fiscal Year 2020: NFA trained 84,389 fire and emergency services personnel through NFA-sponsored 2-, 6-, and 10-day on- and off-campus courses, State-sponsored 2-, 6-, 10-day courses, and NFA Online distance learning courses. The number of students is lower than normal because all resident courses were canceled from March – September due to COVID-19. Financial assistance/stipends were paid to 2,007 students attending 129 resident 6- and 10-day course offerings at the NETC campus. With continued restrictions due to COVID-19, the NFA did not resume on-campus classes until April 12, 2021. Only a limited number of stipends have been processed since classes just resumed. It is anticipated that the amount paid to stipends will be significantly lower than previous years due to cancelation of courses until the April timeframe, and delivering courses for the remainder of the FY at 50% capacity.
Fiscal Year 2021: NFA trained 98,724 fire and emergency medical services personnel through NFA-sponsored 2-, 6-, and 10-day on- and off-campus courses, State-sponsored 2-, 6-, 10-day courses, and NFA Online distance learning courses. With continued restrictions due to COVID-19, the NFA did not resume delivering on-campus classes until April 12, 2021, with capacities for courses set at 50%. This contributed to the lower number of students completing on-campus training. Financial assistance/stipends were paid to 1,029 students attending 131 resident 6- and 10-day course offerings at the NETC campus. During FY 21, in an effort to support the nation’s fire and emergency medical services personnel, NFA increased the number of off-campus and virtual deliveries to help off-set the canceled and reduced on-campus classes.
Fiscal Year 2022: NFA trained 76,414 fire and emergency medical services personnel through NFA-sponsored 2-, 6-, and 10-day on- and off-campus courses, State-sponsored 2-, 6-, 10-day courses, and NFA Online distance learning courses. Financial assistance/stipends were paid to 2,264 students attending 261 resident 6- and 10-day course offerings at the NETC campus. During FY 22, in an effort to support the nation’s fire and emergency medical services personnel, NFA continued with increased numbers of off-campus and virtual deliveries to support organizations still ramping up after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
