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providing emergency noncongregate sheltering during the COVID-19 1 public health emergency. 2 (b) A city or county is eligible to apply for grant funding if 3 it: 4 (i) Applies to the federal emergency management agency public 5 assistance program for reimbursement of costs to provide emergency 6 non-congregate sheltering; and 7 (ii) Incurs eligible costs. 8 (c) Eligible costs are costs to provide emergency noncongregate 9 sheltering that: 10 (i) Were deemed eligible for reimbursement in the federal 11 emergency management agency policy 104-009-18, version 3, titled FEMA 12 emergency non-congregate sheltering during the COVID-19 public health 13 emergency (interim) and dated January 29, 2021; and 14 (ii) Are incurred by the applicant beginning January 21, 2021, 15 through September 30, 2021. 16 (d) The department must give priority to applicants who 17 demonstrate use of funds received under P.L. 117-2 for the 18 acquisition, development, and operation of noncongregate sheltering. 19 (e) The department must coordinate with the military department 20 to confirm that grant recipients have applied to the federal 21 emergency management agency public assistance program for costs 22 identified in their grant application. 23 (f) For the purposes of this subsection, "noncongregate 24 sheltering" means sheltering provided in locations where each 25 individual or household has living space that offers some level of 26 privacy such as hotels, motels, or dormitories. 27 (89)(a) $225,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 28 fiscal year 2022 and $175,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 29 for fiscal year 2023 are provided solely to conduct a comprehensive 30 equity review of state capital grant programs administered by the 31 department. The department may, in consultation with interested 32 parties identified in ((subsection)) (d) of this ((section)) 33 subsection, contract with a consultant to assist with the community 34 engagement and review necessary to complete this review process. 35 (b) The purposes of this comprehensive equity review are: To 36 reduce barriers to historically underserved populations' 37 participation in the capital grant programs; to redress inequities in 38 existing capital grant policies and programs; and to improve the 39 equitable delivery of resources and benefits in these programs. 40 p. 774 ESSB 5187.SL