FEMA PA APPEAL SHORT SUMMARY & LINKS TO FEMA PA APPEAL WEBSITE

This is in response to a letter from your office dated October 6, 2014, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of Community Church Unitarian Universalist (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) time/space usage calculation as well as denial of funding for some of the sod replacement. As explained in the enclosed analysis, I have determined that the Applicant’s facility is not an eligible facility pursuant to Response and Recovery Directorate Policy (RRDP) 9521.1, Community Center Eligibility (Aug. 11, 1998), which states that "facilities established or primarily used for religious or similar activities" are not eligible community centers. As reflected in the Applicant’s articles of incorporation, bylaws, and Internal Revenue Service tax exemption letter, the facility was established for religious purposes. Therefore, I am denying this appeal. By copy of this letter I am requesting the Regional Administrator to deobligate all previously obligated funding in the amount of $59,823.80. Please inform the Applicant of my decision. This determination is the final agency decision on this matter pursuant to 44 C.F.R. § 206.206, Appeals.