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responsiveness to their intended beneficiary and the ability of the response to address the impact <br />or harm experienced by that beneficiary.20 <br />Responses must also be related and reasonably proportional to the extent and type of <br />harm experienced; uses that bear no relation or are grossly disproportionate to the type or extent <br />of harm experienced would not be eligible uses.21 Reasonably proportional refers to the scale of <br />the response compared to the scale of the harm. It also refers to the targeting of the response to <br />beneficiaries compared to the amount of harm they experienced; for example, it may not be <br />reasonably proportional for a cash assistance program to provide assistance in a very small <br />amount to a group that experienced severe harm and in a much larger amount to a group that <br />experienced relatively little harm. In evaluating whether a use is reasonably proportional, <br />recipients should consider relevant factors about the harm identified and the response. For <br />example, recipients may consider the size of the population impacted and the severity, type, and <br />duration of the impact. Recipients may also consider the efficacy, cost, cost-effectiveness, and <br />time to delivery of the response. <br />Finally, recipients should be aware of the distinction between beneficiaries of funds and <br />subrecipients; a recipient may provide services to beneficiaries through subrecipients that did not <br />experience a negative economic impact, see section Distinguishing Subrecipients versus <br />Beneficiaries. That is, a recipient may award SLFRF funds to an entity that did not experience a <br />negative economic impact in order to implement a program or provide a service to beneficiaries <br />on its behalf. Such transfers, when implementing a public health or negative economic impact <br />20 For example, expenses such as excessive compensation to employees or expenses which have already been <br />reimbursed through another federal program, are not reasonably designed to address a negative economic impact to <br />a beneficiary. <br />21 For example, a program or service that imposes conditions on participation in or acceptance of the service that <br />would undermine efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 or discourage compliance with practices in line with CDC <br />guidance for stopping the spread of COVID-19 is not a permissible use of funds. <br />26 <br />