Preparedness Grant Programs FEMA, Grant Programs Directorate Technologies for Critical Incident Prep

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Preparedness Grant ProgramsFEMA, Grant Programs
DirectorateTechnologies for Critical Incident
Preparedness ConferenceChicago, ILOctober
31,2008
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Overview

• Welcome/Introduction/Background
• DHS/FEMA/Grant Programs Directorate (GPD)
• GPD Integration with States
• Homeland Security Grant Programs Overview
• Grant Program Details
• Allowable Funding Categories
• Questions

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DHS Organizational Chart
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FEMA Organizational Chart
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State Administrative Agency (SAA)

• Each State and territory has a gubernatorial-appoi
  nted contact responsible for managing all GPD
  funds and associated program requirements
• The SAA should be the main point of contact as
  they are the initial recipient of all grant
  awards
• More information
• http//www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/contact_state.htm

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Grants Support Core National Preparedness Goal
Priorities

• Regional Collaboration
• Focus Area Integrate and Synchronize
  Preparedness Programs and Activities
• NIMS/NRP Implementation
• National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP)
  Implementation
• Focus Area Build and Sustain a Statewide
  Critical Infrastructure/Key Resource (CI/KR)
  Protection Program
• Information Sharing
• Focus Area Enable Information/Intelligence
  Fusion
• Communications and Interoperability
• Focus Area Enhance Statewide Communications
  Interoperability
• CBRNE Detection, Response, and Decontamination
• Focus Area Strengthen Preventive
  Radiological/Nuclear Detection Capabilities
• Medical Surge and Mass Prophylaxis

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Grant Programs Overview

• Programs Grouped into Two Broad Categories
• Overarching Homeland Security Programs that
  Provide Funding for a Broad Set of Activities in
  Support of the Four Homeland Security Mission
  Areas and the Goal (NPG)
• Protect
• Prevent
• Respond
• Recover
• Targeted Infrastructure Protection Programs for
  Specific Critical Infrastructure Protection
  Initiatives Within Identified Jurisdictions

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FY 2008 Grant Programs

• Homeland Security Grant Programs (HSGP)
• State Homeland Security Program - SHSP
• Urban Areas Security Initiative Program - UASI
• Metropolitan Medical Response System - MMRS
• Citizen Corps Program CCP
• Critical Infrastructure Protection Programs
  (CISP)
• Transit Security Grant Program - TSGP
• Port Security Grant Program - PSGP
• Intercity Bus Security Grant Program - IBSGP
• Trucking Security Program - TSP
• Buffer Zone Protection Program - BZPP

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FY 2008 HSGP

• State Homeland Security Program (SHSP)
• Builds capabilities at the State and local levels
  through planning, organization, equipment,
  training, and exercise activities in support of
  the National Preparedness Guidelines
• Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI)
• Supports the unique planning, equipment,
  organization, training and exercise needs of
  high-threat, high-density urban areas in support
  of the National Preparedness Guidelines
• Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS)
• Supports local preparedness efforts to respond to
  all-hazards mass casualty incidents, including
  CBRNE terrorism, epidemic disease outbreaks,
  natural disasters and large-scale hazardous
  materials incidents
• Citizen Corps Program (CCP)
• Brings community and government leaders together
  to coordinate community involvement in emergency
  preparedness, planning, mitigation, response and
  recovery

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Allowable Funding Categories

• Planning
• Training
• Exercises
• Equipment
• Organization
• Management and Administration

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Allowable Equipment Categories

• Grantees may purchase first responder equipment
  in the following categories (number of categories
  has increased every year)

• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Detection Equipment
• Decontamination Equipment
• Interoperable Communications Equipment
• Terrorism Incident Prevention Equipment
• Explosive Device Mitigation and Remediation
  Equipment
• Physical Security Enhancement Equipment
• Medical Supplies/Pharmaceuticals

• CBRNE Logistical Support Equipment
• CBRNE Incident Response Vehicles/
  Aircraft/Watercraft
• CBRNE Search Rescue Equipment
• CBRNE Reference Materials
• Agricultural Terrorism Prevention, Response
  Mitigation
• Cyber Security
• Intervention Equipment
• Citizen Corps specific equipment

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Planning

• Establishment and development of mutual aid
  agreements
• Development or enhancement of response and
  recovery plans
• Coordination of citizen and family preparedness
  plans and programs, including donations programs
  and volunteer initiatives
• Development or enhancement of continuity of
  operations and continuity of government plans
• Conducting vulnerability assessments
• Planning resources and templates available at the
  Department of Homeland Securitys Lessons Learned
  Information Sharing (LLIS.gov) portal

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Training

• Comprehensive training programs to develop
  individual and community capacity for complex,
  multiple/all-hazards threats
• Training based on professional standards,
  conducted in residence, on-site, or through
  distance education
• Training facilities and courses offered through
  National Domestic Preparedness Consortium
• Provide grant funds to institutionalize training
  at the State level
• Coordinated development of new courses through
  the Competitive Training Grant Program and our
  existing training academies
• Develop a Performance-Based Training, Exercise,
  and Evaluation Management System

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Exercises

• Assist in design, development, conduct, and
  evaluation of terrorism exercises
• Exercise grant funding and direct support to
  States to establish exercise programs and conduct
  exercises
• National Exercise Program, including
• Top Officials (TOPOFF) Exercise Series
• Regional Exercise Program
• National Special Security Event (NSSE) Exercise
  Program
• Direct Exercise Support
• Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
  (HSEEP)
• Coordinate with Federal, State, and local
  partners to implement performance and
  threat-based, peer-evaluated National Exercise
  Program (NEP)

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State Risk Formula
Total State Risk
New for FY08
Threat (20)
Vulnerability Consequence (80)
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Population Index (40)
Economic Index (20)
National Infrastructure Index (15)
National Security Index (5)



Gross State Product
State Density
State Population
Tier II Assets (1x)
Tier I Assets (3x)
Military Personnel
x


DIB Count
Census


Border Index
Commuters

Visitors
Borders
Coastlines
Border Crossings
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FY08 UASI Urban Areas
Tier 1 7 (55 of available funding)
Tier 2 53 (45 of available funding)
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Projected Funding and Timeline
FY 2007
FY 2008
Homeland Security Grant Program
State Homeland Security Program
509,250,000


862,925,000


Urban Areas Security Initiative Program
746,900,000


781,630,000


Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Activities
363,750,000



Metropolitan Medical Response System Program
32,010,000


39,831,500


Citizen Corps Program
14,550,000


14,572,500


1,666,460,000 1,698,959,000
1/23/08 5-Day Cong. Briefing
5/1/08
Mid Term Review
7/30/08
8/29/08
Peer Review
2/1/08
HSGP
Applications Submitted to DHS
Awards Issued
Appropriations Enacted (12/26/07)
Guidance Published
Allocations Announced
Does not include funding for NSGP (15
million) and OSGP (60 million)
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• Additional FEMA Preparedness Grant Programs

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FY 2008 Non-Profit Security Grant Program (NSGP)

• Provides 15,000,000 in funding support for
  target hardening activities to nonprofit
  organizations (as described under section
  501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
  and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such
  Code) that are at high-risk of international
  terrorist attack
• Seeks to integrate nonprofit preparedness
  activities with broader state and local
  preparedness, public and private efforts

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FY 2008 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) grant

• Purpose
• Improve emergency management and preparedness
  capabilities
• Support flexible, sustainable, secure, and
  interoperable EOCs
• Focus on addressing identified deficiencies and
  needs
• Funding
• 14,572,500 available to eligible applicants
• Up to 1,000,000 for construction or 250,000 for
  renovation projects
• 75 percent Federal and 25 percent grantee cost
  share cash- or in-kind match requirement
• Eligibility
• Primary State, local, and tribal government EOCs
• SAAs were the only entities eligible to apply for
  funding

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FY 2008 EOC Funding Allocations
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Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program

• Fire Grants
• Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response
  Grants (SAFER)
• Fire Prevention and Safety Grants
• http//www.firegrantsupport.com/

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Other preparedness grants in FY08

• Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant
  Program (IECGP)
• Regional Catastrophic Planning Grant Program
  (RCPGP)
• Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program
  (CEDAP)
• Operation Stonegarden Grant Program (OPSG)
• Many others (21 grants in all)

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Responder Knowledge Base

• http//www.rkb.us
• Web-Based Tool for the Emergency Responder
  Community
• Funded by DHS
• Information Clearinghouse
• Grant Guidance
• Unbiased Product Information
• Authorized Equipment List (AEL)
• Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program
  (CDAP)
• Over 56,000 Registered Users
• More than 1,300 Contributing Organizations

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Responder Knowledge Base
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Authorized Equipment List (AEL)
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Authorized Equipment List (AEL)
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• Alexander R. Mrazik Jr.
• FEMA/Grant Programs Directorate
• alexander.mrazik_at_dhs.gov
• www.fema.gov/grants

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