Features
Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG)
$306 million to assist state and local governments in enhancing and sustaining all-hazards emergency management capabilities.
Purpose: The purpose of the FY 2009 EMPG is to assist state and local governments in enhancing and sustaining all-hazards emergency management capabilities.
Applicants: The governor of each state and territory is required to designate a State Administrative Agency (SAA) to apply for and administer the funds awarded under EMPG. The SAA is the only entity eligible to apply for EMPG funds.
Program Awards: The allocation methodology for FY 2009 EMPG dictates that all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico will receive a base amount of 0.75 percent of the total available grant funding. Four territories (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands) will receive a base amount of 0.25 percent of the total available grant funding. The balance of EMPG funds will be distributed on a population-share basis. Pursuant to the Compact of Free Association, funds are available for the Federated States of Micronesia and for the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
EMPG has a 50 percent federal and 50 percent state cost share, cash or in-kind match requirement.
Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program (IECGP)
$48.6 million for planning, training, exercises and equipment to states, territories, local and tribal governments to carry out initiatives identified in Statewide Communication Interoperability Plans, and improve interoperable emergency communications for responding to natural disasters and acts of terrorism.
Purpose: IECGP provides governance, planning, training and exercise and equipment funding to states, territories, and local and tribal governments to carry out initiatives to improve interoperable emergency communications, including communications in collective response to natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other man-made disasters. According to the legislation that created IECGP, all proposed activities must be integral to interoperable emergency communications and must be aligned with the goals, objectives and initiatives identified in the grantee’s approved statewide Communication Interoperability Plans (SCIP). IECGP will also advance DHS near-term priorities that are deemed critical to improving interoperable emergency communications and are consistent with goals and objectives of the National Emergency Communications Plan. For FY 2009, two priority groups have been identified that are deemed critical for advancing interoperable emergency communications in alignment with the criteria established for the SCIP process: 1) Gaps in Leadership and Governance and Common Operational Planning and Protocols; and 2) Emergency Responder Skills and Capabilities Development Through Training and Exercises.
IECGP has a 75 percent federal and 25 percent state cost share, cash or in-kind, requirement for equipment purchases only. Match requirements are waived for the territories of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Eligible Applicants: The governor of each state and territory has designated a State Administrative Agency (SAA), which can apply for and administer the funds under IECGP. The SAA is the only agency eligible to apply for IECGP funds.
Program Awards: FY 2009 IECGP funds will be allocated based on risk and statutory minimums, per the 9/11 Act. All 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico will receive a minimum of 0.50 percent of the total funds allocated. Four territories (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands) will receive a minimum allocation of 0.08 percent of the total funds allocated.
Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP)
$34 million to enhance catastrophic incident preparedness in selected high-risk, high-consequence urban areas and to support technical assistance funding in FY 2009. RCPGP supports coordination of regional all-hazards planning for catastrophic events, including the development of plans, protocols, and procedures.
Purpose: RCPGP will provide $31,002,500 in FY 2009 to enhance catastrophic incident preparedness in selected high-risk, high-consequence urban areas. A total of $3,000,000 will be used to support technical assistance funding in FY 2009. RCPGP is intended to support coordination of regional all-hazard planning for catastrophic events, including the development of integrated planning communities, plans, protocols and procedures to manage a catastrophic event.
Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants under FY 2009 RCPGP include the eleven (11) pre-designated high-risk, high-consequence urban areas within the ten (10) RCPGP sites.
Program Awards: One non-competitive award will be made to each of the predesignated eleven (11) high-risk, high consequence urban areas within the ten (10) RCPGP sites, provided their application meets the minimum standards specified for FY 2009. Funds will be allocated based on the risk of a catastrophic incident occurring in the region and the anticipated effectiveness of the proposed projects upon completion of the application review process.