The Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program is one of the grant programs that constitute DHS/FEMA’s focus on all-hazards emergency preparedness, including the evolving threats and risks associated with climate change.
Donor Name: Department of Homeland Security – FEMA
State: Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/18/2023
Size of the Grant: $19,681,969
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
The 2022-2026 FEMA Strategic Plan outlines a bold vision and three ambitious goals designed to address key challenges the agency faces during a pivotal moment in the field of emergency management. Wide-ranging and long-term, the goals defined in the plan respond to the changing landscape in which they find themselves. The goals to meet this challenge are:
- Goal 1 – Instill Equity as a Foundation of Emergency Management
- Goal 2 – Lead Whole of Community in Climate Resilience
- Goal 3 – Promote and Sustain a Ready FEMA and Prepared Nation
These goals position FEMA to address the increasing range and complexity of disasters, support the diversity of communities they serve, and complement the nation’s growing expectations of the emergency management community. All EMPG Program recipients are encouraged to review the 2022-2026 FEMA Strategic Plan and consider how FY 2023 EMPG Program funding can be used to support the Plan’s goals and objectives as they apply to state/territory’s specific needs and the needs of the whole community.
DHS/FEMA invites all stakeholders and partners to also adopt these priorities and join them in building a more prepared and resilient nation.
Objectives
The primary objective of the FY 2023 EMPG Program is to provide funds to assist state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management agencies to implement the National Preparedness System (NPS) and to support the National Preparedness Goal (the Goal) of a secure and resilient nation. To that end, program objectives include:
- building or sustaining those capabilities that are identified as high priority through the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA)/Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR) process and other relevant information sources and
- closing capability gaps that are identified in the state or territory’s most recent SPR. DHS/FEMA requires EMPG Program recipients to complete a THIRA/SPR.
Priority Areas
When developing state/territory priorities, applicants should consider the following national priorities, which correspond directly to the 2022-2026 FEMA Strategic Plan and are further described below:
Equity
- Health and Social Services
- Mass Care Services
- Public Health, Healthcare and Emergency Medical Services
- Housing
- Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- Critical Transportation
- Public Information and Warning
- Community Resilience
- Economic Recovery
- Planning
- Long-Term Vulnerability Reduction
- Risk and Disaster Resilience Assessment
- Threats and Hazards Identification
Climate Resilience
- Community Resilience
- Infrastructure Systems
- Long-Term Vulnerability Reduction
- Planning
- Risk and Disaster Resilience Assessment
- Threats and Hazards Identification
Readiness: Catastrophic Disaster Housing
- Housing
- Planning
- Situational Assessment
- Infrastructure Systems
Readiness: Disaster Financial Management
- Planning
- Risk Management for Protection Programs and Activities
- Risk and Disaster Resilience Assessment
- Community Resilience
- Economic Recovery
Readiness: Evacuation Plan/Annex
- Planning
- Risk Management for Protection Programs and Activities
- Risk and Disaster Resilience Assessment
- Threats and Hazards Identification
- Operational Coordination
- Long-Term Vulnerability Reduction
- Critical Transportation
- Infrastructure Systems
Readiness: Logistics – Distribution Management
- Planning
- Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- Supply Chain Integrity and Security
- Development of/updates to a Distribution Management
Readiness: Resilient Communications
- Operational Communications
- Planning
- Public Information and Warning
- Operational Coordination
- Intelligence and Information Sharing
- Cybersecurity
- Physical Protective Measures
- Long-Term Vulnerability Reduction
- Risk and Disaster Resilience Assessment
- Threats and Hazards Identification
- Infrastructure Systems
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding Amount: $19,681,969
- Period of Performance: 36 months
Eligible Applicants
State or territorial governments
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