GOHSEP Elected_Officials_Manual_2015

GOHSEP Louisiana Elected Officials Emergency Management Manual
Prepare + Prevent + Respond + Recover + mitigate
Mitigation (HM) later in this Manual for more information
on annual pre-disaster grants and the post-disaster
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP).
Each FEMA PA and HM Applicant has an assigned
GOHSEP State Applicant Liaison (SAL) to assist them
with these Stafford Act recovery grant programs.
Through strategic partnerships with other
organizations, GOHSEP is providing important hazard
mitigation information and grants training to local
governing authorities, decision makers, recovery
professionals, residents and other stakeholders who
help communities rebuild, restore and recover in ways
that make them safer, stronger and more resilient to
meet the challenges of the next disaster.
RCs, along with GOHSEP senior leadership and key
subject matter experts (SMEs), are identified with
contact information in the Contact Directory later in
this Manual.
HOW TO CONNECT WITH
GOHSEP
GOHSEP has nine (9) Regions. Each is supported
by a Regional Coordinator (RC). RCs are GOHSEP
representatives who interact with Parish OHSEP
Directors, Parish Presidents and other local elected
leadership, serving as their liaison to GOHSEP.
nine (9) GOHSEP regions.
GOHSEP is located at 7667 independence boulevard in Baton Rouge.
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