GOHSEP Elected_Officials_Manual_2015

GOHSEP
Louisiana Elected Officials
Emergency Management Manual
Prepare + Prevent + Respond + Recover + mitigate
2.6 Preparedness (Non-Disaster) Grants
There are several Federal grants
that provide assistance to enhance
homeland security and the ability
of State, local, Tribal and territorial
jurisdictions and other regional
authorities in the preparation,
prevention and response to terrorist
attacks and other disasters. Localities
can use grants for planning, equipment, training and exercise needs.
Non-disaster grants meet
national goals + support
the needs of individual
communities.
Two (2) grant programs of particular importance to the Louisiana emergency management
community and especially important to local elected officials are the:
• Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG) Program
• Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP)
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS
(EMPG) PROGRAM
EMPGs were established to provide grants to States to assist State, local, Tribal and territorial
governments in preparing for all hazards. Title VI of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) authorizes FEMA to make grants for the purpose of
providing a comprehensive system of emergency preparedness for the protection of life
and property in the United States from all hazards and to vest responsibility for emergency
preparedness jointly in the Federal government, States and their political subdivisions.
The State Administrative Agent (SAA) or the State’s Emergency Management Agency (EMA)
are the only entities eligible to apply to FEMA for the EMPG and HSGP program funds on behalf
of State and local emergency management agencies.
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