To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. STATE & LOCAL MANAGERS’ GUIDE TO Homeland Security GRANTS & GRANTS FUNDING Eligible Applicants: Fire departments or nonaffiliated EMS organizations that are operating in any of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa or Puerto Rico are eligible for funding. 2009 2008 Hospital Emergency Preparedness Program (HPP) Funding Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS Deadline: 6/1/09 (forecast) Total Funding Available in FY 2009: $398,095,000 Purpose: The purpose of HPP funds is to improve surge capacity and enhance community and hospital preparedness for public health emergencies. Program priority areas include improving bed and personnel surge capacity, decontamination capabilities, isolation capacity, pharmaceutical supplies, interoperable communications and supporting training, education, and drills and exercises. Eligible Applicants: Health departments of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the nation’s three largest municipalities (New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago), the commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, the territories of American Samoa, Guam and the US Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republics of Palau and the Marshall Islands are eligible to apply and receive funding from this cooperative agreement. Hospitals, outpatient facilities, community health centers, poison control centers, tribal health facilities and other healthcare partners should work directly with their state health departments regarding participation in HPP . Purpose: Public Health Emergency Preparedness funds are intended to upgrade state and local public health jurisdictions’ preparedness and response to bioterrorism, outbreaks of infectious disease and other public health threats and emergencies. Funds will be used to support projects that could serve as model systems or approaches for replication among other grantees. Eligible Applicants: Eligibility is limited to those recipients currently funded through a cooperative agreement under the program. This includes the 50 states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Pacific Island Jurisdictions (American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia) and the localities of Chicago, Los Angeles County, New York City and Washington, DC. Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program (IECGP) Funding Agency: DHS Deadline: 1/13/09 Total Funding Available in FY 2009: $48,575,000 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. Eligibility: The SAA is the only agency eligible to apply for IECGP funds. The SAA must obligate 80 percent of the funds awarded under IECGP to local and tribal governments within 45 days of receipt of the funds. Eligible pass-through recipients included local and tribal levels of government. Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grants Funding Agency: DHS Deadline: 12/01/09 (forecast) Total Funding Available in FY 2009: $114,000,000 Purpose: The Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) program provides funds to states, territories, federally recognized Indian tribal governments and communities for hazard mitigation planning and the implementation of mitigation projects prior to a disaster event. Funding these plans and projects reduces overall risks to the population and structures, while also reducing reliance on funding from actual disaster declarations. Eligible Applicants: The state emergency management agency or a similar office (i.e., the office that has primary emergency management or floodplain management responsibility) of the state; the District of Columbia; the US Virgin Islands; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Guam; American Samoa; the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and federally recognized Indian tribal governments are eligible to apply. Each state, territory or tribal government shall designate one agency to serve as the applicant for the FMA program. Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG) Funding Agency: Department of Justice (DOJ) Deadline: 7/01/09 Total Funding Available in FY 2009: $581,000,000 Purpose: The JAG Program allows states, tribes and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their own local needs and conditions. JAG blends the previous Byrne Formula and Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) programs to provide agencies with added flexibility in prioritizing and placing justice funds. Eligible Applicants: The JAG formula in cludes a state allocation consisting of a minimum base allocation with the remaining amount determined on population and Part 1 violent crime statistics, and a direct allocation to units of local government. Once the state allocation is calculated, 60 percent of the funding is awarded to the state and 40 percent to eligible units of local government. State allocations also have a required variable pass through to units of local government, calculated by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) from each state’s crime expenditures. HST Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HHS Deadline: 7/01/2009 (forecast) Total Funding Available in FY 2009: $640,698,071* *There is an additional $64,169,347 available for the Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI), which is granted by formula to each of the state awardees and funded localities. G14 H S T od ay Guide to Homeland Security Grants 2009