Compendium of Disaster Preparedness Programs - Office of

Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General

Compendium of Disaster Preparedness Programs

OIG-11-88 June 2011

Office ofInspector General

U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityWashington, DC 20528

HomelandSecurity

Preface

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) wasestablished by the Homeland Security Act of2002 (Public Law 107-296) by amendmentto the Inspector General Act of1978. This is one of a series of audit, inspection, andspecial reports prepared as part of our oversight responsibilities to promote economy,efficiency, and effectiveness within the department.

The DHS OIG, through the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency(CIGIE), has developed an inventory of federal programs that provide disasterpreparedness assistance to individuals, states, localities, nonprofit organizations,businesses, and other entities. It is based on a survey of CIGIE members and a review ofthe General Services Administration's Catalog ofFederal Domestic Assistance.

We trust this report will result in more effective, efficient, and economical operations.We express our appreciation to all of those who contributed to the preparation of thisreport.

Charles K. EdwardsActing Inspector General

June 6, 2011

Table of Contents/Abbreviations Overview ..............................................................................................................................1

Disaster Preparedness Programs ..........................................................................................5

Appendices

Appendix A: Major Contributors to the Disaster Preparedness Compendium ..........39 Appendix B: Report Distribution........................................... ...................................40

Abbreviations

ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act BFRL Building and Fire Research Laboratory CFDA Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance CIGIE Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency CMM Civil Military Medicine DOD Department of Defense DHS Department of Homeland Security EAS Emergency Alert System EPA Environmental Protection Agency FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency HSPD Homeland Security Presidential Directive NEHRP National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program NFIP National Flood Insurance Program NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NORTHCOM Northern Command NSF National Science Foundation NWR NOAA Weather Radio NWS National Weather Service OIG Office of Inspector General SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act USGS United States Geological Survey

Overview

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), through the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), developed this inventory of federal programs that provide disaster preparedness assistance to individuals, states, localities, nonprofit organizations, and businesses, to help ensure the preparedness of the nation to prevent, respond to, and recover from threatened and actual disasters and emergencies.

Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive-8 (HSPD-8), the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the heads of other appropriate federal departments and agencies and in consultation with state and local governments, is charged with developing a national domestic all hazards preparedness goal. Federal departments and agencies must work to achieve this goal by:

a) Providing for effective, efficient, and timely delivery of federal preparedness assistance to state and local governments; and

b) Supporting efforts to ensure first responders are prepared to respond to major events, especially prevention of and response to threatened terrorist attacks.

For the purposes of this document the term “federal preparedness assistance” means federal department and agency grants, cooperative agreements, loans, loan guarantees, training, and/or technical assistance. Federal preparedness assistance is intended to enhance preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation capabilities by funding such items as planning, training, exercises, equipment, and interoperable communications.

The Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program defines the preparedness mission as the range of deliberate, critical tasks, and activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the operational capability to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents. Preparedness is a continuous process involving efforts at all levels of government and between government and private sector and non-governmental organizations to identify threats, determine vulnerabilities, and identify required resources. It is also the existence of plans, procedures, policies, training, and equipment necessary at the federal, state, and local level to maximize the ability to prevent,


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respond to, and recover from major incidents. The term “readiness” can be used interchangeably with preparedness.

We began compiling this inventory by reviewing the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) website,1 conducting a simple search for “emergency preparedness” to develop an initial inventory of financial and non-financial federal disaster preparedness programs. The DHS OIG then surveyed the federal Inspector General community to identify additional programs which may not have been identified or may not be available through the CFDA website. Through our collaborative effort we were able to identify 11 agencies and departments with 128 federal disaster preparedness programs. Table 1 identifies the 11 agencies and departments with disaster preparedness programs and the number of programs each agency or department oversees.

Table 1 – Agencies and Departments with Disaster Preparedness Programs

Agency or Department Number of Disaster Preparedness Programs

Identified Corporation for National and Community Service 1 Department of Agriculture 2 Department of Commerce 13 Department of Defense 5 Department of Energy 1 Department of Health and Human Services 22 Department of Homeland Security 69 Department of the Interior 2 Department of Justice 2 Department of Transportation 5 Environmental Protection Agency 6

TOTAL 128 Source: OIG analysis of CFDA data and data provided by federal OIGs.

The Department of Homeland Security administers 69 of the federal disaster preparedness programs, or 54% of the total number of programs identified. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Commerce oversee a combined 35 programs, or 27% of all the programs. The remaining 19% of the

1 Data search in this report is as of August 2, 2010.


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programs are administered by the other 8 agencies and departments.

Through the CFDA website we identified 12 different functional areas into which the disaster preparedness programs can be categorized. Table 2 lists the number of disaster preparedness programs in each functional area. Some disaster preparedness programs could fall in more than one functional area. For example, we placed the Department of Agriculture’s Emergency Conservation Program in the agriculture functional area. This program could also be categorized in the areas of civil defense or environmental quality. For simplification we assigned each program to only one functional area.

Table 2 – Disaster Preparedness Programs by Functional Area

Functional Area Number of Disaster Preparedness Programs

Science, Technology and Education 9 Agriculture 2 Community Preparedness/Natural Disasters 31 Economic Development 3 Hazard Mitigation Assistance 9 Public Health 15 Civil Defense, Terrorism and Manmade Disasters 29 Transportation and Infrastructure 6 Workforce Development 5 Communications 6 Environmental Quality 3 Training 10 Source: OIG analysis of CFDA data and data provided by federal OIGs.

We anticipate that this inventory of programs will be used by the Inspector General community, federal departments and agencies, state and local governments and individuals as a means to become more aware of federal disaster preparedness programs.

We compiled this information under the authority of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended. We provided CIGIE members with the opportunity to verify the information in this compendium, and we have incorporated their comments where appropriate.2

2 As agreed upon with CIGIE, we performed this work as a non-audit service.


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In April 2009, DHS OIG, in collaboration with the CIGIE, compiled a Compendium of Disaster Assistance Programs (OIG08-49). Because preparedness overlaps with response and recovery, some preparedness programs listed here are also identified in the Compendium of Disaster Assistance Programs.


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Disaster Preparedness Programs

Department / Program Title Objectives Program Agency Number

Corporation for National and Community

Service

Learn and Serve America Innovative Community-Based Service-Learning

Programs

For over fifteen years, the Corporation for National and Community Service—through its Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America programs—has mobilized a new generation of engaged citizens. Learn and Serve America grants provide support to organizations that involve young people in service-learning projects that simultaneously support student development and meet

94.018

community needs in areas such as the environment, education, public safety, and other human needs.

Department of Agriculture, Farm Service

Agency

Emergency Conservation Program

To enable farmers to perform emergency conservation measures to control wind erosion on farmlands, to rehabilitate farmlands damaged by wind erosion, floods, hurricanes, or other natural disasters and to carry out emergency water conservation or water enhancing measures during periods of severe drought.

*10.054

Department of Agriculture,

National Institute of Food and

Agriculture

Cooperative Extension Service

To help people improve their lives and communities through an educational process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues critical to the economic, agricultural, societal, health/safety, and environmental progress of all Americans, identify and solve their farm, home, and community problems through the practical application of research findings of the Department of Agriculture and the land-grant colleges and universities.

*10.500

Data in this report is as of August 2, 2010. The CFDA website is subject to updates; refer to www.cfda.gov for current information. * Indicates programs which may include objectives, including disaster assistance, outside our use of the term “Preparedness.” # Indicates no CFDA number identified.


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Department of Commerce,

National Institute of

Standards and Technology

(NIST)

Congressionally-Identified Projects

To assist various organizations identified by Congress to achieve objectives specified by Congress. Examples of funded projects include: School Safety and Preparedness; School of Public Health Construction; Museum of Science-Program for Technological Literacy; and Bio-commodity Engineering Research Initiative.

11.617


National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA)

Applied Meteorological

Research

Through the Collaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research program, NOAA/National Weather Service (NWS) provides funding to the university community for highly collaborative applied research hydro-meteorological activities to create a cost-effective transition from basic and applied research to operations and services. The Remote Community Alert Systems Program represents an effort to provide for outdoor alerting technologies in remote communities effectively underserved by commercial mobile service for the purpose of enabling residents of those communities to receive emergency messages.

11.468

Department of Commerce, Economic

Development

Economic Adjustment Assistance

To address the needs of distressed communities experiencing adverse economic changes that may occur suddenly or over time, and generally result from industrial or corporate restructuring, new Federal laws or requirements, reduction in defense expenditures, depletion of natural resources, or natural disaster. Economic

*11.307

Administration Adjustment Assistance grants are intended to enhance a distressed community's ability to compete economically by stimulating private investment in targeted areas.



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National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

National Weather Service Eastern

Region Automated Flood Warning

Systems

The objective of the Automated Flood Warning Systems Program is to provide funding to communities with flood or flash flood problems that affect safety of life and property to assist them in creating, renovating, or enhancing Automated Flood Warning Systems.

*11.450

Department of Commerce

Census Data & Emergency

Preparedness

An on-line tool that provides a live feed from the National Hurricane Center. When a storm’s leading winds make landfall, the application will allow users to view the relationship between where people work and where they live, characteristics of the local workforce, such as the affected industries, the ages of workers and

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workers’ earnings with a simple click of the link. It allows users to create, print and download workforce related maps, profiles and underlying data down to the block level.


Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL), National

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program

Administration (NEHRP), Computer-

NIST is required by statute (PL 108-360) to develop and maintain "a repository of information, including technical data, on seismic risk and hazards reduction." The NEHRP Clearinghouse will facilitate the integration of National Science Foundation (NSF), United States Geological Survey (USGS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and

#

Based Clearinghouse for Retrieving

NEHRP-Funded Earthquake Research

NIST-funded earthquake-related research into building code provisions and earthquake hazard mitigation strategies, thereby reducing the life-cycle costs of achieving target levels of earthquake protection.



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BFRL Project: Assessment of First

Generation Performance-Based

Seismic Design Methods for New

Buildings

This project benchmarks performance-based seismic design methods that are promulgated for existing buildings in American Society of Civil Engineers 41[1] for their application to new buildings designed per the American Society of Civil Engineers 7[2]. Both structural steel and reinforced concrete building structures will be investigated.

#


National Tsunami Preparedness and

Response Programs

Tsunami Ready helps community leaders and emergency managers strengthen their local operations. Tsunami Ready communities are better prepared to save lives through better planning, education and awareness.

#


Hurricane Preparedness

An on-line tool that provides basic hurricane safety actions, information for actions to take based on specific hurricane hazards.

#

Department of Commerce Emergency Response

The Office of Response and Restoration addresses and evaluates coastal contamination, works with communities to address critical local and regional coastal challenges, and restores and monitors coastal and estuarine habitat.

#


Emergency Alert System (EAS)

EAS sends out alerts to broadcast media and also to cable television, satellites, pagers, Direct Broadcast Satellite, High Definition Television, and Video Dial Tone. EAS also accounts for the needs of special populations such as the deaf and those with special language requirements. In 1996, EAS replaced the Emergency Broadcast System.

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Remote Sensing for Coastal Management

The NOAA Coastal Services Center works with various branches of NOAA and other federal agencies to bring information, services, and technology to the nation's coastal resource managers. The Center is a partner in over 100 ongoing projects geared to site-specific coastal issues. Remote Sensing for Coastal Management has airborne sensors, shipboard

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sensors, moderate resolution satellites, and high resolution satellites that are used for fire detection and mapping, law enforcement search and rescue, emergency response planning, evacuation routing and updating.


NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards

NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) All Hazards is a nationwide network of radio stations broadcasting continuous weather information directly from the nearest National Weather Service office. NWR broadcasts official Weather Service warnings, watches, forecasts and other hazard information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In conjunction with Federal, State, and Local Emergency Managers and other public

#

officials, NWR also broadcasts warning and post-event information for all types of hazards – including natural (such as earthquakes or avalanches), environmental (such as chemical releases or oil spills), and public safety (such as AMBER alerts or 911 telephone outages).

Department of Defense

(DOD), Office of the Chief of

Engineers

Flood Plain Management Services

To promote appropriate recognition of flood hazards in land and water use planning and development through the provision of flood and flood plain related data, technical services, and guidance.

*12.104

Department of Defense, Office of the Chief of

Engineers

Flood Control Projects

To reduce flood damages through projects not specifically authorized by Congress.

12.106



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Department of Defense, U.S.

Northern Command

(NORTHCOM)

Vigilant Guard Exercises

Facilitated by the National Guard Bureau and NORTHCOM, Vigilant Guard is a federally funded program through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that requires states to conduct exercises to improve preparedness for emergency and disaster response. Vigilant Guard affords an opportunity to test skills that enable the National Guard participants and emergency responders to be better prepared, to address shortfalls in policy, personnel and resources and to make productive changes. It enables participants to work together and forge relationships with regional emergency response

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partners, experience the strengths and effectiveness of their plans and procedures and to receive valuable feedback from evaluators and other participants in post-exercise reviews. Evaluation includes a post-exercise report with detailed recommendations for improvement and guidance for future events.

Department of Defense,

Force Health Protection and

Readiness

Civil-Military Medicine

Civil-Military Medicine (CMM) develops policies and oversees programs concerning Military Health System response to disasters; public health emergencies and mass casualty events involving military personnel, DOD employees and DOD beneficiaries; as well as military support for civilian authorities and the general public. CMM coordinates the Military Health Systems leadership role within the federally-sponsored National Disaster Medical System to provide response teams, patient transport and definitive hospital care during

#

mass casualty events. The Military Health System, guided by CMM, also is a key partner in the National Response Framework, providing significant health and medical support to other federal agencies during nationally-declared disasters.



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Department of Defense

Seminar on Transatlantic Civil

Security

The Seminar on Transatlantic Civil Security provides civil security professionals from Europe, Eurasia and North America an in-depth look at how nations can effectively address domestic security issues that have regional and international impact. The three-week seminar examines best practices for ensuring civil security and preventing, preparing for and managing the consequences of domestic and regional crises and disasters.

#

Department of Energy

Transport of Transuranic Wastes to

the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: States and

Tribal Concerns, Proposed Solutions

To enlist cooperation among the Tribal and the Southern, Western, Northeast, and Midwest state governments along the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant shipping corridors in developing plans and procedures for the safe and uneventful transportation of transuranic waste from current temporary storage facilities to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.

81.106

Department of Health and

Human Services,

Office of the

Environmental Public Health and

Emergency Response

To bring public health and epidemiologic principles together to identify, clarify, and reduce the impact of complex environmental threats, including terrorist threats and natural disasters, on populations, domestic and foreign. These programs and activities focus on safeguarding the health of people from environmental threats; providing leadership in the use of environmental health sciences

93.007

Secretary including environmental epidemiology, environmental sanitation, and laboratory sciences-to protect public health; and responding to issues and sharing solutions to environmental health problems worldwide.



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Human Services,

Office of the Secretary

Medical Reserve Corps Small Grant

Program

To support the development of Medical Reserve Corps units in communities throughout the United States to: (1) increase capacity at the community level to respond during emergencies which have medical consequences, and (2) improve public health in communities through volunteerism on an ongoing basis.

93.008


Human Services,

Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention

Laboratory Leadership,

Workforce Training and Management

Development, Improving Public Health Laboratory

Infrastructure

To promote and maintain a collaborative relationship with the Association of Public Health Laboratories that includes the National Laboratory Training Network and the National Laboratory Partnership for the purpose of: (1) improving public health laboratory infrastructure; (2) maintaining a competent and trained laboratory workforce; (3) promoting laboratory leadership activities to ensure future laboratory leaders; (4) ensuring laboratory preparedness for emerging infectious diseases or other biologic and chemical public health threats; (5) promoting technology transfer to ensure up-to-date technologies for the testing laboratory; and (6) enhancing communication linkages between state and local public health laboratories, and the clinical laboratory testing community.

93.065


Human Services,

Centers for Disease

Public Health Emergency

Preparedness

To develop emergency-ready public health departments by upgrading, integrating and evaluating State and local public health jurisdictions’ preparedness for and response to terrorism, pandemic influenza, and other public health emergencies with Federal, State, local, and tribal governments, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations.

93.069


These emergency preparedness and response efforts are intended to support the National Response Plan and the National Incident Management System.



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Department of To assist States and communities in establishing Health and and maintaining preventive health service

Human programs to immunize individuals against Services,

Centers for Immunization Grants vaccine-preventable diseases (including measles, rubella, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, pertussis, 93.268

Disease tetanus, hepatitis B, hepatitis A, varicella, Control and mumps, haemophilus influenza type b, influenza, Prevention and pneumococcal pneumonia).


Human Services,

Centers for Disease

Control and

Complex Humanitarian

Emergency and War-Related Injury Public

Health Activities

To bring public health and epidemiologic principles to the aid of populations affected by complex humanitarian emergencies. Work will focus on the following main program areas: (1) providing technical assistance including rapid health and nutrition assessments, public health surveillance, epidemic investigations, disease prevention and control, program evaluation and emergency preparedness; (2) developing, implementing and disseminating findings from operational research projects aimed at developing more effective public health interventions; (3) designing, implementing, and evaluating training activities to strengthen the capacity of the Center for

93.269

Prevention Disease Control, other U.S. government agencies, international and private voluntary organizations, other governments, and public health students; (4) developing and disseminating guidelines on public health issues and technical areas; and (5) planning and maintaining partnerships with strategic international, bilateral, and nongovernmental relief organizations.



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The ARRA appropriated $300 million to Department of

Health and Human

Services, Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

(ARRA) Immunization

the Section 317 Immunization program (Section 317) which funds 64 immunization programs that include all 50 states, Washington DC, 5 urban areas, the U.S. Territories, and selected Pacific Island nations. Funding supports states and communities in establishing and maintaining preventive health service programs to immunize individuals against vaccine-preventable diseases.

93.712


Human Services,

Centers for Disease


ARRA - Preventing Healthcare-Associated

Infections

This funding was appropriated under ARRA. The funds are intended to reduce preventable healthcare-associated infections through State health department efforts to prevent Healthcare Associated Infections including leveraging the National Health Care Safety Network to support the dissemination of the Department of Health and Human Services evidence-based practices within hospitals ($40 million).

93.717


Human Services, Food

and Drug Administration

Food Safety and Security Monitoring

Project

To complement, develop and improve State, Tribal, and local food safety and security testing programs through the provision of supplies, personnel, facility upgrades, training in current food testing methodologies and participation in proficiency testing to establish additional reliable laboratory sample analysis capacity and analysis of surveillance samples.

93.448

Department of To assist in an increased surveillance presence Health and throughout the commercial feed channels to

Human Services, Food

Ruminant Feed Ban Support Project

prevent the introduction or amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in the 93.449

and Drug United States. Administration Data in this report is as of August 2, 2010. The CFDA website is subject to updates; refer to www.cfda.gov for current information. * Indicates programs which may include objectives, including disaster assistance, outside our use of the term “Preparedness.” # Indicates no CFDA number identified.


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Human Services, Health

Resources and Services

Administration

Emergency Medical Services for Children

To support demonstration projects for the expansion and improvement of emergency medical services for children who need treatment for trauma or critical care.

93.127




Administration

ARRA - Emergency Medical Services for

Children

To support demonstration projects for the expansion and improvement of emergency medical services for children who need treatment for trauma or critical care, as funded under ARRA 2009. 93.418




Administration

Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development

To administer grants to States and Territories for the purpose of developing, implementing, and improving State-wide trauma care systems.

93.952



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Administration

Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum

Development Program

To develop a health care workforce with the knowledge, skills, abilities and core competencies to: (1) recognize indications of a terrorist event; (2) meet the acute care needs of patients in a safe and appropriate manner; (3) participate in a coordinated, multidisciplinary response to terrorist events and other public health emergencies, and include consideration of surge capacity issues; and (4) rapidly and effectively alert the public health system of such an event at the community, State, and national level. The Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program consists of

93.996

two discrete foci of activity: (1) Provision of Continuing Education for Practicing Providers; and (2) Curriculum Development in Health Professions Schools.


Human Services,


Public Health and Social Services

Emergency Fund

To provide supplemental funding for public health and social service emergencies.

*93.003


Human Services,


Emergency System for Advance

Registration of Volunteer Health

Professionals

Establish and maintain a national interoperable network of state systems. Each system is maintained by a State or group of States for the purpose of verifying the credentials, certifications, licenses, relevant training, and hospital privileges of health care professionals who volunteer to provide health services during a public health emergency.

93.089


Human Services,


National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness

Program

To ready hospitals and other healthcare systems, in collaboration with other partners, to deliver coordinated and effective care to victims of terrorism and other public health emergencies. *93.889



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Department of To assist State health departments in developing Health and a State-based surveillance system for monitoring

Human hazardous substance emergency events. This Services, Surveillance of surveillance system will allow the State health

Agency for Hazardous Substance department to better understand the public health 93.204 Toxic Emergency Events impact of hazardous substance emergencies by

Substance and developing, implementing, and evaluating a Disease State-based surveillance system. Registry


Human Services,

Centers for Disease


The Affordable Care Act: Building Epidemiology, Laboratory, and

Health Information Systems Capacity in

the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity

for Infectious Disease and Emerging

Infections Program Cooperative Agreement

To provide for expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and help restrain the rate of growth in private and public sector health care costs. The programs play a critical role in strengthening national infectious disease infrastructure by serving as collaborative platforms for state and local health departments, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention programs, and academic and various other public health partners to improve the ability to detect and respond to emerging infectious diseases and other public health threats.

93.521


Human Services,

Centers for Disease


The Affordable Care Act: Capacity

Building Assistance to Strengthen Public

Health Infrastructure and Performance

This program will help State, tribal, local and U.S. territorial health departments by making available to them capacity building assistance. The overall goal of capacity building assistance is to ensure improvements in the public health infrastructure so that it is prepared for responding to both acute and chronic threats relating to the Nation’s health such as emerging infections, disparities in health status, and increases in chronic disease and injury rates.

93.524



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Human Services, National

Medical Library Assistance

To improve health information services by providing funds to train professional personnel; to conduct research in biomedical informatics, bioinformatics and related computer and information sciences; to facilitate management of electronic health science information; to plan, develop and test feasibility of advanced information tools through Small Business

93.879

Institute of Health

Research Innovation and Small Business Technology Transfer grants. Areas of research interest include: informatics topics relevant to public health and informatics for disaster management.

Department of To provide supplemental emergency mental Health and health counseling to individuals affected by

Human Services, Substance Abuse and

Mental Health

Mental Health Disaster Assistance

and Emergency Mental Health

major disasters, including the training of workers to provide such counseling.

*93.982

Services Administration

Department of Homeland Security

State and Local Homeland Security Training Program

Cooperative agreements are awarded to eligible applicants to design, develop, and deliver training content and support for Federal, State, local, and tribal jurisdictions in accordance with FEMA doctrine and approved Homeland Security Strategies.

97.005


Homeland Security Preparedness

Technical Assistance Program

To provide direct assistance to State, regional, local and tribal jurisdictions as well as other homeland security organizations, to improve their ability to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from major events, including threats or acts of terrorism.

*97.007



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Urban Areas Security Initiative

To support the unique multi-discipline planning, operations, equipment, training, and exercise needs of high threat, high density Urban Areas, and to assist them in building and sustaining capabilities to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from threats or acts of terrorism.

*97.008


National Fire Academy Training

Assistance

To provide travel stipends to students attending Academy courses. 97.018


National Fire Academy Educational

Program

To provide professional development experience for fire service authorities who have demonstrated significant leadership accomplishment.

97.019


Hazardous Materials Assistance Program

To support States, local and tribal governments in oil and hazardous materials emergency planning and exercises and enhance their capabilities to interact with the National Response System; through the States, provide technical and financial assistance to support activities under the Comprehensive Hazardous Materials Emergency Response - Capability Assessment Program.

*97.021


Community Assistance Program

State Support Services Element

The purpose of this program is to provide, through a State grant mechanism, a means to ensure that communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) are achieving flood loss reduction goals of the NFIP. Community Assistance Program-State Support Services Element funds are to be used by States to provide technical assistance to NFIP communities, to evaluate community implementation/performance of NFIP floodplain management activities, and to build State and community floodplain management expertise and capacity.

*97.023



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Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program

To supplement and expand ongoing efforts to provide shelter, food, and supportive services for needy families and individuals. To strengthen efforts to create more effective and innovative local programs by providing supplemental funding for them. To conduct minimum rehabilitation of existing mass shelter or mass feeding facilities, but only to the extent necessary to make facilities safe, sanitary and bring them into compliance with local building codes.

*97.024


National Urban Search and Rescue Response System

Develop, maintain, deploy, coordinate, and support National Urban Search and Rescue resources on-scene to locate, provide initial medical treatment, and extricate victims of incidents requiring specialized search and rescue operations while simultaneously enhancing the Urban Search and Rescue response capabilities of State and local governments.

*97.025


Emergency Management Institute Training Assistance

To defray travel and per diem expenses of State, local, and tribal emergency management personnel who attend training courses conducted by the Emergency Management Institute, at the Emmitsburg, Maryland facility; Nobel Training Center at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama; and selected off-site locations. Its purpose is to improve emergency management practices among State, local, and tribal government managers, in response to emergencies and disasters.

*97.026


Emergency Management Institute

Independent Study Program

The program currently consists of 84 courses available to participants, with the objective of enhancing public and selected audience knowledge of emergency management practices among officials of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments and voluntary organizations in response to emergencies and disasters.

*97.027



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Emergency Management Institute Resident Educational

Program

To improve emergency management practices among State, local and tribal government managers, and Federal officials in response to emergencies and disasters. Programs embody the Comprehensive Emergency Management System by unifying the elements of management common to all emergencies: planning, preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery.

*97.028


Hazard Mitigation Grant

To provide States and local governments financial assistance to implement measures that will permanently reduce or eliminate future damages and losses from natural hazards through safer building practices and improving existing structures and supporting infrastructure.

*97.039


Chemical Stockpile Emergency

Preparedness Program

To enhance emergency preparedness capabilities of the States, local, and tribal communities at each of the six chemical agent stockpile storage facilities. The purpose of the program is to assist States and local communities in efforts to improve their capacity to plan for and respond to accidents associated with the storage and ultimate disposal of chemical warfare materials.

*97.040


National Dam Safety Program

To support State governments and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in the development and maintenance of dam safety programs. To enable States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to take precautions that ensure the safety of the dams, such as the development of regulatory authority

*97.041

for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of dams, the undertaking of dam inspections, and development of Emergency Action Plans for dams.



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Emergency Management

Performance Grants

To provide resources to assist State and local governments to sustain and enhance all-hazards emergency management capabilities. All-hazards approach to emergency response, including the development of a comprehensive program, planning, training, exercises, sets the stage for an effective and consistent response to any threatened or actual disaster or emergency, regardless of the cause. States have the opportunity to use Emergency

*97.042

Management Performance Grant funds to further strengthen their ability to support emergency management activities while simultaneously addressing issues of national concern as identified in the National Priorities of the National Preparedness Guidelines.


State Fire Training Systems Grants

To provide financial assistance to State Fire Training Systems for the delivery of a variety of National Fire Academy courses/programs, administrative costs, and electronic student feedback.

97.043


Assistance to Firefighters Grant

To provide financial assistance directly to fire departments and nonaffiliated Emergency Medical Support organizations to enhance their capabilities with respect to fire and fire-related hazards. To help fire departments and nonaffiliated Emergency Medical Service organizations meet their firefighting and emergency response needs. To support

97.044

organizations that lack the tools and resources necessary to more effectively protect the health and safety of the public and their emergency response personnel with respect to fire and all other hazards.



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Cooperating Technical Partners

To increase local involvement in, and ownership of, the production development and maintenance of Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps, flood hazard maps produced for the NFIP. To build and maintain partner capabilities, continue to increase local ownership of data and processes, establish sound performance criteria for current Cooperating Technical Partners, and to define a career path for potential cooperating technical partners to join the program.

*97.045


Pre-Disaster Mitigation

Provide funding support to states, tribes, territories, communities, and public colleges and universities for pre-disaster mitigation planning and projects primarily addressing natural hazards.

*97.047


Emergency Operations Centers

The purpose of the Emergency Operations Center Grant Program is to improve emergency management and preparedness capabilities by supporting flexible, sustainable, secure, and interoperable emergency operations centers with a focus on addressing identified deficiencies and needs. This program provides funding for construction or renovation of a state, local or tribal government's principal emergency operations center. Fully capable emergency

*97.052

operations facilities at the state and local levels are an essential element of a comprehensive national emergency management system and are necessary to ensure continuity of operations and continuity of government in major disasters cause by any hazard.



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Citizen Corps

To bring together government and community leaders and involve citizens in all-hazards emergency preparedness and resilience. Citizen Corp strives to harness the power of every individual through education, training, and volunteer service to make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to threats of terrorism, crime, public health issues, and disasters of all kinds.

*97.053


Interoperable Communications

Equipment

Provides governance, planning, training and exercise 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. All activities proposed under the program must be integral to interoperable emergency communications and must be aligned with the goals, objectives, and/or initiatives identified in the grantee’s approved Statewide Communication Interoperability Plan. The Program provides the flexibility to purchase interoperable communications equipment.

*97.055


Port Security Grant Program

To provide funds to port areas for the protection of critical port infrastructure from terrorism. To assist ports enhancing maritime domain awareness, improving risk management capabilities to prevent, detect, respond to and recover from attacks involving improvised explosive devices and other non-conventional weapons, as well as training and exercises and

97.056

Transportation Worker Identification Credential implementation. The Port Security Grant Program also provides funding to eligible ferry systems within eight specific priorities.



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Intercity Bus Security Grants

To create a sustainable program for the protection of intercity bus systems and the traveling public from terrorism. To assist operators of fixed-route intercity and charter bus services in obtaining the resources required to support security measures such as enhanced planning, facility security upgrades, exercises, improved communication capabilities, and vehicle and driver protection.

97.057


Operation Safe Commerce Cooperative

Agreement Program

To explore commercially viable options to enhance cargo security, including business processes and technology prototypes, which support containerized cargo supply chain security management while facilitating the flow of trade.

97.058


Truck Security Program

In FY 2009, the focus is on the adoption and implementation of the Transportation Security Administration's voluntary security action items for transporting Tier I Security Sensitive materials; development of plans to improve effectiveness of transportation and distribution of supplies and commodities

97.059

during catastrophic events; and the development of a system for DHS to monitor, collect, and analyze tractor trailer tracking information.


Homeland Security Information

Technology Research, Testing, Evaluation and Demonstration

Program

To foster and identify novel uses of existing 'state-of-the-art' information technology that will remove barriers and/or improve information sharing and integration of State and local public safety interoperability communications.

97.066



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Centers for Homeland Security

Establishment of a coordinated, university-based system to enhance the Nation's homeland security. The DHS Centers are envisioned to be an integral and critical component of the new homeland security complex that will provide the Nation with a robust, dedicated and enduring capability that will enhance our ability to anticipate, prevent, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks. These Centers will also provide a locus to attract and retain the Nation's best and brightest academic scholars in pursuit of

97.061

homeland security related disciplines. The DHS Centers will complement other programs within the Department (including the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency) and in other Federal agencies that fund projects-focused research aimed at the development and deployment of specific homeland security technologies and capabilities.


Scholars and Fellows, and Educational

Programs

The objectives of this program are: (1) to increase the intellectual capacity, skills and talents, especially those of U.S. citizens in areas of relevance to homeland security; (2) to attract undergraduate and graduate students to obtain advanced degrees in disciplines of importance to homeland security; (3) to provide advanced professional and research development opportunities for fellows, scholars and faculty in

97.062

targeted areas; and (4) to increase a diverse and highly talented cadre of new and emerging science and technology expertise working in areas of importance and need to homeland security.


Homeland Security Advanced Research

Projects Agency

To fund research and technology development in support of Homeland Security. 97.065



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Homeland Security Grant Program

To enhance the ability of State, local and tribal governments to prepare, prevent, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks and other disasters. The Homeland Security Grant Program is the primary funding mechanism for building and sustaining national preparedness capabilities.

97.067


Competitive Training Grants

To support eligible organizations in designing, developing, and delivering homeland security preparedness training to first responders and/or citizens. The Homeland Security National Training Program supports objectives delineated in a series of post 9/11 laws, strategy documents, plans, and Homeland Security Presidential Directives, including the National Preparedness Guidelines.

*97.068


Map Modernization Management Support

To increase local involvement in, and ownership of, management of, the development and maintenance of flood hazard maps produced for the National Flood Insurance Program.

*97.070


Metropolitan Medical Response System

The Metropolitan Medical Response System program provides funding to designated localities to assist in maintaining and updating plans, delivering training, purchasing equipment and pharmaceuticals, and conducting exercises. The mission of the Metropolitan Medical Response System is to enhance local medical incident management's ability to coordinate and respond to a mass casualty event during the crucial first hours, until significant external resources arrive and become operational.

*97.071



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National Explosives Detection Canine

Team Program

The National Explosives Detection Canine Program exists to deter and detect the introduction of explosives devices into the transportation system. Explosives detection canine teams are a proven reliable resource to detect explosives and are a key component in a balanced counter-sabotage program. The use of highly trained explosives detection canine teams is also a proven deterrent to terrorism directed towards transportation systems and provides a timely and mobile response to support facilities, rail stations, airports, passenger terminals, seaports and surface carriers.

97.072


Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention

Program

The Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program seeks to provide law enforcement communities with enhanced capabilities for detecting, deterring, disrupting, and preventing acts of terrorism. The Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program is focusing on providing resources to law enforcement and public safety communities (working with their private partners) to support critical terrorism

97.074

prevention activities such as establishing/enhancing fusion centers and collaborating with non-law enforcement partners, other government agencies, and the private sector.


Rail and Transit Security Grant

Program

To create sustainable programs for the protection of critical bus, rail, and ferry system infrastructure from terrorism, with special emphasis on the use of explosives and non-conventional threats which would result in major loss of life and severe disruption.

97.075



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Homeland Security Research Testing, Evaluation, and

Demonstration of Technologies Related to Nuclear Detection

To provide funding and/or property for the purpose of conducting research, testing, evaluation, and demonstration of homeland security technologies related to nuclear detection intended to identify, counter, or respond to terrorist threats.

97.077


Buffer Zone Protection Program

The Buffer Zone Protection Program provides funding for the planning, equipment, and management of protective actions, to support the objective of protecting, securing, and reducing vulnerabilities of identified critical infrastructure and key resource sites.

97.078


Public Alert Radios for Schools

To disseminate public alerts and warnings by providing Public Alert Radios to eligible schools. Public alerts and warnings can be disseminated nationwide, regionally, or locally. This program will: a) expand delivery of public alert services to designated schools; and b) enhance and strengthen the capability of designated schools to provide alert and warning information directly to students and the public.

*97.079


Information Analysis Infrastructure

Protection and Critical Infrastructure

Monitoring and Protection

To provide financial or nonfinancial support to explore the feasibility and viability of commercially available protective measure technology to nonfederal entities, through pilot or demonstration projects, or as directed by Congress, to support monitoring of critical infrastructure, initiatives, programs and projects.

97.080



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Law Enforcement Training and

Technical Assistance

The primary objective of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is to provide training to Federal law enforcement agencies; however, advanced and specialized training is also provided to state, local, tribal, and campus law enforcement agencies.

97.081


Earthquake Consortium

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support the Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium, Northeast States Emergency Consortium, Western States Seismic Policy Council, and the Cascadia Region Earthquake Workshop in: delivering education and training to community and State officials; developing seismic policies, sharing information, and promoting programs to reduce earthquake-related losses; reducing the loss of life, injuries, property losses, and social and economic disruption that results from all hazards.

*97.082


Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency

Response

To increase the number of firefighters in local communities and to help them meet industry minimum standards and attain 24/7 staffing for adequate protection against fire and fire-related hazards, and fulfill related roles associated with fire departments.

97.083


Homeland Security Outreach, Education,

and Technical Assistance

To provide funding for outreach, education, and technical assistance in order to raise public awareness of homeland security issues and to work with communities to help them forge partnerships across agencies and disciplines to address preparedness and response.

97.086


Homeland Security Biowatch Program

To provide funding and/or property for the conduct of operations and other related activities intended to identify, counter, or respond to biological and chemical threats.

97.091



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Repetitive Flood Claims

To assist States, tribal governments, and communities to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of flood damage to structures insured under the NFIP that have had one or more claims for flood damages through mitigation activities that are in the best interest of the National Flood Insurance Fund.

*97.092


Fire Service Hazardous Materials

Preparedness and Response

Provide information to the fire and emergency services community, emergency managers, and other local government officials concerning issues related to the planning, mitigation, prevention, and response to hazardous materials incidents which includes acts of terrorism.

*97.093


Prevention Advocacy Resources and Data Exchange Program

To assist State and local fire marshals to implement prevention programs and conduct other networking activities with their counterparts. Provide financial assistance to the Prevention Advocacy Resources and Data Exchange regional networks to support exchange and sharing of fire prevention/protection related materials, risk analysis, hazard reduction, best practices, trend analysis, and related information.

97.094


Safe Kids Worldwide

Provide financial assistance to reduce fire deaths and injuries among children under the age of 14 by educating them in fire safety awareness, fire safety techniques, and providing fire safety equipment.

97.095


Commercial Equipment Direct

Assistance Program

To provide direct assistance to State, Regional, local and tribal jurisdictions to improve their ability to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from various types of emergency situations and major events, including threats or acts of terrorism.

97.096


Training Resource and Data Exchange

Support the national exchange and sharing of fire/emergency service training related materials and information.

97.097



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Disaster Donations Management Program

To distribute technology solutions to State government and Non-profit Organizations throughout the country prior to a major event, through the Aidmatrix Foundation/FEMA. This will allow end-users to incorporate technology solutions into their planning, increasing their capacity to respond quickly and effectively once a disaster occurs.

*97.098


Residential Fire Safety & Fire

Sprinkler Initiatives

To support residential fire safety initiatives such as: promoting public awareness of fire protection systems e.g., smoke alarms, and automatic sprinklers; supporting consumer awareness of residential fire sprinkler systems through provision of educational materials, public service announcement kits, and newsletters/media releases to the public, home building, and fire protection industry.

97.099


Firefighter/Emergency Medical Services

Outreach, Technology Transfer, Information Dissemination, and

Technical Assistance

To support firefighter/emergency medical service health and safety issues, technology transfer, technical assistance, and information dissemination/outreach efforts. 97.105


State Homeland Security Program

To build capabilities to prevent, deter, respond to, and recover from incidents of terrorism at the State and local levels through planning, equipment, training, and exercise activities and support the implementation of State homeland security strategies and key elements of the national preparedness architecture, including the National Preparedness Goal, the National Incident Management System and the National Response Plan.

*97.073



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Securing the Cities

The overall goal of the Securing the Cities initiative is to prevent a Radiological/Nuclear attack on high risk urban areas by enhancing regional capabilities to detect, identify, and interdict illicit radioactive materials in and around urban areas.

97.106


National Incident Management System

To support the development, integration, and deployment of incident management systems. This includes operational, technical and programmatic standards in support of nationwide implementation of the National Incident Management System model; establish a unified approach to incident management as well as standard command and management structures.

97.107


Homeland Security, Research, Testing,

Evaluation, and Demonstration of

Technologies

To provide funding and/or property for the purpose of conducting research, testing, evaluation, and demonstration of homeland security technologies intended to identify, counter, or respond to terrorist threats.

97.108


Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant

Program

The goal of the Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program is to support an integrated planning system that provides for regional all-hazard planning for catastrophic events and the development of necessary plans, protocols, and procedures to manage a catastrophic event.

*97.111


Rail and Transit Security Grant

Program

To create sustainable programs for the protection of critical bus and infrastructure from terrorism, with special emphasis on construction projects which address the most significant risks and can also be completed in a timely fashion.

97.113



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Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program

(ARRA)

To supplement and expand ongoing efforts to provide shelter, food, and supportive services for needy families and individuals. To strengthen efforts to create more effective and innovative local programs by providing supplemental funding for them. To conduct minimum rehabilitation of existing mass shelter or mass feeding facilities, but only to the extent necessary to make facilities safe, sanitary and bring them into compliance with local building codes.

97.114


Assistance to Firefighters Grant

To provide financial assistance directly to fire departments to enhance their capabilities with respect to fire and fire-related hazards. To provide financial assistance in the construction, upgrading or rehabilitation of fire stations.

97.115


Port Security Grant Program

To create a sustainable program for the protection of regulated ports from terrorism, with one priority on construction projects which address the most significant risks and can also be completed in a timely fashion.

97.116


Border Interoperability

Demonstration Project

To identify solutions that facilitates emergency communications along and across the border and ensures emergency response providers can communicate during natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters.

97.120


Radiological/Nuclear Detection Pilot

Evaluations Program

Pilot evaluations of equipment and Concepts of Operations for use to address the overall risk of illicit radiological/nuclear materials entering our Nation.

97.121


Bio-Preparedness Collaboratory

This is a demonstration project that would support the development of a comprehensive, statewide system to analyze public health trends and detect incidents that may threaten homeland security.

*97.122



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Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center

Support the activities of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, involving cyber security protections for State, Tribal and local governments.

*97.123

Department of the Interior, Bureau of

Indian Affairs

Indian Community Fire Protection

To provide funds to perform fire protection services for Tribal Governments that do not receive fire protection support from State or local government.

15.031

Department of the Interior,

Bureau of Land Management

National Fire Plan - Wildland Urban

Interface Community Fire Assistance

To implement the National Fire Plan and assist communities at risk from catastrophic wild land fires by providing assistance in the following areas: Provide community programs that develop local capability including assessment and planning, mitigation activities, and community and homeowner education and action; plan and implement hazardous fuels reduction activities, including the training, monitoring or maintenance associated with such hazardous fuels reduction activities, on federal land, or on adjacent nonfederal land for activities that mitigate the threat of catastrophic fire to

15.228

communities and natural resources in high risk areas; enhance local and small business employment opportunities for rural communities; enhance the knowledge and fire protection capability of rural fire districts by providing assistance in education and training, protective clothing and equipment purchase, and mitigation methods on a cost share basis.

Department of Justice, Bureau

of Justice Assistance

State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training

To provide specialized, terrorism/extremism orientation, interdiction, investigation, and prevention to state and local law enforcement executives, command personnel, intelligence officers, investigators, analytical personnel, training directors, and prosecutors.

16.614



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Department of Justice, Bureau

of Justice Assistance

Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative

A Department of Justice and White House initiative to support the nationwide deployment of suspicious activity reports to 72 state and urban area fusion centers throughout the country. The solution addresses policy, training (executive, supervisory, and line officer), implementation (technical and operational needs) and provision/support of tools such as the nsi.ncirc.gov website.

#

Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration

Public Transportation Research

The Federal Transit Administration's research program seeks to deliver solutions that improve public transportation. Its primary goals are to increase transit ridership, improve safety and emergency preparedness, improve capital operating efficiencies, protect the environment and promote energy independence, and provide transit research leadership.

20.514


Connecting Communities

Connecting Communities Public Transportation Emergency Preparedness Workshop is to improve public agency interoperability during incidents. The workshop is designed to foster dialogue and planning efforts between transit systems, emergency service agencies, and other emergency management partners. Connecting Communities opens the line of communication among agencies to ensure a streamlined, efficient response to all levels of emergency. Connecting Communities' content is catered to address potential emergencies specific to the location of the workshop.

#


Transit Chiefs’ Safety And Security Roundtable

These conferences, jointly sponsored by DHS and the Department of Transportation, offer security and safety chiefs from transit agencies a roundtable format to discuss security and opportunities to work together and share best practices.

#



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Department of Transportation,

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials

Safety Administration

Interagency Hazardous Materials

Public Sector Training and Planning Grants

To increase State, local, territorial and Native American tribal effectiveness to safely and efficiently handle hazardous materials accidents and incidents; enhance implementation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986; and encourage a comprehensive approach to emergency planning and training by incorporating response to transportation standards.

20.703

Department of Transportation,

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials

Safety Administration

Hazardous Materials Emergency

Preparedness Grant Program

The Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Grant Program is intended to provide financial and technical assistance as well as national direction and guidance to enhance State, territorial, tribal, and local hazardous materials emergency planning and training. The Hazardous Material Emergency Preparedness Grants Program distributes fees collected from shippers and carriers of hazardous materials to emergency responders for hazmat training and to Local Emergency Planning Committees for hazmat planning.

#

Environmental To assist State governments in the development Protection and implementation of an authorized hazardous

Agency, (EPA) Hazardous Waste waste management program for the purpose of Office of Solid Management State controlling the generation, transportation, 66.801

Waste and Program Support treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous Emergency wastes. Response

Environmental Protection

Agency, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency

Response

Hazardous Waste Management Grant Program for Tribes

The purpose of the Hazardous Waste Management Grant Program for Tribes is to provide financial assistance to tribal governments and Tribal Consortia for the development and implementation of hazardous waste programs; for building capacity to improve and maintain regulatory compliance; and for developing solutions to address hazardous waste impacting Tribal lands.

66.812



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Agency, Office of Water

Water Protection Grants to the States

The objective of this grant program is to assist States, territories, and possessions of the United States with critical water infrastructure protection.

66.474


Agency, Office of Water

Water Security Training and

Technical Assistance and Water Security

Initiative Contamination

Warning System Pilots

The objective of these grant programs are: (1) for financial assistance that is awarded under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Section 1433, to improve water infrastructure security through both training and technical assistance for water utilities; and (2) for cooperative agreements that are awarded under the SDWA Section 1434, to address the risk of intentional contamination of drinking water distribution systems.

66.478


Agency, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency

Response

Chemical Emergency Preparedness and

Prevention Technical Assistance Grants

Program

To provide financial assistance to states, local agencies, and tribes for chemical accident prevention activities that relate to the Risk Management Program under the Clean Air Act Section 112(r). To provide financial assistance to Tribes for chemical emergency planning, and community right-to-know programs which are established to prevent or eliminate unreasonable risk to the health and environment of communities within the State.

66.810


Agency, Office of International

and Tribal Affairs

International Financial Assistance Projects Sponsored by the

Office of International and Tribal Affairs

To protect human health and the environment while advancing U.S. national interests through international environmental collaboration. This mission is supported by these strategic objectives: (1) reduce exposure to toxic chemicals; (2) improve urban air quality; (3) reduce hazardous waste and improve waste management; (4) limit global Greenhouse Gas emissions and other climate-forcing pollutants; (5) improve access to clean water; and (6) build strong environmental institutions and legal structures.

66.931



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Appendix A Major Contributors to the Disaster Preparedness Compendium

Contributors with Identified Disaster Preparedness Programs

Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Health and Human Services Department of Homeland Security Department of Justice Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency

Contributors with No Identified Disaster Preparedness Programs

Architect of the Capitol Department of Labor Farm Credit Administration Federal Reserve Board National Aeronautics and Space Administration Peace Corps Small Business Administration Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Tennessee Valley Authority Social Security Administration Smithsonian Institution United States Agency for International Development


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Appendix B Report Distribution


Secretary Deputy Secretary Chief of Staff Deputy Chief of Staff General Counsel Executive Secretariat Director, GAO/OIG Liaison Office Assistant Secretary for Office of Policy Assistant Secretary for Office of Public Affairs Assistant Secretary for Office of Legislative Affairs FEMA Administrator FEMA Audit Liaison

Office of Management and Budget

Chief, Homeland Security Branch DHS OIG Budget Examiner

Congress

Congressional Oversight and Appropriations Committees, as appropriate


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