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6 <br /> <br />About the Federal Emergency Management <br />Agency (FEMA) <br /> <br />Overview of FEMA <br />FEMA’s mission is helping people before, during, and after disasters, and it has done so for more than 40 <br />years. FEMA remains committed to building resilience and developing a culture of preparedness across <br />the country and unifying all levels of community and government in an integrated approach to emergency <br />management. FEMA is part of a larger team of federal agencies, state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) <br />governments, and non-governmental partners that share responsibility for emergency management and <br />national preparedness. Those closest to areas impacted by any emergency or disaster are the true first <br />responders—individuals, families, neighbors, and local communities. FEMA’s role is to coordinate <br />federal resources to supplement SLTT capabilities. FEMA does this by coordinating across the levels of <br />government, meaning that states and their local units of government, tribes, and territories are FEMA’s <br />primary partners. <br />Overview of Preparedness Grant Programs <br />FEMA has the statutory authority to deliver numerous disaster and non-disaster financial assistance <br />programs in support of its mission, and that of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), largely <br />through grants and cooperative agreements. These programs account for a significant amount of the <br />federal assistance funds for which FEMA is accountable. FEMA officials are responsible and accountable <br />for the proper administration of these funds pursuant to federal laws and regulations, Office of <br />Management and Budget circulars, and federal appropriations laws and principles. FEMA has developed <br />this Manual to provide additional direction on grant policy and implementation for the following grant <br />programs: <br /> <br />Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) <br />The HSGP includes a suite of risk-based grants to assist SLTT efforts in preventing, preparing for, <br />protecting against, and responding to acts of terrorism. The grants under HSGP include: <br /> <br />• State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) <br />The SHSP assists SLTT efforts to build, sustain, and deliver the capabilities necessary to prevent, <br />prepare for, protect against, and respond to acts of terrorism. <br />• Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) <br />The UASI Program assists high-risk urban areas’ efforts to build, sustain, and deliver the <br />capabilities necessary to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to acts of terrorism. <br />• Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) <br />OPSG supports enhanced cooperation and coordination among U.S. Customs and Border <br />Protection (CBP), United States Border Patrol (USBP), and federal and SLTT law enforcement <br />agencies to improve overall border security. OPSG provides funding to support joint efforts to <br />secure the United States’ borders along routes of ingress/egress to and from international borders, <br />to include travel corridors in states bordering Mexico and Canada, as well as states and territories <br />with international water borders. SLTT law enforcement agencies utilize their own law <br />enforcement authorities to support the border security mission and do not receive any additional <br />authority by participating in OPSG. <br />