Item 35 - FY 2022 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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8 Foreword FEMA has developed this Preparedness Grants Manual to guide applicants and grant recipients on how to manage their grants and other resources. Recipients seeking guidance on policies and procedures for managing preparedness grants should reference this Manual for further information on both program- specific information as well as overall guidance on rules and regulations that guide the proper management of FEMA grants. The National Preparedness Goal The National Preparedness Goal (the Goal) is “[a] secure and resilient Nation with the capabilities required across the whole community to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk.” See Department of Homeland Security, National Preparedness Goal, Second Edition, (Sept. 2015). The Goal essentially defines what it means for all communities to be prepared collectively for the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk to the nation. The Goal identifies 32 distinct activities, called core capabilities, needed to address the risks. The Goal organizes these core capabilities into five categories, called mission areas. Some core capabilities apply to more than one mission area. For example, the first three core capabilities—Planning, Public Information and Warning, and Operational Coordination—are cross-cutting capabilities, meaning they apply to each of the five mission areas. The National Preparedness Goal describes the five mission areas as follows: •Prevention: Prevent, avoid, or stop an imminent, threatened, or actual act of terrorism. •Protection: Protect our citizens, residents, visitors, and assets against the greatest threats and hazards in a manner that allows our interests, aspirations, and way of life to thrive. •Mitigation: Reduce the loss of life and property by lessening the impact of future disasters. •Response: Respond quickly to save lives, protect property and the environment, and meet basic human needs in the aftermath of an incident. •Recovery: Recover through a focus on the timely restoration, strengthening, and revitalization of infrastructure, housing, and a sustainable economy, as well as the health, social, cultural, historic, and environmental fabric of communities affected by an incident. The mission areas and core capabilities organize the activities and tasks performed before, during, and after disasters into a framework for achieving the goal of a secure and resilient Nation. Resilience is the desired outcome, defined in the Goal as the “ability to adapt to changing conditions and withstand and rapidly recover from disruption due to emergencies.” Id. at A-2. For more information about the Goal, go to National Preparedness Goal | FEMA.gov. Recipients will use the National Preparedness System to build, sustain, and deliver these core capabilities. The components of the National Preparedness System are Identifying and Assessing Risk, Estimating Capability Requirements, Building and Sustaining Capabilities, Planning to Deliver Capabilities, Validating Capabilities, and Reviewing and Updating. Additional information on the National Preparedness System is available at National Preparedness System | FEMA.gov. Additional details regarding the National Preparedness System and how it is supported by these grant programs can be found in the program-specific appendices.