Item 35 - FY 2022 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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50 Strategic Framework for Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence The United States faces increasingly complex threats from terrorism and targeted violence. Both continue to pose a grave threat in ways that have evolved dramatically in the nearly two decades since the 9/11 attacks. Although foreign terrorist organizations remain intent on striking our Homeland, we also face a growing threat from domestic actors. Combating terrorism and targeted violence requires the combined efforts of DHS, our federal and SLTT government partners, and civil society. To address these threats, in September 2019 DHS adopted the DHS Strategic Framework for Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence which explains how the department will use the tools and expertise that have protected and strengthened the country from foreign terrorist organizations to address the evolving challenges of today. DHS has also now finalized a corresponding Public Action Plan. Preparedness grant recipients are encouraged to familiarize themselves with these documents and consider adopting the concepts, principles, and goals and ojbectives they outline. Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Training Per FEMA Grant Programs Directorate Information Bulletin 432, Review and Approval Requirements for Training Courses Funded Through Preparedness Grants, issued on July 19, 2018, states, territories, tribal entities, and high-risk urban areas are no longer required to request approval from FEMA for personnel to attend non-DHS FEMA training as long as the training is coordinated with and approved by the state, territory, tribal, or high-risk urban area Training Point of Contact (TPOC) and falls within the FEMA mission scope and the jurisdiction’s Emergency Operations Plan. FEMA will conduct periodic reviews of all state, territory, and high-risk urban area training funded by FEMA. These reviews may include requests for all course materials and physical observation of, or participation in, the funded training. If these reviews determine that courses are outside the scope of this guidance, the costs will be disallowed. When developing new courses, recipients are encouraged to apply the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE) model of instructional design. For further information on developing courses using the instructional design methodology and tools that can facilitate the process, State Administrative Agencies, and TPOCs are encouraged to review the National Training and Education Division Training Resource and Development Center website at First Responder Training Resource and Development Center. All training, presentations, and speakers regarding CVE must be consistent with DHS and U.S. Government policy, in particular by avoiding the use of hostile, stereotypical, or factually inaccurate information about Muslims and Islam or any community, and by emphasizing the importance of community engagement and interaction to promote communities as part of the solution rather than the problem needing solution. Foreign terrorist groups and individual terrorist thought leaders are seeking to recruit or inspire Westerners to carry out attacks against western and U.S. targets. They seek to recruit and/or inspire individuals living in communities with the U.S. via, but not limited to, print, video, and social media, as well as through personal interaction. But we also know that violent extremism is not a phenomenon restricted solely to one community and that any effort to counter violent extremism must be applicable to all ideologically motivated violence. Efforts to provide information and training regarding CVE should emphasize the strength of local communities approach. The following are examples that demonstrate the integration of community engagement and CVE that reflect the strength of local communities approach: