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Attachment A FY05 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM already done so, states shall establish a senior advisory committee or similar entity of senior officials overseeing assistance programs from CDP, CDC, HRSA, and other federal agencies providing homeland security assistance. The purpose of this senior advisory committee is to enhance the integration of disciplines involved in homeland security, including public health and medical initiatives. ODP recognizes that many states may have already created this type of coordination body. The purpose of this coordination requirement is not to duplicate efforts already underway in states. Rather, the purpose is to ensure that states and territories are facilitating coordination among the key agencies and disciplines receiving homeland security assistance and responsible for implementing homeland security initiatives. Examples of cooperative efforts include leveraging ODP preparedness efforts and CDC's Cities Readiness Initiative or coordinating MRS pharmaceutical cache efforts with CDC's Strategic National Stockpile. The senior advisory committee or similar entity must be established within 60 days of the HSGP award date and must meet at least quarterly. States will be required to report through established biannual reporting mechanisms whether they have established the senior advisory committee. The membership of the senior advisory committee must, at a minimum, include state officials directly responsible for the administration of CDP grants and CDC and HRSA cooperative agreements. Program representatives from the following entities must be included on the senior advisory committee: the SAA, the state homeland security advisor if this role is not also the SAA, the state emergency management director, the state public health officer, HRSA Program Director /Primary Investigator (listed in Section 10 of HRSA Notice of Grant Award (NGA)), the HRSA Bioterrorism Hospital Coordinator, the CDC Program Director /Primary Investigator, and the state Citizen Corps point -of- contact. States are encouraged to broaden membership of the senior advisory committee, and /or its sub - committees, to include membership from additional disciplines and associations, including law enforcement, fire, public health, behavioral health, public works, agriculture, information technology, and other pertinent disciplines from the prevention and response community. States may wish to use pre - established working groups, such as the State Joint Advisory Committee that are mandated under the CDC and HRSA cooperative agreements. In FY06, as part of the ongoing HSPD -8 implementation, DHS and HHS will look to states to further strengthen the coordination among state agencies responsible for administering federal preparedness grants. States must also coordinate the planning and implementation of all programs working to achieve the goals outlined in the SHSS with all pertinent emergency responder disciplines at the state, local, and tribal level, including public health, transit, and port authorities. Citizen Coordination. SAAs must coordinate state and UASI citizen awareness and participation activities with those state agencies currently responsible for the administration of Citizen Corps activities. A listing of current state Citizen Corps points of contact may be found by going to http• / /www.citizencoros.gov /councils/ and clicking DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY I OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS 23