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Attachment A FY05 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM IV. NATIONAL INITIATIVES This section provides background information on key national preparedness initiatives and priority focus areas that are new to the FY05 Homeland Security Grant Program. Included in this section are discussions about HSPD -5: Management of Domestic Incidents and HSPD -8: National Preparedness, which address the management of domestic incidents and national preparedness, respectively. Also included are sections on the National Response Plan, a new standardized awareness training initiative, catastrophic incident response planning, and public awareness and citizen participation. These new initiatives result in both additional programmatic requirements for grantees as well as a broader range of allowable costs. Grantees are strongly encouraged to pay close attention to the language in these sections in order to stay abreast of significant initiatives being highlighted by DHS and to comply with associated program requirements. A. National Incident Management System Issued on March 1, 2004, NIMS provides a consistent nationwide approach for federal, state, territorial, tribal, and local governments to work effectively and efficiently together to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents, regardless of cause, size, or complexity. On September 8, 2004, Secretary Ridge issued a letter to governors outlining the requirements for implementing the NIMS in FY05. (The letter is available on the NIC website at http: / /www.fema.gov /nims /.) The NIC is working with federal departments and agencies to ensure that they develop a plan to adopt NIMS and that all FY05 federal preparedness assistance program documents begin the process of addressing state, territorial, tribal, and local NIMS implementation. All HSGP award recipients and their SAAB must coordinate with other state agencies, tribal governments, and local jurisdictions to ensure NIMS implementation. Implementation of and compliance with NIMS is critical to ensuring full and robust preparedness across our nation. HSPD -5 established ambitious deadlines for NIMS adoption and implementation. FY05 is a start up year for NIMS implementation and full compliance with the NIMS is not required for an applicant to receive FY05 grant funds. Since FY05 is a critical year for initial NIMS adoption, awardees should start now by prioritizing FY05 preparedness assistance (in accordance with the eligibility and allowable uses of the grant) to facilitate its implementation. Leveraging HSGP Funding Grantees and subgrantees are encourage to leverage HSGP funding to support planning for and implementation of NIMS. Detailed guidance is provided in each DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY I OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS 46