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Attachment A FY05 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM Attending Non -ODP Courses Related to CBRNE Terrorism. Effective immediately, states and urban areas are no longer required to request approval for personnel to attend non -ODP courses that fall within the ODP mission scope of preparing state and local personnel to prevent, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism involving CBRNE weapons. States and urban areas will instead be required to submit information on all non -ODP training which they are supporting with ODP funds via the Training section of the ODP website (ham: / /www. of p.usdoi.aov /odp /traininct.htm). This information will consist of course title, level of the training, the training provider, the date of the course, the number of individuals to be trained, and the sponsoring jurisdiction. States or urban areas intending to use ODP funds to support attendance at non -ODP courses must ensure that these courses: • Fall within the CDP mission scope to prepare state and local personnel to prevent, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism involving CBRNE weapons; • Build additional capabilities that 1) meet a specific need identified through the homeland security assessment process, and 2) comport with the State or Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy; • Address the specific tasks articulated in the ODP Emergency Responder Guidelines and the CDP Homeland Security Guidelines for Prevention and Deterrence; • Address the specific tasks and capabilities articulated in the Universal Task List and Target Capabilities List, as they become available; • Comport with all applicable federal, state, and local certification and regulatory requirements. Federal funds must be used to supplement —not supplant— existing funds that have been appropriated for the same purpose. Thus, if the state or urban area has already budgeted for personnel to attend courses, ODP funds may only be used to send additional individuals above and beyond those previously budgeted. Eligibility of Hazardous Materials Courses. Hazardous materials courses, including basic, operations, and technician level courses, are eligible for support through ODP funds only if the course fultv addresses the hazardous materials sections included in the ODP Emergency Responder Guidelines and the ODP Homeland Security Guidelines for Prevention and Deterrence. If the hazardous materials course does not fully address the hazardous materials sections included in the CDP Emergency Responder Guidelines and the ODP Homeland Security Guidelines for Prevention and Deterrence, then the course is not considered an allowable use of ODP funds. The training must not supplant existing resources, but rather must build additional capabilities above and beyond those that currently exist. Any additional capabilities pursued through these training opportunities must meet a specific need identified through the homeland security assessment process and must comport with the State or Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY I OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS 33 L 3� lrvx ••t