ORANGE, COUNTY OF (ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY)

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Attachment A Program Changes, Continued CCP, continued Instead, CSC will retain the 51.07 million for an arra3 of statewide Citizen Corps initiatives that will benefit all OA's to including coordinating technical workshops locally on CCP implementation; offering special grants for innovative or demonstration project development; greatly increasing the focus on coordinated outreach, web -based assistance and communication support; and providing for the full development of th State Citizen Corps Council where all of California's issues pertaining to e development and use of volunteer assets in response and recovery can be addressed. These funds will also be used to offer training and tecurical assistance for CERT Program Manager Academy training and the ongoing coordination of the CERT Statewide Workgroup; provide Volunteer Coordination Plan Development and other courses; develop state, regional and local VOADs and VOAD capacity; and to ensure increased state coordination in time of major disaster by developing and providing state voluntary agency liaisons specialists to the state, regional and local efforts. As for the continuation of local Citizen Corp initiatives, experience has shown that the involvement of citizens into Preparedness and response activities cannot be separated from the full homeland security planning process. This is repeatedly stressed in a number of th upcoming federal initiatives including the National Response Plan, the adoption of NIMS, and the rollout of the National Preparedness Initiative. In order to embrace this increased involvement, and iri accordance with DHS' full integration of citizen -based programs into the various federal programs and initiatives, OA's are encouraged to continue their citizen -based programs and use available FY 05 funds from the other five HS GP programs. While each OA must continue to assess its own needs and prioritize the use of available funding to address those needs, each OA should at least fund its existing citizen-based programs, including CERT, in z manner appropriate to achieve the aforementioned national initiatives. Asa int of reference, OA's may wish to review the level of CCP funding receivec in FY 04. Given the federal requirements for citizen -based involvement eluding addressing the new National hritiative on Public Awareness and Citi en Participation — maintaining appropriate spending levels is critical for loth continuity of past programs and future project initiation. This approach s also expected to reduce grant administration responsibilities and staff workload as well as assist you in further integrating citizen -based activities across the entire HSGP. FY05 Homeland Security Grant Program Page 19