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<br />Attachment A <br /> <br />Program Changes, Continued <br /> <br />CCP, continued Instead, CSC will retain the $1.07 million for an array of statewide Citizen <br />Corps initiatives that will benefit all OA's to including: coordinating <br />technical workshops locally on CCP implementation; offering special grants <br />for innovative or demonstration project development; greatly increasing the <br />focus on coordinated outreach, web-based assistance and communication <br />support; and providing for the full development of the State Citizen Corps <br />Council where all of California's issues pertaining to the development and <br />use of volunteer assets in response and recovery can be addressed. <br /> <br />These fimds will also be used to offer training and technical assistance for <br />CERT Program Manager Academy training and the ongoing coordination of <br />the CERT Statewide Workgroup; provide Volunteer Coordination Plan <br />Development and other courses; develop state, regional and local VOADs and <br />VOAD capacity; and to ensure increased state coordination in time of major <br />disaster by developing and providing state voluntary agency liaisons <br />specialists to the state, regional and local efforts. <br /> <br />As for the continuation oflocal Citizen Corp initiatives, experience has <br />shown that the involvement of citizens into preparedness and response <br />activities cannot be separated from the full homeland security planning <br />process. 1bis is repeatedly stressed in a number of the upcoming federal <br />initiatives including the National Response Plan, the adoption ofNIMS, and <br />the rollout of the National Preparedness Initiative. <br /> <br />In order to embrace this increased involvement, and in accordance with DHS' <br />full integration of citizen- based programs into the various federal programs <br />and initiatives, OA's are encouraged to continue their citizen-based programs <br />and use available FY 05 fimds from the other five HSGP programs. While <br />each OA must continue to assess its own needs and prioritize the use of <br />available fimding to address those needs, each OA should at least fimd its <br />existing citizen- based programs, including CER T, in a manner appropriate to <br />achieve the aforementioned national initiatives. As a point of reference, OA's <br />may wish to review the level of CCP fimding received in FY 04. Given the <br />federal requirements for citizen-based involvement-including addressing the <br />new National Initiative on Public Awareness and Citizen Participation- <br />maintaining appropriate spending levels is critical for both continuity of past <br />programs and future project initiation. This approach is also expected to <br />reduce grant administration responsibilities and staff workload as well as <br />assist you in fiuther integrating citizen- based activities across the entire <br />HSGP. <br /> <br />FY05 Homeland Security Grant Program <br /> <br />Page 19 <br />