Item 18 - Resolution, Agreement, and Appropriation Adjustment Accepting the FY 2024 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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Preparedness Grants Manual 8. Homeland Security Grant Program and Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program 8.1.Alignment to the National Preparedness System (Homeland Security Grant Program, Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program) The Nation uses the National Preparedness System to build, sustain, and deliver core capabilities to achieve the Goal. HSGP and THSGP recipients use the National Preparedness System to support their efforts to build, sustain, and deliver these core capabilities, which are essential for each of the five mission areas outlined in the Goal. The components of the National Preparedness System are Identifying and Assessing Risk, Estimating Capability Requirements, Building and Sustaining Capabilities, Planning to Deliver Capabilities, Validating Capabilities, and Reviewing and Updating. Additional information on the National Preparedness System is available at the National Preparedness System page on FEMA.gov. As the National Preparedness System matures, we are getting better data on our capabilities as a Nation that can be used to drive our focus and our resources at all levels. States, tribes, and territories provide annual data on their proficiency across 32 core capabilities through the THIRA, Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR), exercise and real world After-Action Reports (AAR), and other preparedness data. These data feed into the National Preparedness Report and form a shared national picture of needs relative to capability gaps, including what threats and hazards are posing the greatest risks and what core capabilities are most in need of improvement or sustainment. Communities and federal agencies alike use these data to prioritize, synchronize, and guide programs and activities to build and sustain capabilities. FEMA requires recipients to prioritize grant funding to demonstrate how investments support identified national priorities (for HSGP only) and building capability, closing capability gaps, or sustaining capabilities as defined by Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 201: THIRA/SPR Guide, Third Edition. Analytic results help shape prioritization decisions at FEMA and across the nation to make sure we are focusing our time and our resources in the right areas. The HSGP and THSGP provide financial support to SLTT jurisdictions to help them build, sustain, and deliver core capabilities identified in the Goal. Key focus areas and requirements of both the HSGP and THSGP are to prevent terrorism and other catastrophic events and to prepare the Nation for the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk to the security of the United States and Tribal Nations, including risks along the nation’s borders. When applicable, funding should support deployable assets that can be used anywhere in the nation through automatic assistance and mutual aid agreements, including, but not limited to, the EMAC. The HSGP and THSGP support investments that improve the ability of jurisdictions nationwide to: . . Prevent a threatened or an actual act of terrorism; Protect citizens, residents, visitors, and assets against the threats that pose the greatest risk to the security of the United States; . . Mitigate the loss of life and property by lessening the impact of future catastrophic events; and/or Respond quickly to save lives, protect property and the environment, and meet basic human needs in the aftermath of a catastrophic incident. 55