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

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Preparedness Grants Manual 8.2.5. VALIDATING CAPABILITIES All HSGP and THSGP recipients will develop and maintain a progressive exercise program consistent with HSEEP guidance in support of the National Exercise Program (NEP). THSGP recipients are required to develop and maintain this program regardless of whether the tribe planned to use THSGP funding for exercises. The NEP serves as the principal exercise mechanism for examining national preparedness and measuring readiness. The NEP is a two-year cycle of exercises across the nation that validates capabilities in all preparedness mission areas. The two-year NEP cycle is guided by Principals’ Strategic Priorities, established by the National Security Council, and informed by preparedness data from jurisdictions across the Nation. To develop and maintain a progressive exercise program consistent with HSEEP and in support of the NEP, recipients should engage senior leaders and other whole community stakeholders to identify preparedness priorities. These priorities should be informed by various factors, including jurisdiction-specific threats and hazards (i.e., the THIRA); areas for improvement identified by real- world events and exercises; external requirements such as state or national preparedness reports, homeland security policy, and industry reports; and accreditation standards, regulations, or legislative requirements. Recipients should document these priorities and use them to deploy a schedule of preparedness events in a multi-year Integrated Preparedness Plan (IPP). Information related to Integrated Preparedness Planning Workshops (IPPWs) can be found on the HSEEP page on FEMA.gov and the Preparedness Toolkit. The NEP provides exercise sponsors the opportunity to receive exercise design and delivery assistance, tools and resources, enhanced coordination, and the ability to directly influence and inform policy and preparedness programs. If you have any questions, or would like to request assistance through the NEP, please visit the NEP website on the Exercises page on FEMA.gov, or reach out to the NEP directly at NEP@fema.dhs.gov. Reporting .Recipients must have a current multi-year IPP that identifies preparedness priorities and activities. The current multi-year IPP must be submitted to hseep@fema.dhs.gov before Jan. 31 of each year: o Recipients are encouraged to enter their exercise information into the Preparedness Toolkit. . . Recipients must submit AARs/Improvement Plans (IPs) to hseep@fema.dhs.gov and indicate which fiscal year’s funds were used (if applicable). Submission of AAR/IPs must take place within 90 days following completion of the single exercise or progressive series: o Recipients are encouraged to submit AAR/IPs reflecting tabletop exercises that validate critical plans or those reflecting large-scale functional or full-scale exercises that took place at the state, territorial, tribal, or urban area level. Recipients are discouraged from submitting AAR/IPs specific to local jurisdictions that reflect drills; o If a recipient endures a significant real-world incident during the CY that delays or prevents conduct of a grant-funded exercise, they can submit the AAR from that event in place of the exercise AARs. Jurisdictions submitting real world AARs should include an explanation with the AAR submission to hseep@fema.dhs.gov; and 58