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<br />Preparedness Grants Manual
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<br />Tribal organizations and associations;
<br />Emergency response providers, including representatives of the fire service, law enforcement,
<br />emergency medical services, and emergency managers;
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<br />Public health officials and other appropriate medical practitioners;
<br />Hospitals;
<br />Individuals representing educational institutions, including elementary schools, middle schools,
<br />junior high schools, high schools, community colleges, and other institutions of higher education;
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<br />State and regional interoperable communications coordinators, as appropriate;
<br />State and major urban area fusion centers, as appropriate; and
<br />Nonprofit, faith-based, and other voluntary organizations, such as the American Red Cross.
<br />Additionally, program representatives from the following entities should be members of the SAC (as
<br />applicable): State Primary Care Association, State Homeland Security Advisor (if this role is not also
<br />the SAA), State Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director, State Public Health Officer, State
<br />Awardee for HHS’ Hospital Preparedness Program, State Public Safety Officer (and SAA for Justice
<br />Assistance Grants, if different), State Coordinator for the DoD 1033 Program (also known as the Law
<br />Enforcement Support Office [LESO] Program), State Court Official, State Emergency Medical Services
<br />(EMS) Director, State Trauma System Manager, Statewide Interoperability Coordinator, State Citizen
<br />Corps Whole Community Council, the State Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC)
<br />Coordinator, State Education Department, State Human Services Department, State Child Welfare
<br />Services, State Juvenile Justice Services, Urban Area Points of Contact (POC), Senior Members of
<br />AMSCs, Senior Members of the RTSWG, Senior Security Officials from Major Transportation Systems,
<br />and the Adjutant General.
<br />SACs are encouraged to develop subcommittee structures, as necessary, to address the issue or
<br />region-specific considerations. The SAC must include whole community intrastate and interstate
<br />partners as applicable and have balanced representation among entities with operational
<br />responsibilities for terrorism/disaster prevention, protection, mitigation, and response activities
<br />within the state, and include representation from the stakeholder groups and disciplines identified
<br />above.
<br />The above membership requirement does not prohibit states, high-risk urban areas, regional transit
<br />and port entities, or other recipients of FEMA preparedness funding from retaining their existing
<br />structure under separate programs; however, at a minimum, those bodies must support and feed
<br />into the larger SAC. The composition, structure, and charter of the SAC should reflect this focus on
<br />building core capabilities, instead of simply joining previously existing advisory bodies under other
<br />grant programs. For designated high-risk urban areas, the SAA POCs are responsible for identifying
<br />and coordinating with the POC for the UAWG, which should be a member of the SAC. The POC’s
<br />contact information must be provided to FEMA with the grant application. SAAs must work with
<br />existing high-risk urban areas to ensure that information for current POCs is on file with FEMA.
<br />Finally, FEMA recommends that organizations advocating on behalf of youth, older adults, individuals
<br />with disabilities, individuals with limited English proficiency and others with other access and
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