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

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Preparedness Grants Manual functional needs, socio-economic factors and cultural diversity be invited to participate in the SAC. Applicants must submit the list of SAC members and the SAC charter at the time of application as an attachment in FEMA GO. SAAs will use the URT to verify compliance with SAC charter requirements. 8.8.2. SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES The responsibilities of a SAC include: . . Integrating preparedness activities across disciplines, the private sector, nonprofit, faith-based, and community organizations, and SLTT governments, with the goal of maximizing coordination and reducing duplication of effort; Creating a cohesive planning network that builds and implements preparedness initiatives using FEMA resources as well as other federal, SLTT, private sector, and faith-based community resources; . . . . Managing all available preparedness funding sources to ensure their effective use and to minimize duplication of effort; Ensuring investments support building capability, closing capability gaps, or sustaining capabilities identified in the THIRA/SPR; Assisting in preparation and revision of the state, regional, or local homeland security plan or the THIRA, as the case may be; and Assisting in determining effective funding priorities for SHSP grants. 8.8.3. SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHARTER The governance of SHSP and UASI through the SAC should be directed by a charter. All members of the SAC should sign and date the charter showing their agreement with its content and their representation on the Committee. Revisions to the governing charter must be sent to the recipient’s assigned FEMA HQ Preparedness Officer. The SAC charter must at a minimum address the following: .A detailed description of the SAC’s composition and an explanation of key governance processes, including how the SAC is informed by the states and urban area’s THIRA/SPR; . . . A description of the frequency at which the SAC will meet; How the committee will leverage existing governance bodies; A detailed description of how decisions on programmatic priorities funded by SHSP and UASI are made and how those decisions will be documented and shared with its members and other stakeholders, as appropriate; and .A description of defined roles and responsibilities for financial decision making and meeting administrative requirements. To ensure ongoing coordination efforts, SAAs are encouraged to share community preparedness information submitted in a state’s BSIR with members of the SAC. SAAs are also encouraged to share their THIRA/SPR data with members of the SAC who are applying for other FEMA preparedness grants to enhance their understanding of statewide capability gaps. The charter should be made 67