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

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Preparedness Grants Manual available upon request to promote transparency in decision-making related to SHSP and UASI activities. To manage this effort and to further reinforce collaboration and coordination across the stakeholder community, a portion of the 20% holdback of a state or territory award may be utilized by the SAA to support the SAC and to ensure representation and active participation of SAC members. Funding may be used for hiring and training planners, establishing and maintaining a program management structure, identifying and managing projects, conducting research necessary to inform the planning process, and developing plans that bridge mechanisms, documents, protocols, and procedures. 8.9.Urban Area Working Group (Homeland Security Grant Program) To support the Whole Community Approach (see Section 1.6 “Strengthening Governance Integration” and Section 6.13 “Whole Community Preparedness”), high-risk urban areas are required to establish UAWGs representative of the counties, cities, towns, and tribes within the high-risk urban area including, as appropriate, representatives of rural jurisdictions, high-population jurisdictions, and high-threat jurisdictions. UASI implementation and governance must include regional partners and should have balanced representation among entities with operational responsibilities for prevention, protection, mitigation, and response activities within the region. In some instances, high-risk urban area boundaries cross state borders. States and territories must ensure that the identified high-risk urban areas take an inclusive regional approach to the development and implementation of the UASI and involve the contiguous jurisdictions, mutual aid partners, port authorities, rail and transit authorities, state agencies, Statewide Interoperability Coordinators, Citizen Corps Whole Community Council(s), and campus law enforcement in their program activities. 8.9.1. URBAN AREA WORKING GROUP COMPOSITION AND SCOPE Pursuant to section 2003(b) of the HSA (codified as amended at 6 U.S.C. § 604(b)), eligible high-risk urban areas were determined based on an analysis of relative risk of the 100 most populous Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA), as defined by OMB. MSAs are used by FEMA to determine eligibility for participation in the program. Geographical areas queried do not equate to minimum mandated membership representation of an urban area, nor does this guarantee funding for geographical areas queried. UAWGs are not required to expand or contract existing urban area participation to conform to MSA composition. Detailed information on MSAs is publicly available from the United States Census Bureau. An SAA must confirm a specific POC with the designated high-risk urban area. The SAA POC is responsible for identifying and coordinating with the POC for the UAWG. This information must be provided to FEMA with the grant application. SAAs must work with existing high-risk urban areas to ensure that information for current POCs is on file with FEMA. Membership in the UAWG must provide either direct or indirect representation for all relevant jurisdictions and response disciplines (including law enforcement, fire service, EMS, hospitals, public health, and emergency management) that comprise the defined high-risk urban area. It must also be inclusive of local Whole Community Citizen Corps Council and tribal representatives. The UAWG should also include at least one representative from each of the following significant stakeholders: .Local and tribal government officials; 68