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

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Preparedness Grants Manual . . CIO and CISO; Emergency response providers, which shall include representatives of the fire service, law enforcement, emergency medical services, and emergency managers; . . Public health officials and other appropriate medical practitioners, including Health Care Coalitions (HCCs); Individuals representing educational institutions, including elementary schools, middle schools, junior high schools, high schools, community colleges, and other institutions of higher education; and .State and regional interoperable communications coordinators and state and major urban area fusion centers, as appropriate. In addition to representatives from the local jurisdictions and tribes within the state, territory, or high- risk urban area, the UAWG should include officials responsible for the administration of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) and the HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s (ASPR) cooperative agreements. Finally, it must be inclusive of members advocating on behalf of youth, older adults, individuals with disabilities, individuals with limited English proficiency, and others with other access and functional needs, socio-economic factors, and cultural diversity. High-risk urban areas will use the URT to verify UAWG structure and membership. The list of UAWG members must also be submitted at the time of application as an attachment in FEMA GO. High-risk urban areas must notify the SAA and the FEMA Headquarters Preparedness Officer of any updates to the UAWG structure or membership after the application is submitted. 8.9.2. URBAN AREA WORKING GROUP RESPONSIBILITIES UAWGs must ensure that applications for funding under the UASI support building capability, closing capability gaps, or sustaining capabilities identified in the high-risk urban area’s THIRA/SPR. The UAWG should support state efforts to develop the SPR particularly as it relates to UASI-funded activities. The UAWG, in coordination with the SAA POC, must develop a methodology for allocating funding available through the UASI. The UAWG must reach consensus on all UASI funding allocations. If consensus cannot be reached within the 45-day period allotted for the state to obligate funds to subrecipients, the SAA must make the allocation determination. The SAA must provide written documentation verifying the consensus of the UAWG or the failure to achieve otherwise on the allocation of funds and submit it to FEMA immediately after the 45-day period allotted for the state to obligate funds to subrecipients. Any UASI funds retained by the state must be used in direct support of the high-risk urban area. States must provide documentation to the UAWG, and FEMA upon request, demonstrating how any UASI funds retained by a state are directly supporting the high- risk urban area. 8.9.3. URBAN AREA WORKING GROUP CHARTER In keeping with sound project management practices, the UAWG must ensure that its approach to critical issues such as membership, governance structure, voting rights, grant M&A responsibilities, and funding allocation methodologies are formalized in a working group charter, or another form of standard operating procedure related to the UASI governance. The charter must also outline how decisions made in UAWG meetings will be documented and shared with UAWG members. The UAWG charter must be submitted at the time of application as an attachment in FEMA GO and must be on 69