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<br />Preparedness Grants Manual <br />8.10.3. COLLABORATION WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS <br />SHSP and UASI recipients are encouraged to work with the nonprofit community to address terrorism <br />and all-hazards prevention concerns, seek input on the needs of the nonprofit sector, and support <br />the goals of their investments. <br />8.10.4. COLLABORATION WITH TRIBAL NATIONS <br />Tribal governments and their members are an essential part of our nation’s emergency management <br />team. Effective relationships with tribes are necessary to fulfill FEMA’s mission of working together to <br />improve our nation’s preparedness and response posture. As such, FEMA strongly encourages <br />states, high-risk urban areas, and territories to work with Tribal Nations in overall initiatives, such as <br />whole community preparedness and emergency management planning. <br />8.11. Operation Stonegarden Operational Guidance (Homeland Security <br />Grant Program) <br />This section provides operational guidance to OPSG applicants on the development of a concept of <br />operations and campaign planning, the tactical operation period, and reporting procedures. This <br />guidance also delineates specific roles and responsibilities, expectations for operations, and <br />performance measures. Successful execution of these objectives will promote situational awareness <br />among participating agencies and ensure a rapid, fluid response to emerging border security <br />conditions. <br />OPSG uses an integrated approach to address transnational criminal activity. Federal and SLTT <br />partners are required to establish and maintain an OPSG Integrated Planning Team (IPT) with <br />representation from all participating law enforcement agencies and co-chaired by representatives <br />from USBP, the SAA, and participating local law enforcement agencies’ OPSG program <br />representatives. Each operational order will address specific threats, gaps, and vulnerabilities <br />identified by the USBP. All requests in the operational plan will be reviewed and approved by the <br />corresponding sector's Chief Patrol Agent or his/her designee for border security value. USBP will <br />provide routine monitoring and technical expertise to each participating agency. The content of each <br />operational plan, to include the requested items will be reviewed for border security value and <br />approved by the corresponding sector’s Chief Patrol Agent or his/her designee. <br />All operational plans should be crafted in cooperation and coordination with federal and SLTT <br />partners to meet the needs of the USBP Sector. Consideration will be given to applications that are <br />coordinated across multiple jurisdictions. All applicants must coordinate with the CBP/USBP Sector <br />Headquarters with geographic responsibility for the applicant’s location in developing and submitting <br />an Operations Order with an embedded budget to the SAA. Operations are to be crafted so that <br />resources are allocated to one or more of the supportable categories: <br />1. Law Enforcement Presence; <br />2. Situational Awareness; and/or <br />3. Intelligence Collection, Analysis, and Distribution. <br />Law Enforcement Presence includes activities and costs associated to having an SLTT partner <br />provide a law enforcement patrol presence in an area designated by the USBP Sector in support of <br />border security efforts. Situational Awareness includes technology to provide current and <br />immediately relevant information about currently active border security threats. Intelligence <br />Collection, Analysis, and Distribution includes both technology and manpower related to the <br />gathering and analysis of intelligence with a nexus to border security. <br />71