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SECTION 1 - OVERVIEW <br />Federal The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the FY09 <br />Program Homeland Security Grant Program, Program Guidance and Application <br />Guidance Kit on November 5, 2008. The Guidance and Application Kit may be <br />obtained at: <br />htt2://www.ohs.ca.gov/pdf/f?09 fed guidance.pdf <br />Information DHS also issues Information Bulletins that provide updates, clarification, <br />Bulletins and requirements throughout the life of the grant. Information Bulletins <br />may be obtained at: <br />http://www.oip.usdoi.gov/odp/docs/builetins.htm <br />Purpose of the The California Supplement to the Federal Program Guidance is intended <br />California to complement, rather than replace, the Guidance published by DHS. The <br />Supplement Supplement will emphasize the differences between the FY08 and FY09 <br />Homeland Security Grant Programs (HSGP), and will include additional <br />California policies and requirements applicable to the FY09 HSGP. <br />Grant CalEMA also issues Grant Management Memos (GMM) that provide <br />Management additional information. GMMs can be located at: <br />Memos httl2:Hhomeland.ca.gov/grants management memo.html <br />Eligible Eligible subgrant recipients, referred to as Subgrantees, differ for each <br />Subgrantees program. Generally, eligible subgrant recipients include: <br />• Operational Areas (OA) <br />o Includes the Metropolitan Medical Response System <br />(MMRS) <br />o Native American Tribes - represented by a single <br />coordinating group <br />• Urban Area Security Initiative Jurisdictions (UASI) <br />• State Agencies (SA) <br />o Includes the Citizen Corps Program (CCP) <br />Native American Federal FY09 grant guidance requires CalEMA to provide access to the <br />Allocation SHSGP funds directly to Native American Tribes in California. In order <br />for CalEMA to implement this requirement, a single coordinating group <br />representing the California tribes will be eligible to receive a share of this <br />funding on a base plus population basis. In order to submit an application <br />for funding, California's 108 tribes shall develop a single coordinating <br />group that represents all or substantially all of the tribes. The single <br />coordinating group shall have until November 7, 2009 to submit to <br />CalEMA its membership, organizational structure and plan for developing <br />coordinated funding priorities among all or substantially all of the <br />California Tribes. All subgrantees are encouraged to coordinate with <br />Tribal Governments to ensure that Tribal needs are considered in the <br />subgrantees applications. <br />FY09 California Emergency Management Agency Page 5