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SECTION 2 - FEDERAL CHANGES AND INITIATIVES Special Needs Populations whose members may have additional access and functional needs Populations before, during, and after an incident must be included in planning, response and recovery documents.'' Subgrantees conducting major planning projects (including, but not limited to: Evacuation, Mass Care and Shelter, Disaster Recovery, etc.) will be required to address access and functional needs within their planning documents in order to maintain eligibility for HSGP. EHP Any project with the potential to impact natural or biological resources or historic properties cannot be initiated until FEMA has completed the required Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) review. Subgrantees who are proposing communication tower projects are encouraged to complete their Federal Communication Commission (FCC) EHP process prior to preparing their EHP review materials for Grants Program Directorate (GPD), and to include their FCC EHP materials with their submission to GPD.12 Critical In furtherance of DHS's mission, critical emergency supplies, such as shelf Emergency stable food products, water, and basic medical supplies are an allowable Supplies expense under FYI 0 SHSP. Prior to expending funds on these supplies, Subgrantees must provide Cal EMA with a viable inventory management plan, an effective distribution strategy, sustainment costs for such an effort, and logistics expertise to avoid situations where funds are wasted because supplies are rendered ineffective due to lack of planning. Exercises Subgrantees must conduct threat and performance-based exercises in accordance with DHS Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) manuals. Grant recipients must report on scheduled exercises at https://hseep.dhs.gov. For each exercise conducted with FEMA support (grant funds or direct support), subgrantees must submit an After Action Report (AAR) and Improvement Plan (IP) to the FEMA Grants and Preparedness Community of interest (COI)on the Homeland Security information Network (HSIN) within 90 days following the completion of the exercise. 13 For more information on this process, please contact Kevin Chan at (916) 324-6736 or kevin.chan a ohs.ca gov. Note: Urban Areas are required to develop a Multi-year Training and Exercise Plan and submit it to FEMA on an annual basis. Subgrantees must provide a copy to their Cal EMA Program Representative. ' ' Ibid., pages 58-59. 12 Ibid., pages 59-61. 13 Ibid., pages 63-64. IM ?auivl uia Dulcf gency management Agency Page 8 55E-20