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Section 1- Overview 1 201,4 Federal Funding In March 2014, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DRS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued Opportunity the FY14 Homeland Security Grant Program, Funding Opportunity,4nnouncement Announcement (FOA) available for download at: http://www.femagovly_2014 - homeland, security- hLs gn). grant -nro ratn- Information Bulletins DRS issues Information Bulletins to provide updates, clarification, and new requirements throughout oughout the life of the grant. Information Bulletins may be obtained at: htt ://www.fema eov /¢rants /grant- ro ratns=direetorate- information -bul l etins. Purpose of the California The 2014 California Supplement to the Federal Funding Opportunity fnnouncement and application kit is intended Supplement to complement, rather than replace, the Guidance published by DI-IS. The Supplement will emphasize the diflerences between the FY13 and FY14 Homeland. Security Grant Programs (HSGP), and will include additional California policies and requirements applicable to the FY14 HSGP. Grant Management Cal OES also issues Grant Management Memoranda (GMMs) that provide additional information regarding HSGP funds. GMMs Memoranda can be located at: httM /www.caloes ca. ov /GrantsPtocessin > /Pa es /Grant- Management- Metnos asux. Eligible Subgrantees Eligible applicants, referred to as Subgrantees, differ for each program. Generally, eligible HSGP Subgrantees include: Operational Areas (OA) • Includes Native American Tribes- represented by a single coordinating group Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Jurisdictions State Agencies (SA), Departments, Commissions, Boards, etc. who have or can obtain, appropriate state Department of Finance budget authority for awarded funds Native Federal FYi4 grant guidance strongly encourages Cal OES to provide access to American IISGP funds directly to Native American Tribes in California. To implement this Allocations requirement, a. single coordinating group representing the California tribes will be eligible to receive a share of this fimding on a base plus population basis. To submit an application for fimding, California's 111 tribes shall develop a single coordinating group that represents all or substantially all of the tribes. The single coordinating group shall have until October 1, 2014 to submit to Cal OES its membership, organizational structure and plan for developing coordinated funding priorities among all or substantially all of the California Tribes. 55B -14