Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program - Region 5 | DHS 17 GPD 042 05 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program - Region 5 is a FEMA grant opportunity under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security designed to strengthen emergency management capabilities across all hazards. The central aim is to provide federal funding to states so they can support and enhance the emergency preparedness system that protects lives and property. EMPG is grounded in federal law, including Section 662 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (6 U.S.C. 762) and the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). Under Title VI of the Stafford Act, FEMA is authorized to award grants that build a nationwide system of emergency preparedness, with responsibility shared among the federal government, states, and their political subdivisions. In practice, the program reflects the idea that preparedness is a joint effort: FEMA provides national-level direction, coordination, guidance, and assistance, while state and local partners build and sustain on-the-ground readiness.

This opportunity focuses on helping emergency management agencies obtain the resources needed to support the National Preparedness Goal and its associated mission areas and core capabilities. In other words, the funding is intended to help recipients plan, organize, equip, train, and exercise in ways that improve their ability to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from disasters and emergencies. The program also aligns with broader homeland security strategy, explicitly supporting the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review mission to strengthen national preparedness and resilience.

Administratively, this is a discretionary grant with the funding activity category listed as disaster prevention and relief, and it is associated with CFDA number 97.042. The eligible applicants for this specific posting are state governments, reflecting EMPG's typical structure in which states receive the federal award and then work with local, tribal, and territorial partners as appropriate to implement statewide emergency management priorities. The opportunity was issued by DHS/FEMA under Funding Opportunity Number DHS 17 GPD 042 05 01, created on June 2, 2017, with an original application closing date of June 22, 2017. FEMA anticipated making six awards for Region 5. The listed award ceiling is shown as 0, which generally indicates the ceiling is not specified in the summary data field rather than implying that no funding is available; the actual award amounts are typically determined by program allocations and documented in the full notice and related guidance.

Overall, the Region 5 EMPG FY 2017 opportunity is best understood as federal support to help states maintain and improve comprehensive, all-hazards emergency management programs, ensuring that preparedness efforts are coordinated across levels of government and tied to nationally defined capabilities and outcomes.

• The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the disaster prevention and relief sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program - Region 5" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.042.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 02, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 22, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments.

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