Emergency Management Baseline Assessments Grant (EMBAG)

 

The purpose of the FY 2023 EMBAG cooperative agreement is to support the use of national-level standards for emergency management to help ensure that state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) communities have accredited emergency management programs and certified emergency managers in place before an incident occurs. To achieve this purpose, the EMBAG supports voluntary national-level standards and peer review assessment processes that communities can use to identify the capacity and shortfalls of their emergency management programs and emergency managers and develop a path to compliance with these standards. These national-level standards fall under other assistance called out under Section 503 (b)(2)(G) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to build tribal, local, State, regional, and national capabilitiesnecessary to respond to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster. See 6 U.S.C. 313(b)(2)(G). The EMBAG directly supports the DHS Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2020-2024, Goal 5: Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience, Objective 5.1: Build a National Culture of Preparedness and Objective 5.2: Respond During Incidents, by supporting efforts that can help ensure that state, tribal, territorial, and local communities have accredited emergency management programs and certified emergency managers in place before an incident occurs. The EMBAG program reinforces FEMAs mission of advancing all-hazards preparedness, consistent with the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (PKEMRA) and Presidential Policy Directive 8 (PPD-8), National Preparedness. The EMBAG program supports the 2022-2026 FEMA Strategic Plan Objective 3.1 through its support of national-level standards and assessment processes that emergency management programs and emergency managers can use to improve their preparedness capabilities to prevent, protect against, mitigate the effects of, respond to and recover from the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk to the security of the nation. The performance of the EMBAG is measured against the intended outcomes identified in the Objectives section of Section A: Program Description in the FY 2023 EMBAG NOFO. Applicants should refer to Appendix B: Detail on EMBAG Performance Measurement of the FY 2023 EMBAG NOFO for additional information on these metrics, including guidance and a template for reporting. Please refer to the FY 2023 NOFO for additional information: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=349090. FY 2023 EMBAG Performance Metrics Objective 1: Supporting Emergency Management Program Accreditation o Metric 1: Percent of jurisdiction emergency management programs participating in assessments supported by the FY 2023 EMBAG that achieve national-level accreditation. o Metric 2: Percent of jurisdiction emergency management programs supported by the FY 2023 EMBAG that reported one or more aspects of their emergency management program improved as a result of the accreditation process and other support (training and assessments) received through the EMBAG. Objective 2: Supporting Emergency Manager Certification o Metric 3: Percent of emergency managers with certification supported by the FY 2023 EMBAG that achieve national-level certification. o Metric 4: Percent of emergency managers supported by the FY 2023 EMBAG that reported one or more aspects of their competence to manage an emergency management program improved as a part of the certification process and other support (training and assessments) received through the EMBAG. The Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) and International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) are the past recipients of the EMBAG. EMAP maintains a voluntary standards, assessment, and accreditation process for disaster preparedness programs, and it is the only known peer reviewed accreditation process for emergency management programs in the United States. IAEM owns the trademark registered Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) program, which is a voluntary standards, assessment, and certification process for emergency managers and disaster response professionals from all levels of government, the private sector and volunteer organizations.

Active 97.131 Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security C - Direct Payments For Specified Use Fiscal Year 2016 15 EMAP assessments will be performed. 2016 EMAP Standard will be released. • EMAP Released the 2016 Emergency Management Standard • Completed training workshops on the EMAP standard and assessment process. • 12 State and local assessments were conducted.
Fiscal Year 2017 10 EMAP assessments.
Fiscal Year 2018 10 EMAP assessments.
Fiscal Year 2019 10 Emergency Management Program Accreditations and 25 Emergency Manager Certifications.
Fiscal Year 2021 Assessments for 10 Emergency Management Program Accreditations and certification fees for at least 25 Emergency Manager Certifications.
Fiscal Year 2023 Over FY 2018-2020, the EMBAG helped 22 state and local emergency management programs achieve accreditation and 60 state and local emergency managers achieve certification. In FY 2018, the EMBAG helped 8 emergency management programs achieve accreditation. In FY 2019, the EMBAG helped 8 emergency management programs achieve accreditation and 25 emergency managers achieve certification. In FY 2020, the EMBAG helped 6 emergency management programs achieve accreditation and 35 emergency managers achieve certification. Public Law -
Section 503(b)(2)(G) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended (6 U.S.C. § 313(b)(2)(G)) Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) for the Emergency Management Accreditation Program. International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) for the Certified Emergency Manager Program. See, the Joint Explanatory Statement (JES) for the DHS Appropriations Act, 2023, (Pub. L. No. 117-328), at 63. Funding under this program is ultimately intended to benefit U.S. State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial emergency management programs and emergency managers. To receive funding under this program, recipient must carry out the Emergency Management Accreditation Program or the Certified Emergency Manager Program as identified in the DHS 2023 Joint Explanatory Statement appropriations language. See, the Joint Explanatory Statement (JES) for the DHS Appropriations Act, 2023, (Pub. L. No. 117-328), at 63. Preapplication coordination is required. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Please refer to Section D: Application and Submission Information of the FY 2023 EMBAG Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for additional information about how to apply for the FY 2023 EMBAG: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=349090. Applications or plans are reviewed by DHS program and administrative staff. Any issues or concerns noted in the application will be negotiated with the successful applicant prior to the award being issued. Funds will not be made available for obligation, expenditure, or drawdown until the applicant's budget and budget narrative have been approved by FEMA. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines The representative range of days required for applications to be approved or not approved for funding is approximately 30 days. Not applicable. Not applicable. Please refer to the Section E: Application Review Information of the FY 2023 EMBAG Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for information on criteria used for selecting proposals: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=349090. Funding under this program is ultimately intended to benefit U.S. State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial emergency management programs and emergency managers. Performance Reports: Reports are not required; however, Grant recipient will be monitored by FEMA staff, both programmatically and financially, to ensure that the project goals, objectives, performance requirements, timelines, milestone completion, budgets, and other related program criteria are being met. Monitoring will be accomplished through a combination of office-based desk reviews and on-site monitoring visits. Monitoring will involve the review and analysis of the financial, programmatic, performance, and administrative issues relative to the program and will identify areas where technical assistance or other support may be needed. The recipient is responsible for monitoring award activities to provide reasonable assurance that the Federal award is administered in compliance with requirements. Responsibilities include the accounting of receipts and expenditures, cash management, maintaining adequate financial records, and refunding expenditures disallowed by audits. In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.503 Records must be retained in accordance with 2 C.F.R. ? 200.334(c). Grant records shall be retained for a period of at least 3 years from the day the recipient submits its final expenditure report. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit, or other action involving the records has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the records must be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later. Grant records include financial and program/progress reports, support documents, statistical records, and other documents that support the activity and/or expenditure of the recipient or sub-recipient under the award. For certain types of records, the record retentions period starts at a different point. See 2 C.F.R. ? 200.334 for more information. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. The period of performance is 12 months. For additional information, please refer to the FY 2023 EMBAG Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=349090. Refer to https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=325609. . None/Not specified. Madeline Clark, , Program Manager
400 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20472-3630 US
Madeline.Clark@fema.dhs.gov
Phone: 202-786-9451 http://www.fema.gov 70-0700-0-1-999 (Direct Payments for Specified Use) FY 22$825,000.00; FY 23 est $1,500,000.00; FY 24 est $1,500,000.00; FY 21$825,000.00; FY 20$825,000.00; FY 19$569,379.00; FY 18$569,379.00; FY 17$444,379.00; FY 16$660,000.00; - There are two projected awards for the FY 2023 EMBAG. The minimum award available for the FY 2023 EMBAG is $500,000 for supporting the Certified Emergency Manager Program. The maximum funding available for the FY 2023 EMBAG is $1,500,000 for supporting the Emergency Management Accreditation Program. See, the Joint Explanatory Statement (JES) for the DHS Appropriations Act, 2023, (Pub. L. No. 117-328), at 63. FEMA anticipates making FY 2023 EMBAG awards no later than August 31, 2023. The Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) and International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) are the past recipients of the EMBAG. In FY 2021 and FY 2022, two awards were made each year, one each to EMAP and IAEM, for a total of four awards over FY 2021-2022, with average award amounts of $206,250 per recipient. For the FY 2022 EMBAG, FEMA awarded $130,000 to the International Association of Emergency Managers and $695,000 to the Emergency Management Accreditation Program of the available $825,000 in FY 2022 EMBAG funding. For the FY 2021 EMBAG, FEMA awarded $130,000 to the International Association of Emergency Managers and $695,000 to the Emergency Management Accreditation Program of the available $825,000 in FY 2021 EMBAG funding. Please see Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (NOFO): https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=349090. Fiscal Year 2019 Objective 1: Supporting Emergency Management Program Accreditation 1) Maintaining and revising standards used to accredit emergency management programs. Standards must be voluntary, consensus-based, and accredited through a national-level accreditation body for standards and a peer review assessment process using emergency professionals from the emergency management community. Supporting this objective should include developing, maintaining, and improving systems, policy, and processes necessary to complete the objectives of the EMBAG. 2) Using a peer review process to assess emergency management program adherence to the standards. The peer review team should consist of emergency management officials from other (peer) jurisdiction emergency management programs. 3) Conducting assessments voluntarily for jurisdictions using other capability assessment tools. 4) Supporting initial efforts to operationalize the national-level standards used to accredit emergency management programs. Objective 2: Supporting Emergency Management Professional Certification 5) Supporting state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management professionals’ certification application and associated fees. 6) Conducting the initial phase of an updated job analysis to verify the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) of the national-level certification program for emergency management professionals. 7) Supporting accreditation of standards and criteria for emergency management professional certification through a national-level accreditation body for standards. 8) Developing, maintaining, and improving systems, policy, and processes necessary to complete the objectives of the EMBAG. For more details, please refer to the current program notice of funding opportunity on grants.gov: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=325609.
Fiscal Year 2021 1. The development, maintenance, update, revision, and enhancement of voluntary national-level standards and peer review assessment processes for emergency preparedness and response that are driven, established, validated, and revised through consensus; 2. Related efforts to develop or update national-level accreditation for these standards; and 3. The assessment of select state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management programs and professionals against these national-level standards. For more details, please refer to the current program NOFO on grants.gov.
Fiscal Year 2023 FY 2023 EMBAG Objective 1 and 2 projects are outlined below. • Objective 1 Project: Conduct assessments on a volunteer basis for state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) emergency management programs against national-level standards for emergency management. • Objective 2 Project: Conduct assessments on a volunteer basis for state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency managers against national-level standards and criteria.