Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program - Region 6

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program is a grant program that supports the goal to Strengthen National Preparedness and Resilience. The program provides funds to assist State, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management agencies to implement the National Preparedness System and the National Preparedness Goal. The program has a cost-share requirement, and applicants must agree to make available non-Federal funds to carry out an EMPG award in an amount not less than 50 percent of the total project cost. The program priorities include logistics and distribution management planning, evacuation planning, disaster financial management, catastrophic disaster housing, and resilient communications. • The program is open to State or territorial governments, and either the State Administrative Agency (SAA) or the State's Emergency Management Agency (EMA) is eligible to apply directly to FEMA for EMPG funds. • The program has a total available funding of $355,100,000, and the allocation for each State or territory is based on a formula. • The period of performance for the grant is 36 months, with the possibility of extensions. • The program requires applicants to submit a Work Plan that outlines the State's emergency management sustainment and enhancement efforts.