Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program - Region 3

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program is one of the grant programs that constitute DHS/FEMA's focus on all-hazards emergency preparedness. The primary objective of the FY 2023 EMPG Program is to provide funds to assist state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management agencies to implement the National Preparedness System (NPS) and to support the National Preparedness Goal of a secure and resilient nation. Key priorities include building or sustaining capabilities identified as high priority through the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA)/Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR) process and closing capability gaps. • The program supports the goal to Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience. • The program has three ambitious goals: Instill Equity as a Foundation of Emergency Management, Lead Whole of Community in Climate Resilience, and Promote and Sustain a Ready FEMA and Prepared Nation. • The program requires recipients to complete a THIRA/SPR and develop and submit a Work Plan. • The program allows for a period of performance of 36 months, with a projected start date of 10/01/2022 and a projected end date of 09/30/2025.