The Gathering Disability Integration and Federal Funding Opportunities 15 January 2013 Janice P. Barlow FEMA Region III, Director, Grants Division

Janice P. Barlow 15 January Federal Funding Opportunities  State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSP)  Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI)  Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS)  Citizen Corps Program (CCP)  Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program (THSGP)  Emergency Management Performance Grant Program (EMPG)

Janice P. Barlow 15 January Federal Funding Opportunities  Allowable Costs:  Planning efforts  Purchasing of Equipment  Purchasing of Supplies  Exercises/Drills

Janice P. Barlow 15 January Federal Funding Opportunities  Examples are:  Inclusive Meeting Practices:  Providing Sign Language interpreters  Computer Aided Real Time Translation (CART)  Materials in alternate formats  General population Shelter planning :  Investments in training, equipment, supplies to meet access and functional needs

Janice P. Barlow 15 January Federal Funding Opportunities  Examples of efforts in planning and response:  Development of tools and resources by experts in disability inclusive practices  Purchase of tools for gap analysis and tracking of resources needed to support access and functional needs  Training for disability and other community groups, planners and emergency managers

Janice P. Barlow 15 January Federal Funding Opportunities  Examples (cont.)  Studies and analysis of potential shelter locations for access compliance  Support of accessible Emergency Alerts:  Closed Captioning  Visual and audible notification  Motion/vibration alerts

Janice P. Barlow 15 January Federal Funding Opportunities  Other Examples for planning and response:  Development of inclusive community preparedness programs  Training programs to increase skills and abilities of residents with disabilities as neighborhood leaders

Janice P. Barlow 15 January Federal Funding Opportunities  Almost all funding in the form of sub-grants through your state SAAs  Must work to lobby your state partners to make access and functional needs a funding priority  Authority to approve such expenditures:  Information Bulletin #361  Allowable Equipment list  Waiver approval through your FEMA Program Analyst

Janice P. Barlow 15 January Federal Funding Opportunities  State Contacts:  Delaware: Delaware Emergency Management Agency, James E. Turner,  District of Columbia: DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, Christopher Geldart, (202)  Maryland: Maryland Emergency Management Agency, Kenneth Mallette, (410)

Janice P. Barlow 15 January Federal Funding Opportunities  State Contacts:  Pennsylvania: PA Emergency Management Agency, Glenn L. Cannon,  Virginia: VA Department of Emergency Management, Michael Cline, (804) , ext  West Virginia: WV Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, Jimmy Gianato, (304) OR WV Department of Military Affairs and public Safety, David Hoge, (304)