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Grant Programs Directorate Information Bulletins

This section provides access to Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) Information Bulletins (IBs) released since 2017. IBs provide stakeholders with administrative instructions and guidelines critical to supporting the effectiveness and efficient delivery of FEMA Grant Programs.

Information Bulletin No. 451: Fiscal Year 2020 Preparedness Grant Programs Final Allocation Announcement

Information Bulletin (IB) serves to announce the final awards and allocations under the Fiscal Year 2020 preparedness grant programs.

Information Bulletin No. 450: Modifications to the Fiscal Year 2019 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity

This Information Bulletin (IB) modifies the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Staffing for Adequate Fire
and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program application and submission requirements
contained in the FY 2019 SAFER Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) released on April 7,
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Information Bulletin No. 449: Expedited Period of Performance (PoP) Extension Process for Certain FY 2016 and 2017 Preparedness Grants

This Information Bulletin (IB) serves to provide an expedited submission, review, and decision process to grant recipients Period of Performance (PoP) extension requests for certain FY 2016 and FY 2017 preparedness grant programs. This IB is being issued in response to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) recently issued memo, M-20-17, Administrative Relief for Recipients and Applicants of Federal Financial Assistance Directly Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) due to Loss of Operations on March 19, 2020.

Information Bulletin No. 448: Notice of Funding Opportunity for Fiscal Year 2020 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program, COVID-19 Supplemental

The FY 2020 EMPG-S program assists states, territories, tribes and local governments with their public health and emergency management activities supporting the prevention of, preparation for, and response to the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency.

Information Bulletin No. 447: Modifications to the Fiscal Year 2020 Homeland Security Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity Application Submission Requirements for the State Homeland Security Program and Urban Area Security Initiative as a Result of

This Information Bulletin (IB) modifies the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) application submission requirements contained in the FY 2020 HSGP Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) released on February 14, 2020. It also announces final allocations for the FY 2020 State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) and the FY 2020 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI). FEMA acknowledges that state, local, tribal and territorial partners have reprioritized scarce resources to the COVID-19 pandemic response, reducing their ability to comply with existing application submission requirements before the application deadline on April 30, 2020.

Information Bulletin No. 446: Fiscal Year 2020 Notices of Funding Opportunity

Today, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), announced the availability of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Notices of Funding Opportunity for eight preparedness programs.

Information Bulletin No. 421a: Clarification on the Personnel Reimbursement for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of Homeland Security Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-412 - The PRICE Act)

This Information Bulletin (IB) serves to explain how direct and contract personnel costs are classified under Section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Pub. L. No. 107-296) as amended by the Personnel Reimbursement for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of Homeland Security Act of 2008 (PRICE Act) (Pub. L. No. 110-412). It reissues and supersedes previous Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) IB 421 of the same subject and title.

Information Bulletin: Use of Preparedness Grant Funds for Contracting for Work Performed by Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC)

This Information Bulletin explains FEMA's policy on the use of preparedness grants funds for work performed by Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFDRC). It explains when grant recipients may contract with FFDRCs and the requirements that apply to such contracts.

Information Bulletin: Use of Grant Funds for Controlled Equipment

The purpose of this Information Bulletin update is to provide grant applications, recipients, and subrecipients with guidance regarding the requirements when applying for, or expending grant funds for, controlled equipment expenditures and using grant-funded controlled equipment.

Information Bulletin: Supplemental Guidance to Inform Cybersecurity Investments Under the FY18 HSGP

This IB updates and replaces IB 429 by incorporating the Threat and Hazard Identification Risk Assessment (THIRA)/Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR) (formerly the State Preparedness Report) updated methodology and clarifying how to use the results to understand gaps.

Information Bulletin No. 429: Supplemental Guidance to Inform Cybersecurity Investments Under the FY 2018 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP)

This Information Bulletin provides supplemental guidance to inform the development of the required cybersecurity investment justification

Information Bulletin: Review and Approval Requirements for Training Courses Funded Through Preparedness Grants

The purpose of this Information Bulletin (IB) is to reissue the policies initially set forth in applicable Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Preparedness Grant Program Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) regarding training course approval requirements (i.e., the ‚"three for free‚" rule) and the conditions for personnel attending non-Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved training.

Information Bulletin: Required Coordination of "If You See Something, Say Something® " Campaign Materials

This Information Bulletin (IB) updates the coordination process for all public, private and nonprofit entities implementing the ‚"If You See Something, Say Something‚" campaign using the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant funds.

Information Bulletin: Purchase of Energetic Materials Using Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) Funding

The purpose of this Information Bulletin (IB) is to provide guidance to Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) recipients on the purchase of energetic materials from authorized vendors for the purpose of training eligible Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) accredited bomb squads.

Information Bulletin: Fiscal Year 2018 Notices of Funding Opportunity

This Information Bulletin (IB) provides details on the available FY 2018 preparedness grant programs.

Information Bulletin: Economic Hardship Waivers AFG Grant Program, FP&S Grant Program, and SAFER Grant Program

This Information Bulletin (IB) provides Assistance to Firefighters (AFG), Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S), and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) applicants and recipients guidance for requesting waivers of specific provisions under the AFG, SAFER and FP&S grant programs.

Information Bulletin No. 421b: Clarification on the Personnel Reimbursement for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of Homeland Security Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-412 - The PRICE Act)

This Information Bulletin (IB) explains how direct and contract personnel costs are classified under Section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Pub. L. No. 107-296) as amended by the Personnel Reimbursement for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of Homeland Security Act of 2008 (PRICE Act) (Pub. L. No. 110-412).

Information Bulletin: Civil Rights Review Process for Controlled Equipment Requests

This Information Bulletin, IB 414, and associated review process applies to grant recipients who request to use federal funds to purchase controlled equipment.

Information Bulletin: Allowability to Reprogram Nonprofit Security Grant Program Funding to Contracted Security Personnel

The purpose of this Information Bulletin (IB) is to provide increased flexibility in the use of grant funds by Nonprofit Organizations, herein referred to as subrecipients, that have received Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) funding, starting with funding provided in Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 and going forward.

Last updated Jul 22, 2020

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