Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program - Region 8 | DHS 16 GPD 042 08 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program - Region 8 is a discretionary FEMA grant opportunity under the Department of Homeland Security designed to strengthen day-to-day emergency management capability across an all-hazards spectrum. The core intent is to provide federal funding to states so they can build, sustain, and improve emergency preparedness systems that protect life and property, while reinforcing the shared responsibility model in U.S. emergency management where federal, state, and local governments jointly plan and prepare for disasters and other major incidents. The program emphasizes comprehensive preparedness, meaning it is not limited to a single threat type; it supports readiness for natural disasters, technological incidents, public health emergencies, and other hazards that could affect communities.

Legally, the program is rooted in Section 662 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (6 U.S.C. Section 762) and the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Section 5121 et seq.). In particular, Title VI of the Stafford Act authorizes FEMA to make grants that help establish and maintain a nationwide system of emergency preparedness, and it frames preparedness as a joint federal-state-local responsibility. Under EMPG, the federal government provides direction, coordination, guidance, and assistance to help ensure emergency management programs are organized, capable, and aligned with national doctrine and expectations.

From a capability perspective, FY 2016 EMPG funding is aimed at helping state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management agencies secure the resources needed to support the National Preparedness Goal, including its mission areas and core capabilities. In practical terms, this commonly translates into investments that improve planning, coordination, training, exercises, operational readiness, and the management functions that allow jurisdictions to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from incidents. The opportunity also explicitly ties the program to the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review mission to Strengthen National Preparedness and Resilience, reinforcing that the desired outcome is not only response capacity, but also broader resilience and readiness across the preparedness cycle.

Administratively, this opportunity is listed as DHS 16 GPD 042 08 01 with CFDA number 97.042, categorized under Disaster Prevention and Relief, and uses the grant funding instrument type. Eligibility for applicants is limited to state governments, reflecting the program structure in which states typically serve as the primary recipients and then work with local, tribal, and other partners within their jurisdictions to implement preparedness priorities. The posting indicates an expected total of six awards for Region 8. The original closing date for applications was March 18, 2016, and the opportunity record shows a creation date of February 16, 2016. The award ceiling is listed as 0, which generally signals that a single fixed maximum award amount is not specified in the summary field and that award sizes may depend on allocation formulas, appropriations, or program guidance rather than a simple stated cap.

Overall, the Region 8 FY 2016 EMPG opportunity is best understood as a federal investment in the management backbone of emergency preparedness: the staffing, coordination structures, plans, training and exercises, and operational systems that enable jurisdictions to function effectively before, during, and after disasters. It is designed to align state and sub-state preparedness activities with national preparedness doctrine and core capabilities, while supporting a consistent, scalable all-hazards approach across the emergency management enterprise.

• The Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the disaster prevention and relief sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program - Region 8" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.042.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2016-02-16.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-03-18. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments.

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