The Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM) announces the availability of funds through the Nurses in 911 (NI911) Pilot Grant Program by the Colorado State Legislature's SB21-156. The NI911 Program provides funding for Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP) for the use of nurses in 911 dispatch to help divert incoming 911 calls that do not require emergency medical services to other types of medical care.
Colorado State will continue to utilize FHWA and U.S. Small Business Administration resources.
Colorado communities have a unique opportunity to reduce their long-term risks from natural hazards with assistance from FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) programs: Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC), and Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA).
DHSEM has added information on two resources available to the community:
DHESM announced to grant stakeholders, applicants and partners on June 15 that the State of Colorado’s legislature allocated $4,859,788 for the 2021 School Access For Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program. This year, of the twenty-one applicants who submitted for this competitive funding opportunity, ten local education providers were selected to receive funding. Thank you to all of those who applied for 2021 SAFER.
The Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM) will conduct two technical assistance calls to allow applicants to ask questions and get help with their applications.
The calls will be held
The call-in number for both days is 1-507-690-2133 PIN: 374 578 910#.
This is a reminder that the Federal Fiscal Year Quarter 2 2021 January - March Quarterly Report for organizations for FEMA DR-4145 is due on Monday, April 12, 2021.
Reporting for the PA Program is required on all obligated large projects on a quarterly basis until FEMA has officially closed the project.
DHSEM is offering to submit quarterly reports on behalf of the subrecipient’s for PA-4145 if they meet the following criteria:
The Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is happy to announce the availability of funds through the School Access For Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program created by the Colorado State legislature's SB18-158. The SAFER program provides funding for interoperable communication hardware, software, equipment maintenance, and training to allow for seamless communications between existing school communications systems and first responder communications systems.