Loss of Emergency Management Performance Grant Program likely to impact state and county staffing and programs.
Centennial, Colo. – The Colorado Division of Homeland Security Emergency Management (DHSEM) issued notices to staff and external stakeholders regarding the potential loss of funding from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) program and what that means for our agencies and the work we do together.
The FEMA EMPG award is approximately $6M and supports 24 DHSEM FTE staff positions and 55 county emergency management programs through a 50% cost share.
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