Agenda Item Request:
title
Authorization for the County Manager to accept the FY2023 Federal Emergency Management Performance Grant award in the amount of $364,035.14 for Cumberland County EMA operations.
body
Background and Purpose of Request:
Requestor: Michael Durkin, Director-Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency
CCEMA has been awarded $364,035.14 in FY2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant funding. The purpose of this award is to improve and sustain Emergency Management capability across the nation. Funds are used primarily to support the Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency through staffing and programs.
Cumberland County is required to match these funds. This match has historically been done through the County's EMA budget process. No funding above and beyond that budgeting process is being requested.
The County application for these funds lists three programmatic goals for the funding in line with CCEMA's Mission and Strategic Plan. These are:
* Improving the Community's Ability to Recover from Disaster. This is done by increasing opportunities for post-disaster resources, and reducing barriers to these resources for marginalized populations.
* Building the County's ability to Respond to Large Disasters. This is done through staffing, training and maintaining deployable assets and special teams as well as the County Emergency Operations Center.
* Increase Preparedness within the County. CCEMA maintains staff dedicated to emergency planning as well as training and exercising for disasters. This funding sustains these efforts. For this grant cycle, the focus will be on Recovery Planning and Hazard Mitigation. A continued focus on whole-community training/exercises will strengthen the coordinated response to a disaster.
Funding Amount and Source:
Cumberland County has been awarded $364,035.14 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Cumberland County is a subrecipient of these funds through the Maine Emergency Management Agency wh...
Click here for full text