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FEMA
EMI News
Website Update
Training Bulletin
Fiscal Year 2018 Preparing Communities for a Complex
Coordinated Attack Integrated Emergency Management Course (IEMC) Application
Process
Training Opportunity
Course: E0968 All-Hazards Position-Specific Logistics Section
Chief Train-the-Trainer
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been updated, and is now available on http://training.fema.gov/EMI/
The deadline for applying to
the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) for a Preparing Communities for a
Complex Coordinated Attack IEMC in Fiscal Year 2018 is March 15, 2017.
Applications must be submitted to your respective FEMA Region by this date.
Course Description:
This course is designed to
prepare Federal, state, tribal, territorial, and locally-sponsored students
to teach the All-Hazards Position-Specific Logistics Section Chief course
through the use of lecture, interactive discussion, guided exercises and
activities, and practice student teaching.
Emergency Management
Institute Mission
To support the Department of
Homeland Security and FEMA’s goals by improving the competencies of the U.S.
officials in Emergency Management at all levels of government to prepare for,
protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the potential effects
of all types of disasters and emergencies on the American people. Read more...
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Haiti. Hurricane Matthew in Haiti as of 14 December 2016. Funding Overview
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Community Engagement. Law Enforcement Funding Program. Body-Warn Camera.
$$ Follow the money. Greater impacts by our communities nationwide should involve restrictions, disapproval, refusal of funding for law enforcement programs that do not benefit or enhance community engagement. DOJ Body-Worn Camera policies and funding are just one program. Investigate, use FOI act to review program funding of DOJ, DHS, and FEMA to local law enforcement agencies.
CDS. CEO BEMA.
Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program
FY 2017 Competitive Grant Announcement
Applications Due: February 16, 2017
Overview
Law enforcement agencies across the
country and worldwide are using body-worn cameras (BWC) as a promising tool to
improve law enforcement interactions with the public. BWCs can provide a visual
and audio record of interactions. Some preliminary evidence indicates that the
presence of BWCs helps strengthen accountability and transparency, and can
assist in de- escalating conflicts, resulting in more constructive encounters
between the police and members of the community. This competitive solicitation
is for law enforcement agencies seeking to establish or enhance BWC Policy and
Implementation Programs (PIP). Successful applicants will be responsible for a
mandatory 50 percent in-kind or cash match.
The FY 2017 BWC PIP will support
the implementation of body-worn camera programs in law enforcement agencies
across the country. The intent of the program is to help agencies develop,
implement, and evaluate a BWC program as one tool in a law enforcement agency’s
comprehensive problem-solving approach to enhance officer interactions with the
public and build community trust.
Successful applicants will develop
and implement policies and practices required for effective program adoption,
and will address program factors including the purchase, deployment, and
maintenance of camera systems and equipment; data storage and access; and
privacy considerations. BJA expects the BWC programs to make a positive impact on
the quality of policing in these jurisdictions and to inform national efforts
to improve the use of BWCs more broadly. While BWC equipment may be purchased
under this program, successful applicants must demonstrate a commitment and
adherence to a strong BWC policy framework, including comprehensive policy
adoption and requisite training.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are limited to
public agencies of state government, units of local government, and federally
recognized Indian tribal governments that perform law enforcement functions (as
determined by the Secretary of the Interior); or any department, agency, or
instrumentality of the foregoing that performs criminal justice functions
(including combinations of the preceding, one of which is designated as the
primary applicant).
BJA welcomes applications under
which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one
entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients
(“subgrantees"). The applicant must be the entity that would have
primary responsibility for carrying out the award, including administering the
funding and managing the entire Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation
Program. Under this solicitation, only one application by any particular applicant
entity will be considered. An entity may, however, be proposed as a
subrecipient (“subgrantee”) in more than one application.
BJA may elect to fund applications
submitted under this FY 2017 solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on,
among other considerations, the merit of the applications and on the
availability of appropriations.
If clarification as to an entity’s
eligibility is needed, applicants are encouraged to contact BJA to confirm
their eligibility before developing a full application. BJA will consider
supporting documentation relevant to a determination of eligibility.
Deadline
Applicants must register with
Grants.gov prior to submitting an application. All applications are due to be
submitted and in receipt of a successful validation message in Grants.gov by
11:59p.m. eastern time on February 16, 2017.
Technology Innovation for Public Safety (TIPS)
Addressing Precipitous Increases in Crime
FY 2017 Competitive Grant Announcement
Applications Due: February 7, 2017
Overview
While many jurisdictions are making
significant progress implementing justice information sharing solutions to
address critical gaps in coordinating crime prevention across organizations and
jurisdictions, there remains significant challenges inhibiting the ability of
the criminal justice system to respond to threats to public safety, especially
when it comes to addressing significant increases in crime(s). For this
solicitation, justice information-sharing technology refers to any technology
(hardware and/or software, hosted residentially or remotely) that plays a role
in the collection, storage, sharing, and analysis of criminal justice data.
Funding under this program is
provided to assist state, local,
territorial, and tribal jurisdictions in enhancing their justice
information-sharing capacity through the use of innovative technological
solutions in order to allow them to more effectively address disproportional
and precipitous increases in crime(s).
This is not an equipment purchasing
solicitation. Applications limited to equipment purchases will be ineligible
and eliminated from funding consideration.
Eligibility
Under this solicitation BJA is
looking for innovative technology implementation and applicant projects that
specifically address precipitous increases in crime(s) on a local, county, or
regional basis. Eligible applicants are public agencies of state governments,
units
of local government, federally
recognized Indian tribal governments that perform law enforcement functions (as
determined by the Secretary of the Interior), or government agencies acting as
fiscal agents for one of the previously listed eligible applicants.
BJA welcomes applications under
which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one
entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed subrecipients
(“subgrantees"). The applicant must be the entity that would have primary
responsibility for carrying out the
award, including administering the funding and managing the entire project. A
subrecipient can represent nonprofit or for-profit organizations (including
tribal nonprofit or for-profit organizations), faith-based and community
organizations, or
institutions of higher education
(including tribal institutions of higher education) that support initiatives to
improve the functioning of the criminal justice system as well as the same type
of agency as the primary applicant. It is important to note that for-profit
organizations (as well as other recipients) must agree to forgo any profit or
management fee and this must be stated in the application. Applications
establishing these types of partnerships will receive priority consideration.
The application should also clearly
identify the lead applicant and the subrecipient(s). The lead applicant must be
the entity with primary responsibility for administering the funding and
managing the entire project. Under this solicitation, only one application by
any particular
applicant entity will be considered.
An entity may, however, be proposed as a subrecipient (“subgrantee”) in more
than one application.
To be eligible for funding
under this solicitation applicants must propose solutions that will be deployed
to jurisdictions that are currently experiencing precipitous or extraordinary
increases in crime, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 3756(b)(1) to assist them in
addressing these increases. To assist with the application process and verify
the applicant’s eligibility, a required maximum two-page document is required
to be submitted with the application specifically identifying the increased
crime(s) to be addressed and showing statistical data proving the increases
over a two-year period.
BJA may elect to fund applications
submitted under this FY 2017 solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on,
among other considerations, the merit of the applications and on the
availability of appropriations.
Deadline
Applicants must register with
Grants.gov prior to submitting an application. All applications are due by
11:59 p.m. eastern time on February 7, 2017.
Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program
FY 2017 Competitive Grant Announcement
Applications Due: February 2, 2017
Overview
Healthy, vibrant communities are
places that provide the opportunities, resources, and environment that children
and adults need to maximize their life outcomes, including high-quality schools
and cradle-to-career educational programs; high-quality and affordable housing;
thriving commercial establishments; access to quality health care and health
services; art and cultural amenities; parks and other recreational spaces; and
the safety to take advantage of these opportunities. Unfortunately, millions of
Americans live in distressed communities where a combination of crime, poverty,
unemployment, poor health, struggling schools, inadequate housing, and
disinvestment keeps many residents from reaching their full potential. Further,
research suggests that crime clustered in small areas, or crime “hot spots,”
accounts for a disproportionate amount of crime and disorder in many
communities. Research also reinforces that in some communities there are also a
significant percentage of residents who are under criminal supervision or
returning from correctional facilities, creating opportunities for
community-based, proactive approaches for these residents that can prevent
recidivism. The complexity of these issues has led to the emergence of
comprehensive place-based and community-oriented initiatives that involve
criminal justice and service providers from multiple sectors, as well as
community representatives from all types of organizations, working together
to reduce and prevent crime and to
revitalize communities. This kind of longer term, community driven approach is
critical in communities where historic lack of resources and assistance can
erode the confidence of residents in the ability of governments to solve these
community challenges.
In many ways, community safety and
crime prevention are prerequisites to the transformation of distressed
communities, including the revitalization of civic engagement. Addressing
community safety is the role of criminal justice agencies, the community, and
its partners as a whole. To improve and revitalize communities, all relevant
stakeholders should be included: law enforcement and criminal justice (such as
prosecutors, defense, pretrial, corrections and reentry agencies), education,
housing, city attorneys, health and human services, community and faith based
nonprofits, local volunteers, residents, and businesses. Policymakers and their
advisors are also critical partners in supporting these efforts to enhance
relationships with residents to more effectively address local crime issues.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are limited to
states, institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of
higher education), units of local government, nonprofit organizations (including
tribal nonprofit organizations), and federally recognized Indian tribal
governments (as
determined by the Secretary of the
Interior) as fiscal agent.
Category 1: Implementation
Grant (NOTE: eligibility limited to previous BCJI Planning grantees)
Category 2: Planning and
Implementation Grant (open to any eligible applicant)
For this solicitation, community is
defined broadly as a geographic area that has social meaning to residents. In
urban areas, the term community may be used interchangeably with neighborhood
to describe a specific geographic area that is delineated by major streets or
physical topography. In urban
areas, a community is typically less than two miles wide, while in rural and
tribal areas it is often larger and part of an entire county.
The BCJI application requires a
consortium of criminal justice, community, and/or human service partners
(hereinafter referred to as “cross-sector partnership”) to plan and implement a
targeted strategy addressing crime in a specific community. The cross-sector
partnership must designate one eligible entity to serve as the fiscal agent.
The fiscal agent must ensure that the cross-sector partnership is committed to
and can successfully oversee key enforcement, prevention, intervention, and
community engagement strategies and access and analyze key data (crime and
other) with regular input from the research and law enforcement agency
partners.
Jurisdictions are strongly
encouraged to coordinate with and seek the support of their local U.S. Attorney
and local policymakers and to connect with their other violent crime and
community revitalization efforts.
Deadline
Applicants
must register with Grants.gov prior to submitting an application. All
applications are due by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on February 2, 2017WHIHBCU Staff
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2017 Events. Aid & Int Dev Forum ASIA SUMMIT
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Saturday, December 10, 2016
7th Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Haiti’s Earthquake Victims Thursday January 12th 2017 at The Hamilton Customs House, NYC 1pm -5pm
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