Invitation to FEMA Webinars: Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTA) Program Grants, and Non-Disaster Grants System 3.0 December 9, 2019

Intergovernmental Affairs Advisory

Invitation to FEMA Webinars:

Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTA) Program Grants,

and Non-Disaster Grants System 3.0

 December 9, 2019

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) invites you to participate in an upcoming webinar on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTA Program).

To enhance resilience and build capacity for jurisdictions to address complex coordinated terrorist attacks across the Nation, the Secretary of Homeland Security designated funding for FEMA to develop and administer the CCTA Program. The FY 2016 CCTA Program provides $35.94 million in funding to state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions of different types, sizes, and capabilities to improve their ability to prepare for, prevent, and respond to complex coordinated terrorist attacks in collaboration with the whole community.

Eligible applicants for the FY 2016 CCTA Program include:

• Local governments (as defined by 2 C.F.R. § 200.64)
• State governments (including all 56 States and territories, which consists of any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands)
• Federally-recognized Tribal governments. 

CCTA Program Webinar
FEMA is hosting a webinar for interested applicants to understand the program’s objectives and priorities, available grant funding, application requirements, application submission process, and the review and selection process. Three different dates are available to accommodate schedules. All webinars will include the same information, so it is only necessary to attend one. Advanced registration is required due to space limitations. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis.

Registration
CCTA Program Webinar dates, times, and registration web links are listed below. Please follow the link to register for the specified webinar. Please register for the date/time that best fits your schedule.

•  Wednesday, December 14^th – 9:00am–10:00am EST: https://fema.connectsolutions.com/e1q195o9m2i/event/event_info.html

•  Thursday, December 15^th – 2:00pm–3:00pm EST: https://fema.connectsolutions.com/e1rt24j6bzn/event/event_info.html

•  Monday, December 19^th – 2:00pm–3:00pm EST: https://fema.connectsolutions.com/e2ds8j5xjhl/event/event_info.html

Please note that there will be a limited amount of conference lines available. If you plan on viewing this webinar as a group, only one registration is required to access the webinar.

Questions
We strongly encourage interested participants to send program-related questions to FEMA-CCTA@fema.dhs.gov prior to the webinar so that responses may be addressed at that time. The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) posted on FEMA’s website at https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/127506 will be updated as necessary to provide responses to questions raised during the webinar.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the webinar, please send to FEMA-CCTA@fema.dhs.gov

Thank you for your interest in the FY 2016 CCTA Program and the upcoming webinar. We look forward to providing you information on this new program!

Non-Disaster Grants System Online Training
The FEMA Grant Programs Directorate will be offering the following online training session for potential applicants on the Non-Disaster (ND) Grants System 3.0 on Thursday, December 15^th, 2016 from 1:00pm–3:00pm EST.

 During the online training grantees will learn how to:

• Register and login to the ND Grants system
• Review and approve access requests
• Navigate the system  
• Assign system user roles
• Create and update organizations       
• Adding and updating contacts
• Request access to organizations       
• Start an application in Grants.Gov
• Complete & submit an application in ND Grants    
• Review and accept award packages
• Create and update amendments
• Submit & view performance reports

Registration
Online training sessions are limited to 60 participants each and registrations will be assigned on a first comes first served basis.  Interested participants must contact FEMA’s Centralized Scheduling and Information Desk to request a registration form for the ND Grants Webinar by phone at (800) 368-6498 or via e-mail to AskCSID@fema.dhs.gov.

Once registered for a training session, you will receive further instructions and information via email. If you do not receive confirmation of your registration within 48 hours of submission please e-mail NDGrants@fema.dhs.gov to ensure your registration form was received.

Questions
Any questions about the online trainings can be sent to NDGrants@fema.dhs.gov.

If you have any other questions, please contact FEMA’s Intergovernmental Affairs Division at (202) 646-3444 or at FEMA-IGA@fema.dhs.gov.

Follow FEMA online at www.fema.gov/blog, www.twitter.com/fema, www.facebook.com/fema and www.youtube.com/fema. 

Also, follow Administrator Craig Fugate's activities at www.twitter.com/craigatfema. The social media links provided are for reference only. FEMA does not endorse any non-government websites, companies or applications. 

FEMA's mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.

Haiti. Situational Awareness. December 9, 2016. Diaspora Challenge Initiative.

Haiti.  2016.  December Situational Awareness.

 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:  (Click underlined links) 

 Diaspora Challenge Initiative.  Submit your application today for an opportunity to win an all-expenses-paid trip to Boston, MA, to present your innovative idea for development in Haiti.  Register to attend the symposium that will be held at MIT.  The event is FREE. Must register to attend.

1.      https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/haiti/documents/document-type/situation-report

·        Haiti: Hurricane Matthew Situation Report No. 27 - 04 Dec. 2016 [EN/FR]

·        Haiti : Border Monitoring Sitrep LXXI _ 1st December 2016 [EN]

2.      http://www.state.gov/j/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2016/index.htm

·        The 2016 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act. It describes the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year 2015. Volume I covers drug and chemical control activities. Volume II covers money laundering and financial crimes.

3.      http://www.nationalbcc.org/news/beyond-the-rhetoric/129-pimping-the-black-diaspora-next-target-haiti

·        Pimping the Black Diaspora, Next Target: Haiti.  Why Haiti?  It's simple.  They can cram China cotton into Haiti and block any textile business in the CAFTA nations.  Keep in mind that millions of people of African descent live and work in CAFTA nations.  More than any place else, the Dominican Republic is 60% Black.  It is quickly developing textiles under CAFTA via business with the United States.  It also employs many Haitians who border the nation.

4.      http://www.ezilidanto.com/2016/12/haiti-electoral-council-tool-containment-scapegoat/    

·        Former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune Speaks on the "The roots of the ills that have been, and still plaguing Haiti's inhabitants"   Exactly one year ago today, on December 8, 2015, former Haiti Prime Minister, the honorable Yvon Neptune, speaking about the Haiti Electoral Council and fake, "political consensus," identified these as the new, extra-judicial colonial instruments, applied by the "foreign tutors who conspire to keep ultimate control over the clans," and used to manipulate "the wretched Majority so that it never really fights its own and liberating and elevating fight."