YOUR STATE SERVES YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY. Do you know the laws and programs in your state?

When a disaster or crisis strikes, your local emergency management in your city, county, and State are your first lines of protection and response.

Know the process, know who to contact, know BEFORE THE DISASTER OR CRISIS OCCURS.

BEMA International

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Browse usa.gov's directory to find your state details Are you aware of the laws in your state? Do you know what programs may be available to you as a resident of your town or city?  Understand what affects you in your community by checking out your state information.  Use the usa.gov directory to: Visit your state and local government websites. Know how to contact elected officials.  Learn all about the different state government agencies and what they do.  Did you get this email from a friend?  USAGov 1800 F Stret, NW Washington, DC 20405 USA

Chicago. One City with similar problems in all major cities. Disparity in EM, Fire\EMS, and LE. October 2023.

 https://youtu.be/NOoqdydChzc?si=mTLfrxakJ4ZwsAT_

How many public safety staff and executives WITHIN THE CITY OF CHICAGO?

EM Certifications by State.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KwRvzHammNiBodXGrC_UOBHk71yaSYPG/view?usp=sharing

(1) U.S. DISASTER DECLARATION: FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL

• 1.a Disaster Declaration Process in the United States. June 2020
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• 1.b Local Elected and Appointed Officials Guide: Roles and Resources in Emergency Management

Are SAA's (State Administrative Agency) a source of inequity for Grant and Disaster funding?

Does inequity, institutionalize racism in funding, preferred funds to organizations start at the local, county, state, federal level?

Leave comments in the 'Comments' section.

Be 'proactive' rather than 'reactive'.

• What is the structure, organization of the State Administrative Agency (SAA) in your jurisdiction?

• Has your grant submission for DHS\FEMA grants for non-disaster, disaster, or other grant opportunities  been disapproved?

• Why? 
• Have you asked?

• In your jurisdiction is your nonprofit or faith-based grant proposal submitted thru the local or State SAA is submitted as a 'package', and when approved funding is funneled thru the SAA to the receive?   

• Is this part of the process in your state?

• Is there an SAA process in addition to the FEMA process for grant submission, and restitution when a disaster occurs?

• For disaster funding.  What is the timeframe for payment for restitution?
• 30-days?
• 60?    Unacceptable.  Why?
• 180?  Unacceptable.  Why?

Just a start of a continuous dialog for communities, community based organizations, and others to ask before, during, and after a crisis occurs.

Anything else is 'business as usual'.

BEMA International

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DHS\FEMA list of SAA  

https://www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness/about/state-administrative-agency-contacts

" The State Administrative Agency (SAA) is the only entity eligible to apply for and submit the application for the Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) and its component programs — State Homeland Security Program (SHSP), Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI), and Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) — as well as the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP).

Additionally, the SAA is one of two eligible entities allowed to apply for the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) (the state Emergency Management Agency is the other). "