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Program Overview
VDEM staff administer several grant and funding programs available to local governments. These funding opportunities are used to enhance overall preparedness and response capabilities for a full range of hazards.
VDEM now offers a Grants E-mail Alerts service. Click below to sign up to receive Grant Alerts from VDEM.
New:
- FY 2008 SHSP CBRNE/HAZMAT Grant Program
- 2009 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Grant Program
- 2009 Regional Preparedness Advisory Committee registration and information:
- The Virginia Department of Emergency Management is pleased to announce that the Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP) grant committee along with VDEM has finished their review of the Citizen’s Alerting System grant applications. Read more >>
- 2008 Port Security Grant Program
- 2007 Citizen Corps & Citizen Preparedness Grant Program
- 2008 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Grant Program
- PSIC Grant Training Presentation [432kb PDF]
- Related Document: Letter of Concurrence [19kb doc]
- Related Document: Program Narrative [83kb doc]
- FY 2007 Citizen's Alerting Systems Grants
- FY 2007 HSGP Locality Interoperable Communication Grants for Strategic Radio Caches
- FY 2008 Homeland Security Grant Information
- 2007 Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program awards announced
- News release from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security [81kb PDF]
- Fact sheet from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security [171kb PDF]
- List of awards [10kb PDF]
- State Preparedness Report - Virginia Department of Emergency Management and the Governor's Office for Commonwealth Preparedness held regional meeting to discuss Virginia's current state of preparedness and to identify grant priorities for the next three to five years. Please find important information at http://www.ocp.virginia.gov/Initiatives/StatePrepReport3.cfm.
- 2007 State Preparedness Report - Meeting Presentation Slides [1.3mb PDF]
- Grants Update Presentation from Coordinator's Briefing [542kb PDF]
- 2007 Homeland Security Grant Program project disbursements
- 2006 Guide to the Homeland Security Grant Program [3.5mb PDF]
To streamline funding to states and territories, the Department of Homeland Security consolidated administration of three programs within the Office of Domestic Preparedness: State Homeland Security Program, Citizen Corps and Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Programs. VDEM's Homeland Security Grants Office works with federal, state and local officials to coordinate the grant application process and the administration of these programs.
Virginia also participates in three federal hazard mitigation funding programs, which help communities become more disaster resistant. The VDEM Recovery and Mitigation Division oversees the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, Flood Mitigation Assistance and Pre-Disaster Mitigation, and related programs to include all hazards planning grants and the Community Assistance Program.
Emergency Management Performance Grants allow states to allocate funds according to risk vulnerabilities, addressing the most urgent state and local needs in disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. VDEM’s Local Support Services Division has oversight of these grants.
VDEM’s Technological Hazards Division oversees hazardous materials preparedness and response programs, which improve state and local governments’ ability to safely respond to hazardous materials events.
