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One of the core missions of the Department of Homeland Security is to enhance the ability of state, local, and tribal governments to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks and other disasters. FEMA’s comprehensive suite of grant programs are an important part of the larger, coordinated effort to strengthen homeland security preparedness.
Five preparedness programs within FEMA’s comprehensive grants portfolio are:
Together, these grants may fund a wide range of preparedness activities, to include planning, organization, equipment purchase, training, exercises, and management and administration costs. These five programs support objectives outlined in the National Preparedness Guidelines and related national preparedness doctrine, such as the National Incident Management System, National Response Plan, and the National Infrastructure Protection Plan.
This page was last reviewed/modified on July 25, 2008.