[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 44, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 44CFR300.3]



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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE

 

 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

                                SECURITY

 

PART 300_DISASTER PREPAREDNESS ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 300.3  Financial assistance.



    (a) The Regional Director may provide to States upon written request 

by the State Governor or an authorized representative, an annual 

improvement grant up to $50,000, but not to exceed 50 percent of 

eligible costs, except where separate legislation requires or permits a 

waiver of the State's matching share, e.g., with respect to ``insular 

areas'', as that term is defined at 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d). The nonFederal 

share in all cases may exceed the Federal share.

    (b) The improvement grant shall be product-oriented; that is, it 

must produce something measurable in a way that determines specific 

results, to substantiate compliance with the grant workplan objectives 

and to evidence contribution to the State's disaster capability. The 

following list, which is neither exhaustive nor ranked in priority 

order, offers examples of eligible products under the Disaster 

Preparedness Improvement Grant Program:

    (1) Evaluations of natural hazards and development of the programs 

and actions required to mitigate such hazards;

    (2) Hazard mitigation activities, including development of 

predisaster natural hazard mitigation plans, policies, programs and 

strategies for State-level multi-hazard mitigation;



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    (3) Updates to State disaster assistance plans, including plans for 

the Individual and Family Grant (IFG) Program, Public Assistance 

Program, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, Disaster Application Center 

operations, damage assessment, etc.;

    (4) Handbooks to implement State disaster assistance program 

activities;

    (5) Exercise materials (EXPLAN, scenario, injects, etc.) to test and 

exercise procedures for State efforts in disaster response, including 

provision of individual and public assistance;

    (6) Standard operating procedures for individual State agencies to 

execute disaster responsibilities for IFG, crisis counseling, mass care 

or other functional responsibilities;

    (7) Training for State employees in their responsibilities under the 

State's disaster assistance plan;

    (8) Report of formal analysis of State enabling legislation and 

other authorities to ensure efficient processing by the State of 

applications by governmental entities and individuals for Federal 

disaster relief;

    (9) An inventory of updated inventory of State/local critical 

facilities (including State/local emergency operations centers) and 

their proximity to identified hazard areas;

    (10) A tracking system of critical actions (identified in 

postdisaster critiques) to be executed by State or local governments to 

improve disaster assistance capabilities or reduce vulnerability to 

natural hazards.

    (11) Plans or procedures for dealing with disasters not receiving 

supplementary Federal assistance;

    (12) Damage assessment plans or procedures;

    (13) Procedures for search and rescue operations; and,

    (14) Disaster accounting procedures.

    (c) The State shall provide quarterly financial and performance 

reports to the Regional Director. Reporting shall be by program quarter 

unless otherwise agreed to by the Regional Director.



[54 FR 2129, Jan. 19, 1989]



                           PART 301 [RESERVED]