[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
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]