Title
Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2024 Council Approved Budget to Accept and Appropriate the 2023 State Homeland Security Program Grant Awarded through the Virginia Department of Emergency Management for the Regional Citizen Corps Project Hampton and Poquoson.
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The State Homeland Security Program ("SHSP") Grant assists state, local, tribal, and territorial efforts to build, sustain, and deliver the capabilities necessary to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to acts of terrorism. The City of Hampton (the “City”) has been awarded, as fiduciary, a 2023 SHSP Grant awarded through the Virginia Department of Emergency Management for Regional Citizen Corps Project Hampton and Poquoson for joint emergency preparedness and resiliency programs with the City of Poquoson.
Discussion:
This grant is awarded to the City of Hampton as the fiduciary agent for joint preparedness programs with the City of Poquoson. Funding will go towards training and education for volunteers and staff who support the Citizen Corps programs in each city. Currently there are no other funding sources for this support of the Office of Emergency Management other than additional City funds.
Impact:
The City has been awarded $45,000.00 in funding from the 2023 State Homeland Security Program ("SHSP") Grant with no local match required. This grant allows the Office of Emergency Management to continue to provide training and support for emergency preparedness programs to better prepare and build resiliency in the City for future threats.
Recommendation:
Rec
Approve.
Body
WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management has awarded the City of Hampton, Virginia (the “City”), as the fiduciary agent for joint emergency preparedness programs with the City of Poquoson, a 2023 State Homeland Security Program ("SHSP") Grant in the amount of $45,000.00;
WHEREAS, the SHSP Grant award requires no match;
WHEREAS, the tota...
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