Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP)-Region 10 | DHS 22 GPD 111 10 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) for Region 10 is a discretionary FEMA grant program under the Department of Homeland Security that is meant to strengthen how jurisdictions plan and work together before truly large-scale disasters occur. Funded through the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103), the program is designed to close known preparedness and response capability gaps, encourage practical and innovative regional solutions, and build on existing efforts that already support catastrophic incident readiness. The central idea is that catastrophic events do not respect city or county boundaries, so preparedness has to be organized in a way that supports coordinated, cross-jurisdiction planning and operations.

The grant focuses on improving regional capacity to manage catastrophic incidents by expanding collaboration among governments and partners involved in preparedness. FEMA ties the program to the National Response Framework (4th edition or any newer edition), which describes a catastrophic incident as any natural or human-caused event, including terrorism, that produces extraordinary mass casualties, major damage, or severe disruption that can overwhelm local and even state systems. These incidents can heavily impact people, critical infrastructure, the environment, the economy, public morale, and normal government functions. Because the consequences are so widespread, the opportunity emphasizes cohesive regional planning across the full emergency management cycle: prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery.

This FY 2022 RCPGP opportunity also explicitly aligns with the FEMA Strategic Plan for 2022-2026. The program’s priorities are framed around FEMA’s three agency-wide goals: (1) promote and instill equity as a foundation of emergency management, (2) lead the whole of community in climate resilience, and (3) promote and sustain a ready FEMA and prepared nation. In practice, that means applicants are expected to think beyond traditional planning and incorporate equity, climate resilience, and readiness as core features of their regional catastrophic preparedness work, rather than treating them as add-ons.

A major emphasis is equity. The program states that it will promote equitable emergency management by supporting people in particularly disadvantaged groups who may face higher risk from current hazards, including hazards that are worsened by climate change. By pushing applicants to consider underserved and at-risk communities, the grant aims to drive fair, consistent, just, and impartial treatment of all individuals before, during, and after disasters. In other words, preparedness investments should account for who is most likely to be harmed, who has the least access to resources, and where planning assumptions might unintentionally leave people behind.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is listed as a grant (funding instrument type: Grant) in the disaster prevention and relief category (CFDA 97.111). Eligible applicants include state governments, county governments, and city or township governments. The funding opportunity number is DHS 22 GPD 111 10 01, and it was posted June 27, 2022, with an original application deadline of July 29, 2022. The award ceiling is $1,200,000, and FEMA anticipated making about 20 awards under this competition.

Overall, this Region 10 RCPGP opportunity is aimed at helping governmental partners strengthen regional systems for catastrophic incident preparedness through collaboration, planning, and capability building, with clear expectations that projects reflect FEMA’s current strategic direction: centering equity, integrating climate resilience considerations, and improving readiness for high-consequence events that can overwhelm routine emergency management structures.

• The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the disaster prevention and relief sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP)-Region 10" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.111.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 27, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 29, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,200,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments.

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