Item 35 - FY 2022 Emergency Management Performance Grant

Home Browse Search

HSGP Appendix | 2023 Page A-42 o Ensuring that grant funds are appropriately expended to meet sector border enforcement operational requirements and assist in enhancing subrecipient/friendly force capabilities to provide for enhanced enforcement presence, operational integration, and intelligence sharing in border communities. The state, local or tribal agency lead, or their designee, will: •Coordinate with the SAA on all grant management matters including but not limited to the development and review of operations orders, expenditure of funds, allowable costs, reporting requirements; •Upon receiving a grant award, coordinate and meet as a member of the IPT to develop an individualized campaign plan that covers the length of the grant performance period; •Work within the IPT to develop an initial Operational Cycle and determine the duration of the first operational period based on the tactical needs specific to the area; •Submit all operations orders for review and submit the operations order to the Border Patrol and ensure the operation meets the six criteria established in the Operations Section: o Conduct operations on an as-needed basis throughout the length of the grant performance period; o Integrate law enforcement partners from contiguous counties and towns into their tactical operations to expand the layer of security beyond existing areas; o Ensure all required reports, including reports from friendly forces, are submitted to the Border Patrol and the SAA, when applicable, in the proper format and within established timeframes; o Ensure applicable OPSG-derived data is shared with the designated fusion center in the state or high-risk urban areas; o Ensure applicable intelligence is shared with the designated fusion center in the state and/or high-risk urban areas; o Request instruction and information from the SAA, when applicable, and/or USBP and other federal law enforcement agencies regarding techniques, methods, and trends used by transnational criminal organizations in the area; o Provide the SAA and USBP a single point of contact that maintains subject-matter expertise in OPSG who can coordinate, collect, and report operational activities within the established reporting procedures; and o Assist as required with the coordination, management, and operational aspects of the grant. The SAA will: •Actively engage in the IPT meetings; •Work in direct coordination and communication with the local or tribal agency lead on all grant management matters; •Review all operations orders created by the local or tribal agency; •Acts as the fiduciary agent for the program and provide expertise in state policy and regulations; •Enter into a subaward agreement to disburse the allocated funding awarded through FEMA; •Generate biannual reports to FEMA capturing the subrecipients’ obligations and expenditures of funds; •Determine if the grant’s performance period requires additional refinement over the federally established 36-month period; •Conduct audits of the program to ensure that the subrecipients are following program guidance; and