Item 35 - FY 2022 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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HSGP Appendix | 2023 Page A-35 o “Prepare with Pedro” is a joint product of FEMA and the American Red Cross. The “Prepare with Pedro: Disaster Preparedness Activity Book” is designed to teach young children and their families about how to stay safe during disasters and emergencies. The book follows Pedro around the United States and offers safety advice through crosswords, coloring pages, matching games, and more. Additional information, including an ordering form, is available at https://www.ready.gov/prepare-pedro; and o The Ready 2 Help card game is a fun way for kids to learn how to respond to emergencies by working with friends and using skills that will help in a real emergency. Ready 2 Help teaches five simple steps to stay safe and make a difference until help arrives: •Stay Safe; •Stay Calm; •Get Help; •Give Info; and •Give Care. Ready 2 Help is designed for children ages 8 and up. Additional information, including an ordering form, is available at https://www.ready.gov/ready-2-help. Supplemental OPSG Program Guidance OPSG supports enhanced cooperation and coordination among CBP, USBP, and federal and SLTT law enforcement agencies to improve overall border security. OPSG provides funding to support joint efforts to secure the United States’ borders along routes of ingress/egress to and from international borders to include travel corridors in states bordering Mexico and Canada, as well as states and territories with international water borders. OPSG also further enhances the sharing of threat information and intelligence between federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies through the development and sustainment of a capable workforce of analysts that have the necessary experience and training, access to open source, unclassified and classified information, products, data, suspicious activity reporting, tips/leads, and online/social media-based threats, as well as necessary services and technology to facilitate analytic capabilities and collaboration. SLTT law enforcement agencies will utilize their own law enforcement authorities to support the CBP and USBP border security mission and will not receive any additional authority as a result of participation in the grant. An OPSG award does not provide any additional authority to SLTT law enforcement agencies. More specifically, SLTT law enforcement agencies are not empowered through OPSG to enforce immigration authorities under Title 8 of the U.S. Code (i.e., the Immigration and Nationality Act). SLTT law enforcement agencies are expected utilize their own jurisdictional authority in support of enhanced border security unless some other agreement applies. SLTT law enforcement agencies are further expected to operate within the bounds of all applicable laws, to include federal laws, state statutes, and local laws, policies, and procedures. OPSG is intended to support border states and territories of the United States in accomplishing the following objectives: •Increase intelligence and operational capabilities to prevent, protect against, and respond to border security issues; •Increase coordination and collaboration among federal and SLTT law enforcement agencies; •Continue the distinct capability enhancements required for border security and border protection;