Item 36 - Resolution, Agreement, and Appropriation Adjustment Accepting the FY 2023 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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Disaster Housing Planning State -Led Disaster Housing Task Force Based on lessons learned from recent disasters, FEMA strongly encourages EMPG Program recipients to establish a State -Led Disaster Housing Task Force (SLDHTF) plan as part of their EOP or as a standalone document and update their plan at least once every two years. SLDHTFs lead and coordinate state, local, private sector, and community -based actions to assess housing impacts, identify appropriate post -disaster housing options, and establish processes for expediting post - disaster housing delivery. SLDHTF plans should clearly identify the roles, responsibilities, composition, and mobilization procedures for the SLDHTF, and how the SLDHTF integrates into the incident command structure. To have a successful SLDHTF plan, FEMA encourages recipients to: • Complete the State Housing Strategy Template; and • Establish a State Disaster Recovery Coordinator. State Housing Strategy Template EMPG Program recipients are strongly encouraged to update their State Housing Strategy using the State Housing Strategy Template as part of their EOP or as a standalone document. In addition to the State Housing Strategy Template, recipients are encouraged to define and emphasize sheltering, short term, and permanent housing planning. The State Housing Strategy Template helps states identify priorities and document critical, jurisdiction - specific processes and procedures to promote an efficient disaster housing mission. The template walks recipients through the following planning considerations as seen in the table below. See the State - Administered Direct Housing Grant Guide, July 2020 for the template and other supporting information. State Housing Template Sections and Planning Considerations Template Section Planning Considerations SLDHTF Plan Participant inclusion, approaches for various types of housing disasters, available Organization materials, available assistance programs, and sources for surge staffing Housing Identifying a j u r i s d i c t i o n' s c u r r e n t h o u s i Background challenges, and known risks Sheltering Phase Identifying planning leads, current resources, timeline, key partners, cross - Strategy jurisdictional agreements, and other risks Interim Housing Identifying planning leads, current resources and capabilities, known areas of Strategy difficulty, key partners, relocation strategies, and risks Permanent Identifying planning leads, long-term housing needs and prioritizations, current Housing Strategy resources and capabilities, known areas of implementation challenges, relocation strategies, and risks Pre -Disaster Creating communication plans, survivor transition plans, mitigation plans, and Activities program closeout goals Post -Disaster Prioritizing disaster housing recovery activities, creating timelines for project Activities completion, documenting planned actions for assessing the availability of affordable housing resources and expediting the delivery of housing by expediting permitting and waiver processes, establishing an information sharing method, creating an Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) strategy, F�� �� FEMA EMPG Program Appendix 12023 Page H-8