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FY 2006 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM - DECEMBER 2, 2005 FY 2006 P ()' Goall\lission rogram 'C,'vICW Program Arca Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Grant Program (HMEP), Department of Transportation DOT The HMEP grant program is intended to provide financial and technical assistance as well as national direction and guidance to enhance State, Territorial, Tribal, and local hazardous materials emergency planning and training. The HMEP grant program distributes fees collected from shippers and carriers of hazardous materials to Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) for hazmat planning and to emergency responders for hazmat training. Common Activities, Prevent. Protect B. Policy B.1. Intel!ratinl! Preparedness Assistance The Goal established a common planning framework in which agencies at all levels of government and across all disciplines can operate. This framework serves to guide agencies and their constituents in appreciating their unique contributions while working toward goals shared by all. This new strategic framework provides the Nation with an opportunity to begin viewing programs that have traditionally been managed within one particular agency or discipline in a more holistic and connected manner. Only when programs are managed and implemented through an interdisciplinary and multi-jurisdictional approach can the Nation truly begin to operate in the coordinated fashion that a major disaster or catastrophic event will demand. This opportunity is especially pertinent to the implementation of preparedness grant programs in DHS and HHS. In FY 2005, DHS and HHS made available approximately $3.9 billion in grant and cooperative agreement funds to States and local jurisdictions to assist in building and sustaining national preparedness through several major grant programs, including: Table 4 - FY 2005 DHS/HHS Preparedness Programs P T'tl S' A FY 2005 rogram , c ponsorlllg gcncy F d' IIn lIIg Homeland Securi Grant Pro ram Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coo erative A reement National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Pro ram Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Develo ment Pro ram Office for Domestic Pre aredness, DHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS $2.5 billion $862.0 million $491.0 million $25.0 million These grant programs target distinct but related homeland security stakeholders at the State and local levels. For example, the State Homeland Security Program within HSGP cuts across all of the capabilities in the TCL, while the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program focuses specifically on the capabilities related to prevention efforts. Likewise, CDC's and HRSA's emergency preparedness programs center on a number of capabilities related to health and medical efforts. PREPAREDNESS DIRECTORATE'S OFFICE OF GRANTS AND TRAINING 20