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FY 2006 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM - DECEMBER 2, 2005 c.!. Planninl! Urban Areas may use FY 2006 UASI funds for multi-discipline planning efforts to prioritize needs, update preparedness strategies, allocate resources, and deliver preparedness programs. These efforts include the collection and analysis of intelligence and information and the development of policies, plans, procedures, mutual aid agreements, strategies, and other publications that comply with relevant laws, regulations, and guidance necessary to perform assigned missions and tasks. It is explicitly permissible to use planning funds to hire government and/or contractor personnel to conduct planning activities described here. Similar to SHSP, FY 2006 UASI funds may be used for a range of homeland security planning activities, such as: . Developing and implementing homeland security support programs and adopting DHS national initiatives including but not limited to the following: o Implementing the National Preparedness Goal and Guidance. o Implementing and adopting NIMS. o Modifying existing incident management and Emergency Operating Procedures (EOPs) to ensure proper alignment with the NRP coordinating structures, processes, and protocols. o Establishing or enhancing mutual aid agreements. o Developing communications and interoperability protocols and solutions. o Conducting local, regional, and Tribal program implementation meetings. o Developing or updating resource inventory assets in accordance to typed resource definitions issued by the NIC. o Designing State and local geospatial data systems. o Conducting public education and outreach campaigns, including promoting individual, family and business emergency preparedness; alerts and warnings education; and evacuation plans. · Developing related terrorism prevention activities including: o Planning to enhance security during heightened alerts, during terrorist incidents, and/or during mitigation and recovery. o Multi-discipline preparation across first responder community, including EMS for response to catastrophic events and acts of terrorism. o Public information/education: printed and electronic materials, public service announcements, seminars/town hall meetings, web po stings coordinated through local Citizen Corps Councils. o Citizen Corps volunteer programs and other activities to strengthen citizen participation. o Conducting public education campaigns, including promoting individual, family and business emergency preparedness; promoting the Ready campaign; and/or creating State, regional or local emergency preparedness efforts that build upon the Ready campaign. o Evaluating CIP security equipment and/or personnel requirements to protect and secure sites. PREPAREDNESS DIRECTORATE'S OFFICE OF GRANTS AND TRAINING 80