Item 18 - Resolution, Agreement, and Appropriation Adjustment Accepting the FY 2024 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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Preparedness Grants Manual 12.2.2. NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION EMPG Program recipients must use standardized resource management concepts for resource typing, credentialing, and an inventory to facilitate the effective identification, dispatch, deployment, tracking, and recovery of resources. EMPG Program funds may be used for NIMS implementation; specifically, to meet the requirements described in the NIMS Implementation Objectives for Local, State, Tribal, and Territorial Jurisdictions. Reporting .Recipients will answer questions in the applicable secondary NIMS assessment portion of the URT as part of a jurisdiction’s THIRA/SPR submission. This involves reporting on the status of the qualification system used within the jurisdiction and sub-jurisdictions, as outlined in the EMPG Program NOFO. .Reporting will also be through a review by the FEMA Regional NIMS Coordinators during annual TA visits with the states, tribes, and territories within their regions. 12.2.3. NATIONAL QUALIFICATION SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION For FY 2023 and going forward, as a post-award requirement, all recipients in the 50 states and District of Columbia must work toward achieving the Phase 1 NQS Implementation Objectives outlined in the table below and must, at a minimum, execute the Implementation Plan they developed in FY 2022 as part of the Phase 0 NQS Implementation Objectives. Jurisdictions that began implementation in FY 2023 shall have designed and adopted organizational qualification system procedures, a certification program and credentialing standards for incident workforce personnel in alignment with the NIMS Guideline for the NQS. All other jurisdictions (including territories and EMPG Program subrecipients) are required to work toward implementation of NQS by developing an Implementation Plan, using the FEMA-provided two-page template referenced in the table below. For all states and territories, the following requirements shall apply: .At a minimum, only EMPG Program-funded deployable personnel, as determined by each recipient organization, will be required to meet NQS certification requirements. .Recipients and subrecipients will be considered in compliance with the NQS requirements as long they are working toward implementing the NQS Implementation Objectives as outlined in the table below. .The expected completion date for each phase of the NQS Implementation Objectives is Dec. 31 of the applicable CY. Additional NQS Implementation Guidance can be found at the NQS Supplemental Documents page on FEMA.gov. 96