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Although the Citizen Corps Program (CCP) and Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) are no longer funded as discrete grant programs within HSGP, SAAB may include Ifs funding to support CCP and MMRS activities/programs. Activities funded under these projects must meet the allowability requirements of the SHSP and UASI programs. The following coordination requirements will remain in place for proposed activities that support mass casualty incident preparedness, as well as citizen preparedness. Mass casualty preparedness must be conducted in collaboration with state/city/local health departments that administer Federal funds from HHS to enhance the integration of local emergency management, public health, and health care systems into a coordinated, sustained local capability to respond effectively to a mass casualty incident or a response to catastrophic events and acts of terrorism. Recipients must also demonstrate how their investments will increase the effectiveness of emergency preparedness planning and response for the whole community by integrating and coordinating activities including children, older adults, pregnant women, and individuals with disabilities and others with access and functional needs. Further, recipients are strongly encouraged to collaborate with local, regional, and state public health and health care partners, including Medical Reserve Corps Units Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) Citizen Corps Councils, as well as leverage other Federal programs, such as the HHS ASPR Hospital Preparedness Program and Emergency Systems for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals, CDC Cities Readiness Initiative, PHEP, and Strategic National Stockpile Programs. To demonstrate whole community engagement, Citizen Corps Councils and Community CERT programs must register new programs or annually update information for an existing program on line in order to be considered by a state or local jurisdiction for inclusion in their IJs when applying for HSGP funds. Program updates can be made at http://www.readv.eov/citizen-cors for Citizen Corps Councils and at http://www.fema.gOv/community-emerpency-response-teams for CERT Programs. The Citizen Corps and CERT hole Communitv Core Capabilities Tool has been developed to help recipients develop IJs that reference how Citizen Corps and CERT activities contribute to and support specific core capabilities. Citizen preparedness must be coordinated by an integrated body of government and nongovernmental representatives. State and local government recipients of HSGP funds must have a coordinating body to serve as their Citizen Corps Council, with membership that includes, but is not limited to: representatives from emergency management, homeland security, law enforcement, fire service, EMS, public health or their designee, elected officials, the private sector (especially privately owned critical infrastructure), private nonprofits, nongovernmental organizations (including faith -based, community-based, and voluntary organizations), and advocacy groups for children, older adults, and people with disabilities and others with access and functional needs. 47 Appendix B—FY 2015 HSGP Priorities