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The Emergency Management Baseline Assessment Grant (EMBAG) program provides non-disaster funding to support developing, maintaining, and revising voluntary national-level standards and peer-review assessment processes for emergency management and using these standards and processes to assess state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management programs and professionals.



The EMBAG program authorizing authority is Section 503(b)(2)(G) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended, (6 U.S.C. 313(b)(2)(G).



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              Detailed infographic depicting the logic model work flow through inputs, activities that directly contribue to targeted outcomes, direct outputs, systemic outputs, short to mid-term outcomes targeted, long term outcomes targeted, and impactsEMBAG Program Evaluation



FEMA evaluates the EMBAG program to better understand how national-level standards for emergency management influences preparedness capability.



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Recipients seeking guidance on policies and procedures for managing preparedness grants should reference this manual for program-specific information as well as overall guidance on rules and regulations.



Annual Funding Totals



FY 2023



Total funding available for fiscal year 2023: **$**1,500,000****



FY 2022



Total funding available for fiscal year 2022: **$**825,000****



FY 2021



Total funding available for fiscal year 2021:**$**825,000****



NOFOs and Ancillary Documents



alert - info**Fiscal Year 2023**The FY 2023 Notice of Funding Opportunity is available below, as well as on Grants.gov.



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              Icon of a Webpage Document Showing Varying LinesFiscal Year 2023 Emergency Management Baseline Assessment Grant (EMBAG) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)



July 5, 2023  -   View NOFO - Download PDF



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              Icon of a Webpage Document Showing Varying LinesFiscal Year 2022 Emergency Management Baseline Assessment Grant (EMBAG) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)



May 20, 2022  -  View NOFO



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              Icon of a Generic File Document with an Arrow Pointing Down to a LineFiscal Year 2021 Emergency Management Baseline Assessment Grant (EMBAG) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)



Apr 20, 2022  -  Download File



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              Icon of a Generic File Document with an Arrow Pointing Down to a LineFiscal Year 2020 Emergency Management Baseline Assessment Grant (EMBAG) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)



Mar 20, 2021  -  Download File on Grants.gov
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