Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 605 - Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department › Chapter 7 - Local Emergency Management › Rule 605-7.7 - Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Emergency management is a joint responsibility of the federal
				government, the states, and their political subdivisions. "Emergency
				management" means all those activities and measures designed or undertaken to
				mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, or recover from the effects of a
				human-caused, technological, or natural hazard. The purpose of the emergency
				management performance grant program is to provide the necessary assistance to
				commissions to ensure that a comprehensive emergency system exists for all
				hazards.
(1)
Eligibility.
Commissions may be eligible for funding under the
			 state and emergency management performance grant program by meeting the
			 requirements, conditions, duties and responsibilities for commissions and local
			 emergency management coordinators established in rules
			 605-73.
			 (29C) and
			 605-74.
			 (29C). In addition, the commission shall ensure that the coordinator works an
			 average of 20 hours per week or more toward the emergency management effort.
			 Commissions formed under subrule 7.5(5) shall ensure that the coordinator works
			 an average of 40 hours per week toward the emergency management
			 effort.
(2)
Application for
			 funding.
Commissions may apply for funding under the emergency
			 management performance grant program by entering into an agreement with the
			 department and by completing the necessary application and forms, as published
			 and distributed yearly to each commission by the department.
(3)
Allocation and distribution of
			 funds.
a. The department shall
			 allocate funds to eligible commissions within 45 days of receipt of notice from
			 the federal Department of Homeland Security, Preparedness Directorate, Office
			 of Grants and Training, that such funds are available. The homeland security
			 and emergency management department shall use a formula for the allocation of
			 funds based upon the number of eligible applicants, the part-time or full-time
			 status of the coordinator, 50 percent equal-share base, and 50 percent
			 population base. The total allocation of funds for an applicant may not exceed
			 the lesser of $39,000 or the amount requested by the applicant.
b. The formula shall be applied in the
			 following manner: The pass-through amount is divided equally between an
			 equal-share base and a population base.
(1)
			 The amount of total equal-share base dollars is divided by the total number of
			 EMPG counties to establish a per-county average. For counties with part-time
			 coordinators, the per-county average is reduced by 50 percent to determine the
			 part-time county allocation. The total baseline dollar amount, minus the
			 cumulative total dollars already allocated to part-time counties, is then
			 divided by the total number of counties with full-time coordinators to
			 determine the full-time county allocation.
(2) The population base amount for each
			 county is determined by adding the populations of all counties together; then
			 each county's population is divided by that total population to determine a
			 percentage. The total population base dollars are then multiplied by a county's
			 percentage to determine that county's share of the population
			 dollars.
c. Funds will
			 be reimbursed to commissions on a federal fiscal year, quarterly basis; and
			 such reimbursement will be based on eligible claims made against the
			 commission's allocation. In no case will the allocation or reimbursement of
			 funds be greater than one-half of the total cost of eligible emergency
			 management related expenses.