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DHS-24-NPD-131-00-99: Fiscal Year 2024 Emergency Management Baseline Assessment Grant

Closed Closed September 16, 2024 Opportunity DHS-24-NPD-131-00-99

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Department of Homeland Security - FEMA notices from 2024.

Department of Homeland Security - FEMA offered grants of up to $445,000 (at least $130,000) to nonprofits and colleges and universities. It expected to make about 2 awards worth $575,000 in total. Applications closed on September 16, 2024.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed August 15, 2024. Checked November 7, 2026.

Key dates

PostedAugust 15, 2024
DeadlineSeptember 16, 2024
Archived by Grants.govOctober 16, 2024

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits and colleges and universities.

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Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

The nation relies on emergency management programs and emergency managers to respond to a wide range of threats and hazards. Emergency management programs and emergency managers play an important role in leading state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) communities in an effective and unified manner before, during, and after a disaster. Emergency management programs and professionals also play an important role in supporting the National Preparedness Goal of a secure and resilient Nation by coordinating with the whole community to build and sustain the capabilities to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk. The EMBAG program reinforces the FEMA mission of advancing all-hazards preparedness, consistent with the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (PKEMRA) and Presidential Policy Directive 8 (PPD-8), National Preparedness. EMBAG funds the maintenance, validation, and revision of voluntary national-level standards and peer-review assessment processes for SLTT emergency management programs and professionals; peer assessment against these standards for SLTT emergency management program accreditation and professional certification; and outreach and training to increase awareness of national standards and understanding of functions of effective programs and professionals. Over FY 2018-2020, the EMBAG helped 22 SLTT emergency management programs achieve accreditation and 60 SLTT emergency managers achieve certification. The 9/11 Commission Report published in 2004 described efforts led by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to come to a consensus regarding a national standard for preparedness for the private sector. As a result of these efforts, ANSI recommended that the 9/11 Commission endorse a voluntary National Preparedness Standard. According to stakeholders noted in the report, “the experience of the private sector in the World Trade Center emergency demonstrated the need for these standards.” Federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial and whole community partners in the emergency management community worked with each other and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish standards for emergency management both before and after 9/11, including for both emergency management programs and emergency managers. Applicants can submit applications for this funding opportunity through FEMA Grants Outcomes (GO).

Category: Disaster Prevention and Relief.

Who has won Emergency Management Baseline Assessments Grant (EMBAG) grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Emergency Management Baseline Assessments Grant (EMBAG) (97.131) awarded $1.3 million across 4 grant awards, an average of $312,500 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
International Association of Emergency Managers - United States, Inc.Virginia2$630,000
Emergency Management Accreditation Program IncVirginia2$620,000

Top states: Virginia ($1.3 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

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Questions people ask

Is DHS-24-NPD-131-00-99 still open?

No. It closed on September 16, 2024.

Who can apply for Fiscal Year 2024 Emergency Management Baseline Assessment Grant?

Department of Homeland Security - FEMA accepted applications from nonprofits and colleges and universities.

What is the deadline for Fiscal Year 2024 Emergency Management Baseline Assessment Grant?

Closed September 16, 2024. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $445,000 each. About $575,000 in total across about 2 awards.

Who has won Emergency Management Baseline Assessments Grant (EMBAG) grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were International Association of Emergency Managers - United States, Inc., Emergency Management Accreditation Program Inc. The program made 4 awards worth $1.3 million in that time.

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