# Emergency Management Performance Grants (97.042)

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Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Emergency Management Performance Grants is run by Department of Homeland Security. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $2.0 billion in 381 grants, about $5.3 million per award.

## Objectives

The primary objective of the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program is to provide funds to assist state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management agencies to implement the National Preparedness System (NPS) and to support the National Preparedness Goal (the Goal) of a secure and resilient nation. To that end, program objectives include: 1) building or sustaining those capabilities that are identified as high priority through the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA)/Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR) process and other relevant information sources; and 2) closing capability gaps that are identified in the state or territory’s most recent SPR. The EMPG Program is designed to support ongoing, sustained improvement in emergency management capabilities improving the ability of emergency management agencies to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from all hazards.
Performance metrics for this program are as follows:
• Performance Measure 1: Percentage of capability-building projects that align to capability gaps identified by states, territories, and urban areas in their THIRA/SPR submissions (50%).
Performance Measure 2: Percentage of high priority capabilities, as identified in THIRA/SPR submissions, that are built or sustained prior to award closeout (50%).
Performance Measure 3: Percentage of capability-building projects that address a high priority core capability as identified by THIRA/SPR submissions (50%).
Performance Measure 4: Percentage of projects that build or sustain capabilities relating to the EMPG Program national priority areas and Regional Administrator (RA) agreed-upon priorities (80%).
Performance Measure 5: Percentage of Planning, Training, and/or Exercise related projects that align with closing address capability gaps as identified and documented in the state/territory’s most recent THIRA/ SPR submission, Mitigation Plan, AARs, Audit/Monitoring Findings, Continuity Assessments, or Other Deliberate Plans (50%).

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $448 million | 113 |
| 2022 | $424 million | 63 |
| 2023 | $360 million | 60 |
| 2024 | $473 million | 90 |
| 2025 | $316 million | 57 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Office of Emergency Services | California | $154 million |
| Texas Division of Emergency Management | Texas | $123 million |
| State of Florida Division of Emergency Management | Florida | $91.3 million |
| New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services | New York | $87.5 million |
| Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency | Pennsylvania | $63.7 million |
| Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security | Illinois | $60.0 million |
| Ohio Department of Public Safety, Emergency Managment Agency | Ohio | $50.4 million |
| Military Department, Washington State | Washington | $50.3 million |
| State of Michigan | Michigan | $50.3 million |
| Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency | Georgia | $49.8 million |
| North Carolina Department of Public Safety | North Carolina | $49.1 million |
| Emergency Management Agency Massachusetts | Massachusetts | $48.4 million |
| New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety | New Jersey | $48.0 million |
| Homeland Security & Emergency | Louisiana | $46.4 million |
| Emergency Mgmt Department of | Virginia | $45.8 million |
| Maryland Department of Emergency Management | Maryland | $41.0 million |
| Ala Emergency Management Agency | Alabama | $38.3 million |
| OK Dept of Emergency Mgmt | Oklahoma | $37.2 million |
| Indiana Dept of Homeland Security | Indiana | $37.2 million |
| Tennessee Emergency Management Authority | Tennessee | $37.1 million |