Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) - Region 10 | DHS 19 NPD 111 10 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) - Region 10 is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through FEMA to help states and local jurisdictions strengthen how they prepare for and manage catastrophic incidents. In this program, a catastrophic incident is defined using the National Response Framework (3rd edition, 2016, or any updated version) as a natural or human-caused event, including terrorism, that creates extraordinary levels of casualties, damage, or disruption so severe that it significantly affects the population, critical infrastructure, the environment, the economy, national morale, or the ability of government to function. The core idea behind the program is that catastrophic events rarely stay contained within one city, county, or even one state, so planning and readiness need to be built around regional interdependencies rather than isolated, single-jurisdiction approaches.

The main purpose of RCPGP is to build state and local capacity by improving and expanding regional collaboration focused on catastrophic incident preparedness. The program emphasizes that effective Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery activities are tightly linked across jurisdictions and sectors, which makes a cohesive regional approach essential. RCPGP is intended to help applicants close known capability gaps, develop innovative regional solutions to catastrophic challenges, and build on work that regions may already have underway. Rather than simply scaling up existing plans, the program encourages solutions that rely on cross-sector coordination and that respect the distinct roles and legal authorities of government agencies at all levels, while also recognizing the importance of private sector partners.

A major program priority is improving outcomes tied to Community Lifelines, specifically the Food, Water, and Sheltering lifeline. Proposed projects are expected to increase capability levels connected to this lifeline, as measured through the Housing or Logistics and Supply Chain Management core capabilities reported in the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) and Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR) processes. In practice, this means FEMA is looking for projects that can show a clear connection between identified regional risks and gaps (as documented in THIRA/SPR) and concrete activities that improve the region's ability to provide or restore essential resources and sheltering at catastrophic scale. The focus on logistics and housing underscores the need for regions to be able to move, stage, and distribute critical supplies, support mass sheltering needs, and coordinate longer-term housing solutions when a disaster overwhelms normal systems.

The program also strongly promotes a continuous improvement model built around a cycle of planning, organizing, training, and exercising with regional partners across the whole community. Applicants are encouraged to design projects that bring together multiple jurisdictions and relevant stakeholders in a sustained way, not as a one-time planning effort. The expectation is that successful projects will help regions develop shared strategies, practice coordinated operations through training and exercises, and improve readiness posture over time through repeated evaluation and refinement. Since the program is explicitly meant to be regional and to benefit multiple states, competitive applications typically center on collaboration structures, shared planning assumptions, interoperable approaches, and deliverables that can be used across jurisdictions rather than tailored to a single agency or locality.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number DHS 19 NPD 111 10 01 and CFDA 97.111. Eligible applicants include county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, independent school districts, and other eligible entities as described in the full eligibility guidance. The opportunity was created on May 23, 2019, with an original application closing date of July 8, 2019. FEMA anticipated making up to 15 awards, with an award ceiling of $1,500,000 per award. The program is categorized under funding activities that include disaster prevention and relief, community and regional development, and related business and commerce impacts that arise when lifelines and supply chains are disrupted by catastrophic events.

• The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the business and commerce, community development, disaster prevention and relief, regional development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) - Region 10" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.111.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 23, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 08, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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