VDEM announces Emergency Management Performance Grant Funding Allocations for Fiscal Year 2024

Published: October 7, 2024

RICHMOND, VA - The Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) announces today the awarding of over $2.6 million in grant funding for the Emergency Management Performance Grant Program (EMPG). The EMPG program is federally funded through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Appropriation authority for this program is The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024, Pub. L. No. 118-47, Title III, Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery (2024 DHS Appropriations Act); Compact of Free Association Act of 2003, as amended (Pub. L. No. 108-188)¹.

The grant focus is on funding all-hazards emergency preparedness through planning, operations, equipment acquisitions, trainings, exercises, and construction and renovation efforts at the local government level to cities, counties and those towns recognized as emergency management jurisdictions under Title 44 of the Code of Virginia.

"Successful emergency management requires an all-hazards approach. This grant provides us with the resources we need to build and sustain our core capabilities across the five mission areas: prevention, protection, mitigation, response and recovery," said State Coordinator of Emergency Management Shawn Talmadge.

Through the grant program, the Federal government provides coordination, guidance, and assistance to support a comprehensive emergency preparedness system.

The following EMPG grant allocations have been awarded for FY2024 Region Allocation List

Grant allocation notifications will be sent to each locality through our grants management system.

For more information about these programs, please visit the VDEM Grants webpage at https://www.vaemergency.gov/divisions/finance/grants.

To sign up for grant announcements and notifications, please sign-up here.

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For more information, please contact us at PIO@vdem.virginia.gov