Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG)

The Emergency Management Performance Grants program is designed to help state and local emergency managers develop, maintain and improve their emergency management capabilities, key components of a comprehensive national emergency management system for all hazards.

Through this grants program, FEMA provides states the flexibility to allocate funds according to risk and to address the most urgent state and local needs in disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

Working within the standard federal government grant administration process, EMPG provides the support that state and local governments need to achieve measurable results in key functional areas of emergency management: 1) Laws and Authorities; 2) Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment; 3) Hazard Management; 4) Resource Management; 5) Planning; 6) Direction, Control, and Coordination; 7) Communications and Warning; 8) Operations and Procedures; 9) Logistics and Facilities; 10) Training; 11) Exercises; 12) Public Education and Information; and 13) Finance and Administration.

Applicant Eligibility: All States are eligible (including the District of Columbia and territories and possessions of the United States). Local government entities are not eligible to apply directly to FEMA.

Beneficiary Eligibility: Funding under this program is ultimately used by emergency management organizations and programs of states, the District of Columbia, territories and possessions of the Unites States, local and tribal governments.