As the SAA, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) must submit FY10 applications to DHS by April 19, 2010. Local agency deadlines are TBA by the Shelby County Office of Preparedness at www.staysafemidsouth.us and the Nashville Office of Emergency management at www.nashville.gov/OEM/uasi/. In past years, Shelby County Office of Preparedness Investment Justifications (IJs) were accepted from local agencies approximately 2 months prior to the Federal deadline, and these were submitted to the SAA approximately one month prior to the Federal deadline. The timeline is expected to be similar in 2010. Contact the local grant coordinator or the SAA for more information concerning the application process and deadlines.

The UASI program provides financial assistance to address the unique multi-discipline planning, organization, equipment, training, and exercise needs of high-threat, high-density Urban Areas, and to assist them in building and sustaining capabilities to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from threats or acts of terrorism. Activities implemented with UASI funds must support terrorism preparedness by building or enhancing capabilities that relate to the prevention of, protection from, response to, or recovery from terrorism in order to be considered eligible. At least 25 percent of funds allocated from UASI must build law enforcement terrorism prevention-oriented planning, organization, training, exercise, and equipment activities, including those activities which support the development and operation of fusion centers. The UASI program is intended to enhance regional preparedness efforts. Urban Areas must use these funds to employ regional approaches to overall preparedness and are encouraged to adopt regional response structures whenever appropriate. UASI program implementation and governance must include regional partners and should have balanced representation among entities with operational responsibilities for prevention, protection, response, and recovery activities within the region. In some instances Urban Area boundaries cross State borders. States must ensure that the identified Urban Areas take an inclusive regional approach to the development and implementation of the UASI program and involve the contiguous jurisdictions, mutual aid partners, port authorities, rail and transit authorities, campus law enforcement, State agencies, Citizen Corps Council(s), and MMRS jurisdictions in their program activities. UASI funds may be used for a broad range of homeland security expenditures including: (1) Planning Activities, (2) Organizational Activities, (3) Equipment Activities, (4) Training Activities, (5) Exercise Activities, and (6) Personnel. DHS believes that the eight National Priorities as identified in the National Preparedness Guidelines are instrumental in guiding State, local, tribal, and territorial, stakeholders in meeting the Nation's most urgent needs. The eight National Priorities include the following: (1) Expand Regional Collaboration; (2) Implement the National Incident Management System and National Response Framework; (3) Implement the National Infrastructure Protection Plan; (4) Strengthen Information Sharing and Collaboration Capabilities; (5) Strengthen Interoperable and Operable Communications Capabilities; (6) Strengthen CBRNE Detection, Response, and Decontamination Capabilities; (7) Strengthen Medical Surge and Mass Prophylaxis Capabilities; (8) Community Preparedness: Strengthening Planning and Citizen Capabilities. In FY 2009 HSGP grantees were limited to writing investments that applied to four of the eight national priorities from the National Preparedness Guidelines. In FY 2010 grantees have the flexibility to write investments that apply towards all eight national priorities. Urban Areas must utilize their Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy as the basis for requesting funds to support Investments identified in their UASI IJ. There must be a clear correlation between the goals, objectives, and priorities identified in the Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy and proposed FY 2010 UASI program activities. In addition, the Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy must also be consistent with and supportive of the State Homeland Security Strategy. The SAA will be responsible for ensuring compliance with the fiduciary and programmatic administration requirements of the FY 2010 UASI program. The Urban Area Working Group (UAWG) The UAWG, in coordination with the SAA point of contact, must develop a methodology for allocating funding available through the UASI program.

FY09 Tennessee UASI allocations: Memphis UASI received $4,229,900; Nashville UASI received $2,986,200. In FY08, the Tennessee State priorities for Homeland Security funding included: (1) Enhancing Interoperable Communications; (2) Improving Information Sharing/Intelligence Fusion; (3) Establishing a statewide Critical Infrastructure Protection Program; (4) Enhancing CBRNE Detection and Response; (5) Strengthening Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack Deterrence, Prevention, and Protection Capabilities; and (6) Improving Citizen Outreach.

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Shelby county contacts: http://www.staysafemidsouth.us/2.html

Name: Patrina Chambers

Department: Memphis UASI Grant Coordinator

Street: 1075 Mullins Station Road

Room C-133

City: Memphis

Zip: 38134

Email: pchambers@staysafemidsouth.us

Fax: 901-379-7096