The application deadline is May 12, 2010.
Emergency Management for Higher Education (EMHE) Grants support efforts by higher education institutions to develop, or review and improve, and fully integrate, campus-based all-hazards emergency management planning efforts within the framework of the four phases of emergency management (prevention-mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery). Priority 1: Only applications that meet the following priority will be considered. This priority is for applications proposing to develop, or review and improve, and fully integrate campus-based all-hazards emergency management planning efforts for higher education institutions. A program funded under this absolute priority must use the framework of the four phases of emergency management (prevention-mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery) to: (1) develop, or review and improve, and fully integrate a campus-wide all-hazards emergency management plan that takes into account threats that may be unique to the campus; (2) train campus staff, faculty, and students in emergency management procedures; (3) ensure coordination of planning and communication across all relevant components, offices, and departments of the campus; (4) coordinate with local and state government emergency management efforts; (5) develop a written plan with emergency protocols that include the medical, mental health, communication, and transportation needs of persons with disabilities, temporary special needs of individuals, and other unique needs (including those arising from language barriers or cultural differences such as specific clothing expectations) of individuals; (6) develop or update a written plan that prepares the campus for infectious disease outbreaks with both short-term implications for planning (e.g., outbreaks caused by methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or food-borne illnesses) and long-term implications for planning (e.g., pandemic influenza); and (7) develop or enhance a written plan for preventing violence on campus by assessing and addressing the mental health needs of students who may be at risk of causing campus violence by harming themselves or others. An EMHE grant will enable higher education institution to develop, or review and improve, and fully integrate, all-hazards emergency management planning efforts to include: (1) Training for campus staff, faculty, and students in emergency management procedures; (2) Coordination of planning and communication across all relevant departments within the institution of postsecondary education; (3) Coordination with local and State government emergency management efforts; (4) Coordination with the State or local Homeland Security Plan; (5) Support of the National Incident Management System; (6) A comprehensive plan that is based on an all-hazards approach; (7) Support from top leadership within the institution; (8) Pre-established roles for faculty, staff, students and first responders; (9) Drills and exercises for faculty, staff, and students; (10) A plan that meets the needs of students, staff, and faculty-addressing the medical, mental health, communication, and transportation needs to include those with disabilities, special needs, and other circumstances (such as cultural, language, location relative to campus, etc.) into emergency protocols; (11) A written plan that prepares the higher education institution for a possible infectious disease outbreak, such as pandemic influenza, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), or food contamination; (12) A written plan that seeks to prevent violence by assessing and addressing the mental health needs of students who may be at-risk of causing harm to self or others; and (13) Emergency equipment and technology (but not as a majority of the requested funding). Priority 2: Under this priority, the department plans to give priority to applications from IHEs that have not previously received a grant under the EMHE program. An applicant that has received services under this program directly, or as a partner in a consortium application under this program, would not meet this priority. Under a consortium application, all members of the IHE consortium would have to meet this criterion to meet this priority. To be considered for a grant award, an applicant must include in its application an agreement that details the higher education institution's procedures for coordination between the campus and: (1) a representative of the appropriate level of local or state government for the locality in which the campus is located and (2) a representative from a local or state emergency management coordinating body. All IHEs supported by the EMHE program must have a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with each of the following four partners: local or State emergency management coordinating body, local government, primary off-campus public health provider, and primary off-campus mental health services provider.
In FY 2008, 17 of the 259 EMHE applications received were awarded funding. 2008 awards: http://www.ed.gov/programs/emergencyhighed/awards.html. In FY 2009, 26 applications from the 2008 competition were awarded. 2009 awards: http://www.ed.gov/programs/emergencyhighed/09awards.html.
$500,000
http://rems.ed.gov/docs/EMHE_GrantApplication_2010.pdf
Name: Tara Hill
Department: U.S. Department of Education
Street: 400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Room 3E340
City: Washington
Zip: 20202
Email: tara.hill@ed.gov
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