The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) will be hosting a series of webinar trainings facilitated by FEMA on the Grants Portal and the Public Assistance New Model Delivery. Stay tuned for those dates when announced!
Please contact Alyssa Silhi at alyssas@csda.net to let CSDA know in advance that your district wants to participate so we can be sure you don’t miss the date announcement.
Your district’s participation is highly encouraged, as the Grants Portal would allow you to front load vital information critical to receiving financial aid after an incident.
CalOES is encouraging local agencies to participate in a webinar to jump start the Grants Portal account set up process. It is their hope that local agencies with critical infrastructure, such as special districts, will create an account and pre-load essential documentation prior to the onset of any need for assistance so the award of funding and recovery process can be jump-started should disaster strike and the future need arise.
The purpose of the webinars will be twofold:
- Enable agencies to create an account in the Grants Portal and learn how to pre-load documents, such as maintenance records, insurance documents, and other essential documentation. Having this information already attached to an account would facilitate a vastly speedier delivery of assistance in the aftermath of a disaster; and,
- Any agencies who have been affected by an event that qualifies under a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) declaration, the California Disaster Assistance Act (CDAA), or a Presidential Emergency Declaration who have current active applications in the Public Assistance Program will receive assistance to aid in the Grants application and delivery process.
The new FEMA Public Assistance Delivery Model streamlines project formulation by segmenting projects based on complexity, standardizing project workflows with improved technology, specializing staff roles and responsibilities, and consolidating non-field work in Consolidated Resource Centers. The new delivery model follows a four phase process to identify projects, document damages, develop scopes of work and costs, and review and award grant funding.
The FEMA Grants Manager and Grants Portal Hotline is 1-866-337-8448. This hotline will provide additional technical assistance for the Grants Portal should you require additional help.
If you have questions or are seeking additional information please contact your CSDA Field Coordinator or Alyssa Silhi, the Legislative Representative handling Emergency Response and Disaster Preparedness policy issues, at alyssas@csda.net or via phone at 916.442.7887.
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