File #: 18-5483    Version: 1 Name: Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Type: Grant Award Status: Approved
File created: 8/24/2018 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 9/12/2018 Final action: 9/12/2018
Title: PROPOSED GRANT AWARD Department: Homeland Security and Emergency Management Grantee: Homeland Security and Emergency Management Grantor: Illinois Emergency Management Agency Request: Authorization to accept grant Purpose: The purpose of this grant is to implement long-term hazard mitigation measures to reduce the loss of life and property due to natural disasters. Grant Amount: $187,499.80 Grant Period: 8/14/2017 - 3/22/2021 Fiscal Impact: None Accounts: N/A Concurrences: Budget and Management Services has received all requisite documents, and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any. Summary: The Illinois Emergency Management Agency's (IEMA) Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) grant program awards planning and project grants and provides opportunities for raising public awareness about reducing future losses before disaster strikes. Mitigation planning is a key process used to break the cycle of disaster damage, reconstruction, and repeated dam...
Indexes: (Inactive) WILLIAM BARNES, Executive Director, Department of Emergency Management and Regional Security

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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD

 

Department:  Homeland Security and Emergency Management

 

Grantee:  Homeland Security and Emergency Management 

 

Grantor:  Illinois Emergency Management Agency 

 

Request:  Authorization to accept grant 

 

Purpose:  The purpose of this grant is to implement long-term hazard mitigation measures to reduce the loss of life and property due to natural disasters. 

 

Grant Amount:  $187,499.80

 

Grant Period:  8/14/2017 - 3/22/2021

 

Fiscal Impact:  None 

 

Accounts:  N/A 

 

Concurrences:

Budget and Management Services has received all requisite documents, and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.

 

Summary:  The Illinois Emergency Management Agency’s (IEMA) Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) grant program awards planning and project grants and provides opportunities for raising public awareness about reducing future losses before disaster strikes. Mitigation planning is a key process used to break the cycle of disaster damage, reconstruction, and repeated damage.

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