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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD AMENDMENT
Department: Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Grantee: Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Grantor: Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Request: Authorization to Increase
Purpose: The Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) program provides financial assistance with day to day costs associated with operating an emergency management agency, to include personnel costs, office supplies, and travel expenses related to emergency management activities.
Supplemental Grant Amount: $56,844.09
Grant Period: 10/1/2012 - 9/30/2013
Extension Period: N/A
Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: 6951201
Date of Previous Board Authorization for Grant: 9/11/2013
Previous Grant Amount: $458,733.85
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: Cook County will be receiving supplemental EMPG funding from IEMA this year, as it has in previous years. The EMPG program provides financial assistance to state and local governments for the development of effective, integrated emergency management organizations in order to perform administrative activities and prepare for any natural or technological emergency or disaster in accordance with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations including the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended, and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.
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