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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD
Department: The Department of Homeland Security and Grants Management (DHSEM)
Grantee: Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Grantor: Illinois Emergency Management Agency, a pass-through entity (IEMA). Funds originate with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Request: Authorization to accept grant
Purpose: To accept Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant funds allocated for critical homeland security and emergency management activities in the Cook County Urban Area
Grant Amount: $26,485,875.00
Grant Period: 9/1/2015 - 7/31/2018
Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: N/A
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any.
Summary: The UASI grant program funds the majority of the work of the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. It also funds initiatives of the Cook County Sheriff’s Department, The Forest Preserve District of Cook County and a variety of other countywide emergency management initiatives. The UASI program addressed the unique risk driven and capabilities-based planning, organization, equipment, training, and exercise needs of high-threat, high-density Urban Areas, including Cook County, based on the capability targets identified during the THIRA process and associated assessment efforts; and assists them in building an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism
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