Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) - Region 6 | DHS 23 GPD 111 06 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) - Region 6 is a discretionary grant opportunity administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through FEMA. It is funded under the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328) and is intended to strengthen regional preparedness for large-scale, high-impact disasters. The program is designed to help jurisdictions close known capability gaps, support innovative regional approaches to catastrophic incident planning, and build on preparedness work that regions have already started, with a clear emphasis on collaboration across multiple governments and partners.

At its core, the RCPGP focuses on improving a region's ability to manage catastrophic incidents by expanding coordination and joint planning. FEMA ties the program to the National Response Framework (4th edition or any newer version), which defines a catastrophic incident as a natural or human-caused event (including terrorism) that causes extraordinary levels of casualties, damage, or disruption. These incidents can overwhelm local capacity and severely affect communities, infrastructure, the environment, the economy, national morale, and the functioning of government. Because catastrophic events do not respect city or county boundaries and often require shared resources and unified decision-making, the program stresses that prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery all benefit from a cohesive regional approach rather than isolated planning efforts.

This FY 2023 funding round also aligns with the FEMA Strategic Plan for 2022-2026. The grant is framed around FEMA's three major agency goals: promoting and instilling equity as a foundation of emergency management; leading the whole community in climate resilience; and promoting and sustaining a ready FEMA and a prepared nation. Reflecting those goals, the program's strategic priorities for FY 2023 are equity, climate resilience, and readiness. Practically, that means funded projects are expected not only to improve catastrophic preparedness capabilities, but also to do so in ways that consider unequal risk and unequal access to resources, especially for communities that have historically been underserved or disproportionately impacted.

A major theme in the opportunity is equity. FEMA highlights that preparedness and catastrophic planning should explicitly address the needs of disadvantaged and at-risk populations, including those facing heightened vulnerability due to current hazards and climate-related threats. The intent is to support fair, consistent, and impartial treatment of all individuals before, during, and after disasters by ensuring plans and capabilities do not leave gaps for communities that may have fewer resources, higher exposure to hazards, barriers to communication, or greater difficulty accessing services and recovery support.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number DHS 23 GPD 111 06 01 and falls under the Disaster Prevention and Relief activity category (CFDA 97.111). Eligible applicants include state governments as well as local governments such as counties and cities or townships. For this Region 6 opportunity, the award ceiling is $3,000,000, and FEMA expected to make around 10 awards. The opportunity was posted on May 23, 2023, with an original application closing date of July 24, 2023. Overall, the program is aimed at building stronger, more coordinated regional systems for catastrophic incident preparedness, with specific attention to readiness for climate-influenced risks and to reducing disparities in how communities experience and recover from disasters.

• The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the disaster prevention and relief sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) - Region 6" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.111.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 23, 2023.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 24, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments.

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