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The Emergency Management Performance Grant Program - American Rescue Plan Act (EMPG-ARPA) - Region 2 is a FY 2021 discretionary grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through FEMA. It sits within FEMA's broader portfolio of preparedness grants that are designed to improve all-hazards emergency management capabilities, meaning the program is intended to help jurisdictions and partners plan for, respond to, and recover from a wide range of threats and disasters rather than focusing on a single hazard type. The opportunity is tied to FEMA's longer-term preparedness and resilience priorities and is framed as one tool Congress has authorized DHS/FEMA to use to strengthen nationwide emergency management.

At a strategic level, the program is positioned as supporting DHS's goal to "Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience" and aligning with FEMA's 2018-2022 Strategic Plan. In practice, that alignment is described through three recurring themes: building a culture of preparedness (encouraging communities and institutions to take readiness seriously before disasters occur), readying the nation for catastrophic disasters (improving the ability to manage large, complex, high-impact incidents), and reducing the complexity of FEMA (streamlining and making emergency management efforts easier to navigate and coordinate). FEMA also signals that the program is meant to be collaborative, explicitly inviting stakeholders and partners to adopt these priorities as part of a unified approach to building resilience.

From an administrative standpoint, the listing identifies the funding instrument as a grant and categorizes the funding activity broadly as "Other," indicating that the program does not fit neatly into a single standard activity bucket and may cover a range of emergency management performance, planning, coordination, and capability-building activities depending on the specific guidance for the year and region. The CFDA number associated with the opportunity is 97.042, which corresponds to FEMA's Emergency Management Performance Grants. The opportunity is labeled for Region 2, which is FEMA's regional structure used to manage and deliver programs and coordinate with applicants in that geographic footprint.

Key dates and basic award information are included in the source data. The opportunity was created on April 15, 2021, with an original application closing date of May 14, 2021. FEMA projected an estimated four awards under this Region 2 opportunity. The listed award ceiling is shown as 0 in the source data, which typically means the ceiling was not specified in this particular posting record or was handled through other allocation or guidance documents rather than being presented as a single maximum dollar amount on the synopsis.

Eligibility is summarized in the posting as "Others," with a note to consult an additional eligibility clarification field. That wording generally signals that eligibility is restricted to certain entities defined by program guidance (often specific government entities or designated emergency management organizations), rather than being broadly open to the public or to all nonprofit and private organizations. The administering agency is DHS/FEMA, and the funding opportunity number for reference and tracking is DHS 21 GPD 042 02 02.

Overall, this grant opportunity is best understood as FEMA support for strengthening core emergency management capability and performance in Region 2 under the FY 2021 EMPG framework, reinforced by ARPA-era emphasis on preparedness and resilience. The description emphasizes outcomes and national preparedness priorities rather than listing narrow project types, reflecting the EMPG program's role as a foundational capability-building grant intended to help professionalize and sustain emergency management systems across jurisdictions.

  • The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Emergency Management Performance Grant Program - American Rescue Plan Act (EMPG-ARPA) - Region 2" and is now available to receive applicants.
  • Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.042.
  • This funding opportunity was created on Apr 15, 2021.
  • Applicants must submit their applications by May 14, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
  • The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
  • Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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