Improving Grant Support for Communities

Enhancing Stakeholder Support and Outreach for Preparedness Grants Act This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide outreach and support to stakeholders regarding grants for protecting communities from terrorist attacks. Specifically, FEMA must provide ongoing outreach and technical assistance to public entities and other stakeholders before, during, and after awarding grants under the State Homeland Security Grant Program and the Urban Area Security Initiative. FEMA must conduct annual surveys of public entities regarding the grants and provide information on stakeholder feedback and how it was incorporated into these programs. The Government Accountability Office and FEMA must report to Congress on FEMA’s implementation of the bill.

1. This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to improve outreach for grant programs. 2. It mandates annual surveys to gather feedback from local and state stakeholders about grant effectiveness. 3. The bill ensures that feedback from these surveys is summarized and used to improve future grant opportunities. 4. It calls for a review of the effectiveness of outreach efforts by the Federal Emergency Management Agency within two years. 5. The Federal Emergency Management Agency must report on actions taken to improve grant outreach within three years.

State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments seeking federal grants for security initiatives.