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Grant Information

FY 2010 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Grant Program

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management is pleased to announce the availability of the FY2010 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Grant Program opportunity for state and local governments.

Fully capable emergency operations facilities at the State and local levels are essential elements of a comprehensive national emergency management system and are necessary to ensure continuity of operations and continuity of government in major disasters caused by any hazard. Funds are available for construction or renovation of a local government’s EOC.

Localities are encouraged to compete for $1 million dollars for construction or $250,000 for renovations in the 2010 EOC Grant Program.

The Investment Justification (IJ) guidelines are provided below to assist you with your submission. This required document must be submitted to be considered for this grant. Please ensure that all IJs are complete and submitted on or before January 13, 2010. Only one submission per local government will be accepted. Multiple submissions from any entity may result in all submissions from that locality being deemed ineligible. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will evaluate applications and finalize their recommendations for awarding funds by the end of September 2010.

Additional technical questions may be directed to the VDEM Grants Management Office at 804-897-6500.

VDEM Regions 1, 2: JoAnn Maher ext. 6601 joann.maher@vdem.virginia.gov
VDEM Regions 3, 4, 6: Jocelyn Bagby ext. 6580 jocelyn.bagby@vdem.virginia.gov
VDEM Region 5: Bill Lawson ext. 6604 william.lawson@vdem.virginia.gov
VDEM Region 7: Paulette McWaters ext. 6614 paulette.mcwaters@vdem.virginia.gov

FEMA has developed guidelines that establish the required IJ content and helps ensure that submissions are organized in a consistent manner while addressing key data requirements. Failure to address these data elements in the prescribed format, including the strict formatting guidelines, will result in the rejection of the IJ from review consideration.

The IJ must have these required data elements (as referenced in the 2010 EOC Grant Guidance on pages 10 thru 13 **):

1. Be created and submitted in Microsoft Word – 2003 or earlier (*.doc) or text (*.text)
2. Not exceed five (5) single-spaced pages, in 12 point Times New Roman font, with a minimum of one inch margins.
3. Include the proper section headings, page restrictions, character limitations and scoring criteria within the IJ.
4. Must use the following file naming convention when submitting required documents as part of the FY 2010 EOC: “FY 2010 EOC (State Abbreviation) – (EOC Name).”

Separate attachments will neither be accepted, nor reviewed. Additionally, scanned or imaged IJs will not be accepted.

The IJ must be sent electronically to VDEM no later than 11:59 PM EST, January 13, 2010 to ensure adequate time for a state review.

Please submit your properly formatted IJ to: mary.sostaric@vdem.virginia.gov

** The FY 2010 EOC Grant Program Investment Justification formatting requirements and scoring criteria can be found in the 2010 EOC Grant Guidance on pages 10 thru 13. Please refer to this document to develop your competitive and non-competitive investments.

2010 EOC Grant Guidance document [Opens in new browser]

2010 EOC Grant Fact Sheet [.pdf]