FLOOD04112

• County: Statewide
• Community: Nationwide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Desk Reference
• Date: 10/1/1999
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

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Designation of
the Grantee
Agency

Identification
of the State
Hazard
Mitigation
Officer

Identification
of Staffing
Requirements
and
ResDurces

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Section 2: Building State Capability: Before the Disaster

Typically, the agency designated to act as grantee manages the State responsibilities
for Federal and State disaster assistance and, in many States, is responsible fol
meeting the hazard mitigation planning requirement. While a single agency may
administer the funding, the Govemor may establish an interagency team to manage
the State mitigation program,

The State Hazard Mitigation Officer is usually responsible for managing the State's
mitigation program, coordinating the mitigation team or council, and planning activities.
After a disaster, the Stale Hazard Mitigation Officer manages the HMGP and serves as
FEMA's mitigation liaison. Ongoing responsibilities and HMGP duties may overlap
immediately after a disaster. Therefore, the State Hazard Mitigation Officer should
ensure that there is adequate staff to address the State's mitigation responsibilities.

The State may wish to designate the minimum number of personnel, with type of
position, needed for the program; however, the organizational structure of the staff
should remain flexible and capable of expansion as necessary, Some key staff
positions include:

. Clerical, administrative, and financial management support;

. Assistants and program specialists to assist with grant program activities;

. Program specialists qualified to conduct benefit-cost analyses; and

. Environmental planners.

Stales often rely on staff from the emergency management agency, other State
agencies, or the State Hazard Mitigation Team to augment the efforts of the State
Hazard Mitigation Officer,

In large events, States may need to hire temporary or contract staff to administer the
HMGP effectively. The plan should outline a procedure for expanding staff resources
and utilizing State management costs.

TIP: See Section 13 for more information on State
management costs.

States should contact FEMA regional office staff or the Emergency Management
Institute to identify scheduled training that will increase management ability, Training
opportunities include workshops on benefit-cost analysis, the National Environmental
Policy Act, and grants management. To the extent possible, these costs should be
reflected in the State's request for management cost funding.

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Desk Reference-Draft

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