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Preparedness Grants Case Studies

The FEMA preparedness grant case studies seek to understand how FEMA non-disaster preparedness grant funds are used to increase capabilities to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from natural disasters and adversarial events.

Preparedness grant case studies are part of FEMA’s broader work to understand the role of grant-funded investments in improving grantee outcomes. These efforts are organized under the Grant Effectiveness Strategic Vision 2.0, which guides grant effectiveness evaluations and includes a formal research agenda and data management integration line of effort. The described projects focus on improving data quality, measurement, analysis, and communication associated with grant outcomes.

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Virtual Case Study: Jersey City–Newark, New Jersey

FEMA conducted a virtual case study to understand the role preparedness grants have had on the region’s COVID-19 pandemic response.

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) conducted a grant effectiveness case study with Snohomish County, Washington in 2023 to better understand how the Puget Sound Region used the fiscal year (FY) 2019 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) award to build capability related to logistics and supply chain management.
In 2023, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) conducted a case study with the City of Boston to better understand how this region used its Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) award for fiscal year (FY) 2019 to build its capability in the Housing core capability.
In 2023, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) conducted a grant effectiveness case study with the Baltimore Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) to increase understanding of how this region used its Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) award for fiscal years (FY) 2019 and 2020 to build state and local capacity to manage catastrophic incidents.
In 2023, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) conducted a grant effectiveness case study with the San Francisco Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) to better understand how the region used its fiscal year (FY) 2019 and FY 2020 Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) awards to build state and local capacity to manage catastrophic incidents.
In August 2021, FEMA conducted a grant effectiveness case study with New York City to understand how FEMA preparedness grant funding helped prepare the city’s mass fatality management (MFM) system for the significant increase in deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic. FEMA conducted this case study virtually with representatives from NYC’s MFM system, including NYC Emergency Management (NYCEM) and the NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME).