Cadmus 🌲Just had a memo shared from #DHS, signed on 3/25/25 mentioning that disaster grants for NGOs and for Non-congregate sheltering are going to be reviewed. Disaster grants and non-disaster mitigation for state and local gov entities will be 'unaffected'. There is at least a 45 day backlog for the 1200+ pending payments (each request is bundled with many others).
'Sanctuary Jurisdictions' are being targeted for blocking payments for EMPG (Emergency Management Preparedness Grants) and HSGP (Homeland Security Grant Program).
They are 'ensuring' that the grants 'do not touch on immigration', their words..
EMPG is a big kicker, that pays for most of my state's EM professionals. Granted it's only about $10m/yr, that's still a lot of capacity we will now have to find. I recommend that we get a refund on the taxes we paid into this.
Aatif