U.S.
Department of Education Awards
Grants for
School Readiness & Emergency
Management
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This grant program is designed to provide funds to LEAs to strengthen and improve
their emergency response and crisis plans, at the district and school-building
level. Grantees are required to address all four phases of crisis planning: prevention
and mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. In addition, LEAs are required
to form partnerships and collaborate with community organizations, local law
enforcement agencies, heads of local governments, and offices of public safety,
health, and mental health as they review and revise school crisis plans. Plans
must be coordinated with state or local homeland security plans and support implementation
of the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
Grant Awards for 2003-2008
Types of Projects
Grant
funds may be used for the following activities:
training school safety teams and students;
conducting building and facilities audits;
communicating emergency response policies
to parents and guardians; implementing
an Incident Command System (ICS); purchasing
school safety equipment (to a limited
extent); conducting drills and tabletop
simulation exercises; and preparing and
distributing copies of crisis plans.
Link
to Application Information
For printed applications contact:
ED Pubs
P.O. Box 1398
Jessup, MD 20794-1398
Telephone: (877) 433-7827
(TDD) (877) 576-7734
E-mail: edpubs@inet.ed.gov
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