FY 2011 National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System Readiness Cooperative Agreement

The summary for the FY 2011 National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System Readiness Cooperative Agreement Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	FY 2011 National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System Readiness Cooperative Agreement
	CFDA Number:	97.025
	CFDA Description:	National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System
	Federal Agency Name:	Department of Homeland Security FEMA
	Category of Funding Activity:	Other
	Category Explanation:	Disaster Response
	Opportunity Category:	Other
	Funding Opportunity Number:	DHS-11-DOD-025-000-01
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Jul 26, 2011
	Creation Date:	Jul 27, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 25, 2011 Due to Sponsoring Agency transition, PA-TF1 (currently the City of Harrisburg) will be submitting package later than the establish deadline). Request contingency plan for PA-TF1 and others who may have difficulty submitting within the prescribed time frame
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 25, 2011 Due to Sponsoring Agency transition, PA-TF1 (currently the City of Harrisburg) will be submitting package later than the establish deadline). Request contingency plan for PA-TF1 and others who may have difficulty submitting within the prescribed time frame
	Archive Date:	Sep 24, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	28
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	31,080,684
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	31,080,684
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Only 28 State and local Sponsoring Agencies currently designated by FEMA as the members of the National US&R Response System are eligible to apply for this cooperative agreement.
Grant Description: The Cooperative Agreement funding will assist the US&R Response System resources (i.e., 28 US&R Task Forces) to be prepared for mission response and provide qualified personnel in support of Emergency Support Function-9 (ESF-9) activities under the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National Reponse Framework (NRF). These cooperative agreements wil provide a mechanism for distribution of funding to prepare the 28 designated Task Forces for US&R disaster response.
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Grant Announcement Contact: Systems and Business Support Branch

GMD-Systems-Branch@fema.gov [GMD-Systems-Branch@fema.gov]
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