Emergency Management Non-Structural Mitigation and Preparedness Funding Guidelines: 2020-2021

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• Activities
• Application process
• Eligible expenditures
• Funding
• Reporting requirements
• Contact information

Activities

Examples of activities supported through this program include:

Application process

This funding source and process is managed jointly through ISC regional offices and headquarters. A national call for applications is posted by ISC Headquarters and regional offices then solicit for applications to First Nation communities within their region through a call out letter or email.

Regional offices will review applications and contact the applicants if necessary to support the process of completing the application for review. If an emergency management service agreement is in place within your region, existing programs and services may already be available to you, and therefore not funded under this program. Refer to your regional office for more details.

Applications are reviewed based on the following, unless otherwise stated by the applicable regional office:

• Community risk:
  • Has the community or applicant experienced an emergency event in the past?
  • What is the regional risk for disasters (such as, floods, landslides and severe weather)?
• Impact of the project:
  • To what extent will the project strengthen the community's capacity and resiliency to mitigate against, respond to and recover from disasters?
  • How many people will directly benefit from the project?
  • How well does the project incorporate multiple levels of the community? For example, does it engage with youth, elders and leadership?
• Feasibility of the project:
  • To what extent is the project described, including a detailed work plan and budget, project feasibility?
• Eligibility of expenditures:
  • Expenditures will be assessed against established criteria
• Past preparedness and non-structural mitigation funding received:
  • The program objective is to reach as many First Nation communities as possible to assist in disaster preparedness. Therefore, communities that have not previously benefited from the program supports will be given priority over returning applicants.

Applicants will be notified by the regional office on the status of their application and eligibility. Where applications are submitted after the November 1, 2019 deadline, projects will be reviewed when received and applicants will be notified as funding becomes available.

Eligible expenditures

The following is a list of eligible expenditures to be used as an example of the types of expenditures that are eligible and frequently requested within community applications. Applicants may also refer to Emergency Management Assistance Program's Terms and Conditions and their regional office for additional information on eligible expenses.

Eligible expenditures may include, but are not limited to:

• the hiring of certified trainers and instructors to facilitate courses including travel expenses if required
• expenditures associated with hosting in-community workshops such as room rental for training or community meetings to review emergency management risks and plans
• fees associated with off-site emergency management training opportunities including course fees and travel costs for community members
• costs associated with conducting exercises of emergency management response plans inclusive of facilitators and rental of a venue
• flood plain mapping or landslide studies
• costs associated with conducting research and recording Traditional Knowledge pertaining to emergency management and climate change
• consultant fees if required to source expertise outside the community
• rental of equipment for mock exercises
• costs associated with signage, such as posters and other public awareness documentation
• tsunami equipment and installation fees, if located in a tsunami zone
• travel, accommodation and incidentals for First Nations participants to attend regional emergency management forums
• costs associated with hosting a regional emergency management forum including venue and equipment rentals
• administrative fees, limited to 10% of the total funding request

Ineligible expenses include, but are not limited to:

• the purchase of equipment or capital items (with the exception of tsunami sirens for communities located within a tsunami zone)
• installation of equipment (with the exception of tsunami sirens for communities located within a tsunami zone)
• benefits (see Employee Benefit Program under ISC)
• food/meals (unless as part of travel – for example, community members are training, working, or participating in a forum or workshop outside of their community as part of the proposed project)
• insurance
• first aid or emergency management kits or evacuation boxes
• gifts or honorarium (with the exception of an honorarium for an elder at an event)
• salaries for existing employees funded by another Government of Canada program. For example, any activities and or salaries for which the band receives existing funding through another program
• interest and banking fees

Funding

Transfer payments to funding recipients will be made in the form of a set or flexible contribution, depending on the eligibility of the recipient and the duration of the project. The funding approach used to transfer funds will be identified in the recipient's signed funding agreement. Your ISC regional office emergency management contact can inform you about eligibility for these different funding approaches.

Under set contribution funding all unexpended funds remaining at the end of each fiscal year will be reimbursed to ISC.

Under flexible contribution funding, during the period of the funding agreement or the program, service, project or activity, the recipient may retain unexpended funding remaining at the end of each fiscal year for use in the next fiscal year to further achieve results toward the program, service, project or activity objectives funded. Any unexpended funding remaining at the expiry of the funding agreement or the completion of the program, service project or activity will be reimbursed to ISC.

Reporting requirements

The reporting requirements are listed in the recipient's funding agreement. Details on these requirements are available in the Reporting Guide. Recipients are responsible for ensuring that their reporting requirements are met and reports are accurate and submitted on or before the due dates.

Contact information

For more information on non-structural mitigation and preparedness funding, please contact your ISC regional office emergency management contact.