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Chaffee County emergency manager briefs commissioners on grant uncertainty, shelter planning and communications upgrades
Summary
Rich, the county emergency-management official, told the Board of County Commissioners on July 9 that federal grant notices remain delayed and that the county will rely on existing EMPG reimbursements through the current federal fiscal year.
Rich, the county emergency-management official, told the Board of County Commissioners on July 9 that several state grant notices remain delayed and that the county is managing near-term reimbursements from existing grant balances.
“Sheriff seems to wanna add more stuff to my plate,” Rich said, describing added coordination demands, and added that the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) reimbursements can be paid from leftover funds so the county has funding “through the end of the current federal fiscal year.”
Rich said the state Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM) issued a May 19 letter describing frozen grants and that the state is still expecting a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for 2025–26 but has not issued it. He said the county will apply, with board permission, for a state National Disaster Mitigation Enterprise grant to help update Chaffee County’s hazard mitigation plan. The grant budget is about $71,000 with…
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