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Baltimore OEM Seeks $2.76 million as FEMA grant outlook remains unclear
Summary
Joey Henderson, director of Baltimore City’s Office of Emergency Management, asked the City Council for $2,760,556 for FY26 and warned that uncertainty around FY25 FEMA homeland-security grants could force staff cuts if federal funding is not available.
Joey Henderson, director of the Baltimore City Office of Emergency Management, told the City Council that OEM is seeking $2,760,556 for fiscal year 2026 and that the office is preparing for potential federal funding reductions.
Henderson said OEM’s Emergency Operations Plan received the mayor’s approval and that the office ran or supported multiple preparedness exercises and community events in FY25, including severe-storm and extreme-heat tabletop exercises, a cybersecurity exercise, Artscape storm response planning, and community outreach during National Preparedness Month. He said OEM certified more than 90 Community Emergency Response Team members in the fiscal year and activated the city Emergency Operations Center 25 times for incidents, events…
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