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Emergency management warns of federal grant timing and asks for matching funds, details on $2M for local emergency services
Summary
GEMA told the committee federal changes to EMPG period-of-performance and recent federal funding reductions leave the state exposed; GEMA requested restoring match funding and sought committee guidance before allocating a $2 million emergency-services line to local fire stations.
Greg Koehler, presenting GEMA’s FY27 budget on behalf of Director Lamb, warned the appropriations committee that recent federal changes to the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) program and an uncertain federal budget timeline could force states to spend multiple federal fiscal-year awards in a single state fiscal year.
Koehler said the FY25 EMPG…
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