The Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) is seeking applications for its Emergency Shelter Upgrade Assistance Grant Fund.
Donor Name: Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM)
State: Virginia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/15/2022
Grant Size: $450,000
Grant Duration: 18 months
Details:
The Virginia Emergency Shelter Upgrade Assistance Fund, was a result of Senate Bill 350, introduced by Senator Lucas, and went into effect on July 1, 2020.
Funding Priorities
- Project supports/protects vulnerable and marginalized populations
- Project is a long term risk based solution
- Localities that submit applications for their primary shelter solutions will have priority. This will be verified by Local Capabilities Assessment Report (LCAR) submissions.
- Project identifies alternative solutions
Funding Information
- For FY 22, there is $2,500,000 appropriated by the General Assembly to this fund.
- Local governments are limited to one shelter upgrade application per year
- Limit of $450,000 (state share) for any single grant award
- Shelter Upgrade Fund may match any existing FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants to upgrade shelters
- Local governments can only receive and implement one shelter upgrade grant at a time. Construction on any previous awards must be complete at the time of application.
- The period of performance (POP) is 18 months.
Eligible Project Types
- Purchase and installation of generator for a local shelter
- Purchase and installation of generator transfer switches or “quick connects” for a local shelter
- Purchase and installation of a solar power generation solution for a shelter
- Wind hardening or “retrofit” of a local shelter
Eligibility Criteria
- Local governments must have a current and locally-adopted emergency operations plan, in compliance with the Code of Virginia §44.146.19(E) (revised every 4 years) by the application deadline.
- Local governments, as defined as political subdivisions in the Emergency Services and Disaster Laws §44-146.16 “any city or county in the Commonwealth and, for the purposes of this chapter, the Town of Chincoteague, West Point, and any town of more than 5,000 population that chooses to have an emergency management program separate from that of the county in which such town is located.”
For more information, visit Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM).
