The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services is requesting applications for its Next Generation Warning System Grant Program.
Donor Name: California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/22/2026
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The NGWS Grant Program is to enhance public safety in California by implementing alert and warning solutions that deliver timely emergency information to the public and help protect critical infrastructure. This effort supports a reliable, resilient, and consistent capability for local, state, territorial, tribal, and federal public safety officials to effectively communicate public warnings and emergency information.
FEMA’s IPAWS is the national system for local alerting that provides authenticated emergency and life-saving information to the public. Local radio and television stations, along with cable television, wireless carrier, direct broadcast satellite, other distribution providers and pathways disseminated the public safety messages they receive from IPAWS.
Funding Information
- The NGWS Grant Program has $953,958 available.
- Up to $238,490.
Project Period
August 1, 2026 – June 30, 2028.
Allowable Activities
Allowable activities/costs include, but are not limited to:
- Enhanced training in alert origination, message quality, and geotargeting
- Scenario-based field testing and exercises
- Development of curricula, templates, and playbooks
- Train-the-trainer programs for local alert originators
- Post-training reviews and improvement planning
- Readiness dashboards for local jurisdictions, special districts, or tribal governments
Eligibility Criteria
For a proposal to be eligible to compete for funding (i.e., read and rated) the following condition must be met:
- Applicants must be a California-incorporated city, county, special district, or a California federally recognized tribe and must be registered as an Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Alerting Authority.
- For a proposal to be considered it must receive a minimum score of 50% of available points. Only one proposal per Applicant will be eligible to receive funding. If an Applicant submits more than one proposal, only the highest scoring proposal, meeting the criteria above, will be considered for funding.
For more information, visit Cal OES.
