Emergency management performance grants

The Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards awarded the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency $4.26 million on October 1, 2025, under the Emergency Management Performance Grants program (CFDA 97.042). The award obligates $4,260,510 and runs through September 30, 2028, with place of performance in Jackson, Mississippi.

The Emergency Management Performance Grants program supports state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management agencies in implementing the National Preparedness System and enhancing preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation activities. As a formula grant, funding is awarded to all eligible recipients in predetermined amounts.

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, a division of the State of Mississippi and the state's prime recipient for federal emergency management funding, functions as the pass-through entity distributing federal disaster assistance and emergency preparedness resources to county and municipal emergency management agencies, local governments, and other eligible sub-recipients throughout the state. MEMA holds recurring prime positions on multiple FEMA grant programs including Disaster Grants—Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, and Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, and also receives hazmat emergency preparedness funding from the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.