Fiscal Year 2024 National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC) | DHS 24 NPD 005 00 98

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The Fiscal Year 2024 National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC) funding opportunity is a FEMA cooperative agreement designed to support the development and delivery of high-impact preparedness training for the nation. The program sits within DHS/FEMA and focuses on making communities more capable of dealing with evolving and emerging threats and hazards by closing real-world capability gaps through practical learning solutions. In day-to-day terms, this opportunity is about funding the NDPC training enterprise so it can continue to design, test, improve, and provide training that helps emergency managers and responders perform effectively before, during, and after incidents.

The core mission of the NDPC is to serve state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) emergency management and emergency response communities with training at multiple levels, including performance/operational skills, management, and planning. The consortium supports a range of delivery methods, including on-site and mobile training, as well as residential (on-campus) formats and the use of innovative learning technologies. Another key element is that the NDPC does not work in isolation; it also helps facilitate training delivered by other FEMA and DHS training partners, aiming to keep the broader national preparedness training ecosystem coordinated and efficient.

FEMA frames the need for this program around long-term trends that are reshaping preparedness requirements nationwide, such as rising disaster costs, rapid technological change, demographic shifts toward an older and more diverse population, and the steady appearance of new and emerging threats. Against that backdrop, the opportunity emphasizes strengthening community resilience through training that addresses threats to the homeland across three broad categories: natural hazards, human-caused incidents, and technological hazards. It also prioritizes operating as an integrated, networked set of training partners that can share resources and avoid duplication, with the goal of achieving the greatest possible outcomes from available funding.

A major theme in the notice is improving effectiveness and efficiency, including FEMA's focus on reducing complexity and improving outcomes. The program highlights the concept of training return on investment (ROI), described as the benefit-to-cost value of training for individuals, teams, departments, jurisdictions, and regions working to reach and maintain fully qualified or mission-capable status. While FEMA acknowledges that training ROI is difficult to measure precisely, it signals that FEMA uses a systematic approach to manage and optimize the national preparedness training portfolio. That approach considers factors like delivery format (online, train-the-trainer, mobile, or residential) and the targeted competency level (awareness, operational/performance, or management). The intent is to align resources with capability gaps using the most effective and efficient methods available, producing measurable improvements from the local level up to the national level.

The opportunity also ties directly to FEMA strategic priorities, especially equity and climate resilience. Specifically, NDPC-supported work is expected to help "instill equity as a foundation of emergency management" and to support a "whole of community" approach to climate resilience. Practically, this points to training that is accessible, inclusive, and attentive to the differing needs and risk profiles of communities, including underserved populations, while also preparing jurisdictions for climate-driven impacts that are increasingly relevant to preparedness and response.

Administratively, this is a DHS/FEMA opportunity (CFDA 97.005) with an application deadline of July 12, 2024, and an expected five awards. The listing shows an award ceiling of 0, which typically indicates the ceiling is not specified in the public synopsis rather than implying no funding; applicants usually need to consult the full notice and related FEMA guidance for actual funding expectations and budgeting constraints. Applications must be submitted through FEMA Grants Outcomes (GO) at https://go.fema.gov/.

Eligibility is limited: to receive funding under this program, recipients must be members of the NDPC as defined by federal statute (6 U.S.C. 1102). In other words, this opportunity is not broadly open to all universities, nonprofits, or local governments unless they are already recognized NDPC members under the law. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically means FEMA expects substantial involvement in project direction, coordination, or oversight compared to a standard grant, consistent with the program's emphasis on collaboration and portfolio alignment across national training partners.

• The Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year 2024 National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.005.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-06-12.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-12. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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