Amendment E24-135-1 Kittitas County SO 23SHSP partially signed

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Attachment D-3 Revision 1 23SHSP NATIONAL PRIORITY AREA PROJECTS Kittitas County Sheriff's Office National Priority Areas $ $75,935 In assessing the national risk profile for FY 2023, six priority areas attracted the most concern. Due to the unique threats that the nation faces in 2023, DHS/FEMA has determined that these six priorities should be addressed by allocating specific percentages of HSGP funds to each of the six areas. The following are the six priority areas for FY 2023: 1) Enhancing the protection of soft targets/crowded places (ST/CP) 2) Enhancing information and intelligence sharing and analysis (IIS) 3) Combating domestic violent extremism (DVE) 4) Enhancing cybersecurity (CS) 5) Enhancing community preparedness and resilience (CP&R) 6) Enhancing election security (ES) Washington State will meet the 23SHSP priorities across multiple state and local projects. Investment #5: WA SHSP National Priority: Community Preparedness and Resilience Community organizations are the backbone of civic life and therefore must have the capabilities to withstand acts of terrorism and provide essential services, especially to members of underserved communities, in the aftermath of an attack. Focus on equity and investing in strategies that meet the needs of underserved communities will strengthen the whole community system of emergency management. The whole community includes children; older adults; individuals with disabilities, and others with access and functional needs; those from religious, racial, and ethnically diverse backgrounds; and people with limited English proficiency. Additionally, equity in emergency management requires proactive prioritizing actions that reinforce cultural competency, accessibility, and inclusion, as well as reflect the historical context of specific groups of people. As communicated in 2022 State SPR, the Community Preparedness & Resilience (CP&R) capability gaps that will be addressed are: -Public Information & Warning: A need for continued funding for Mass Notification System; - Community Resilience: Need for additional staff for community resiliency outreach to local neighborhoods and a need to provide hands-on training and drills for mass care at a community level; and -Logistics & Supply Chain Management: A lack of developed policies, plans, procedures, mutual aid agreements, strategies, and other publications, including the collection and analysis of intelligence and information, in Supply Chain Restoration. Through a collaborative ranking and selection process, Washington State has identified several key projects —wIt#in-this investrrvent to address and sustain.1—ha— core capabilities directly resat ' *e-the-C-P&R NationalPriorityArea. PROJECT #1 SHSP: NPA CP&R: Regional Public Alert and Warning System (Investment 5, Project 3) BRIEF PROJECT DESCRIPTION Public Warning System for Region 7. Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Kittitas, Okanogan, and the Colville Tribe. CORE CAPABILITIES Public Information & Warning Core Capability #1 Sustaining or Enhancing? Sustaining Operational Communications Core Capability #2 (optional) Sustaining or Enhancing? I Enhancing SOLUTION AREAS PLANNING ORGANIZATION EQUIPMENT TRAINING EXERCISE TOTAL $0.00 $16,735.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $16,735.00 GAP(S) IDENTIFIED - "The region lacks a unified plan to summarize and interpret public emergency communications on government response, community preparedness, pandemics, and other relevant emergency messages for all 13 identified languages. This has a cascading effect on reaching a broader demographic, causing information delays when time is critical." WA 2022 SPR page 13 - "The basic Emergency Alert and Warning System isn't able to notify specific, targeted areas or transient populations within the county. Extra functionality and access to IPAWS is critical. There is a need to establish a process for promptly distributing emergency communications in multiple languages throughout the county in a timely manner so individuals can take appropriate action during an emergency." -The vast different geographic terrain in Region 7 makes emergent public notification impossible without a mass alert and DHS-FEMA-HSGP-SHSP-FY23 Page 3 of 7 Kittitas County, E24-135 Amendment 1