California Emergency Management Agency

Cal EMA is responsible for the coordination of overall state agency response to major disasters in support of local government. The Agency is responsible for assuring the state’s readiness to respond to and recover from all hazards – natural, manmade, war-caused emergencies and disasters – and for assisting local governments in their emergency preparedness, response, recovery, and hazard mitigation efforts. Vision: To enhance safety and preparedness in California through strong leadership, collaboration, and meaningful partnerships.Mission: To protect lives and property by effectively preparing for, preventing, responding to, and recovering from all threats, crimes, hazards, and emergencies.Cal EMA has several distinct branches and divisions serving the needs of the Emergency Management professionals in California. Each division has it's own disctinct mission and purpose. See below for select division mission statements.Grants DivisionMission StatementThe mission of the Grants Management Directorate (GMD) is to provide timely grant reimbursements to subgrantees of the Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP), Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP), Infrastructure Protection Grant Unit (IPGU), and all other subgrantees receiving homeland security funding. The GMD shall also provide programmatic technical assistance to all Office of Homeland Security (OHS) subgrantees while ensuring grant expenditures are in compliance with all state and federal grant requirements. The GMD was created to enhance and improve the overall customer service of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security (OHS), which merged with the Office of Emergency Services (OES) in 2009 to become California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA).