Emergency Management for Higher Education Grant (EMHE)
Emergency Management for Higher Education Grant (EMHE) : Inaugurated in April 2008. "This grant program is designed to fund higher education institution projects to develop, or review and improve, and fully integrate all-hazards campus-based emergency management planning efforts. A program funded under this absolute priority is required to use the framework of the four phases of emergency management (Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery) to: (1) Develop, or review and improve, and fully integrate a campus-wide emergency management plan; (2) Train campus staff, faculty, and students in emergency management procedures; (3) Ensure coordination of planning and communication across all relevant offices and departments on the campus; (4) Coordinate with local and State government emergency management efforts; (5) Develop a written plan that incorporates medical, mental health, communication, and transportation needs to include those with disabilities, special needs, and other circumstances (such as cultural, language, location relative to campus, etc.) into emergency protocols; (6) Develop or update a written plan that prepares the campus for a possible infectious disease outbreak, such as pandemic influenza, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), or food contamination; and (7) Develop or enhance a written plan for preventing violence by assessing and addressing the mental health needs of students who may be at risk of causing harm to self or others. Types of Projects An EMHE grant will enable higher education institution to develop, or review and improve, and fully integrate, all-hazards emergency management planning efforts to include: (1) All four phases of emergency management: Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery; (2) Training for campus staff, faculty, and students in emergency management procedures; (3) Coordination of planning and communication across all relevant departments within the institution of postsecondary education; (4) Coordination with local and State government emergency management efforts; (5) Coordination with the State or local Homeland Security Plan; (6) Support of the National Incident Management System; (7) A comprehensive plan that is based on an all-hazards approach; (8) Support from top leadership within the institution; (9) Pre-established roles for faculty, staff, students and first responders; (10) Drills and exercises for faculty, staff, and students; (11) A plan that meets the needs of students, staff, and faculty-addressing the medical, mental health, communication, and transportation needs to include those with disabilities, special needs, and other circumstances (such as cultural, language, location relative to campus, etc.) into emergency protocols; (12) A written plan that prepares the higher education institution for a possible infectious disease outbreak, such as pandemic influenza, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), or food contamination; (13) A written plan that seeks to prevent violence by assessing and addressing the mental health needs of students who may be at-risk of causing harm to self or others; and (14) Emergency equipment and technology (but not as a majority of the requested funding)". (Depart of Ed, Emergency Management for Higher Education, April 23, 2008)
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