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For Oregon Emergency Management grant guidance on Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance, <br />visit:http://www.oregon.gov/OMD/OEM/plans_train/grant_info/hma.pdf <br />OEM contact: Dennis Sigrist, dsigrist@oem.state.or.us <br />State Programs <br />Community Development Block Grant Program <br />o <br />Promotes viable communities by providing: 1) decent housing; 2) quality living <br />environments; and 3) economic opportunities, especially for low and moderate income <br />persons. Eligible Activities Most Relevant to Hazard Mitigation include: acquisition of <br />property for public purposes; construction/reconstruction of public infrastructure; <br />community planning activities. Under special circumstances, CDBG funds also can be <br />used to meet urgent community development needs arising in the last 18 months which <br />pose immediate threats to health and welfare. <br />http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/ <br />Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board <br />o <br />While OWEB’s primary responsibilities are implementing projects addressing coastal <br />salmon restoration and improving water quality statewide, these projects can sometimes <br />also benefit efforts to reduce flood and landslide hazards. In addition, OWEB conducts <br />watershed workshops for landowners, watershed councils, educators, and others, and <br />conducts a biennial conference highlighting watershed efforts statewide. Funding for <br />OWEB programs comes from the general fund, state lottery, timber tax revenues, license <br />plate revenues, angling license fees, and other sources. OWEB awards approximately <br />$20 million in funding annually. <br />http://www.oweb.state.or.us/ <br />Federal Mitigation Programs, Activities & Initiatives <br />Basic & Applied Research/Development <br /> (NEHRP), National Science Foundation. <br />National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program <br />Through broad based participation, the NEHRP attempts to mitigate the effects of earthquakes. <br />Member agencies in NEHRP are the US Geological Survey (USGS), the National Science <br />Foundation (NSF), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the National <br />Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST). The agencies focus on research and development <br />in areas such as the science of earthquakes, earthquake performance of buildings and other <br />structures, societal impacts, and emergency response and recovery. http://www.nehrp.gov/ <br />Decision, Risk, and Management Science Program, National Science Foundation. Supports <br />scientific research directed at increasing the understanding and effectiveness of decision making <br />by individuals, groups, organizations, and society. Disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, <br />doctoral dissertation research, and workshops are funded in the areas of judgment and decision <br />making; decision analysis and decision aids; risk analysis, perception, and communication; <br />societal and public policy decision making; management science and organizational design. The <br />program also supports small grants for exploratory research of a time-critical or high-risk, <br />potentially transformative nature. <br />http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5423&org=SES <br />