# Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grants

**Agency:** Homeland Security  
**Account:** Federal Assistance  
**Source document:** Federal Emergency Management Agency · p. 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/homeland-security/regional-catastrophic-preparedness-grants  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 10.8 |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | 10.8 |

The prior-year column is a CR annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.


## Homeland Security discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $91.40B, FY2026 $88.60B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

The FY 2027 Budget includes a decrease of $14.4M to the Continuing Training Grants, which removes all funding for the program. The elimination of this grant program reflects the Administration's commitment to reducing overall federal spending and placing greater responsibility for these costs on SLTT partners. Program Change 2 - Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP): The FY 2027 Budget includes a decrease of $117.0M to the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP), which removes all funding for the The elimination of this grant program reflects the Administration's commitment to reducing overall federal spending and placing greater responsibility for these costs on SLTT partners. The FY 2027 Budget includes a decrease of $7.6M to address unfilled positions across the Agency. Overall, four program offices are impacted with a reduction of 11 positions, 7 FTEs, and $1.2M to the Center for Domestic Preparedness; 14 positions, 8 FTE, and $1.4M to the National Exercise Program. FEMA will monitor the program offices affected to reduce any potential management or human capital risks that these reductions impose on the Agency. The FY 2027 Budget includes a decrease of $90.9M for the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC), which removes all funding for the The elimination of this program reflects the Administration's commitment to reducing overall federal spending and placing greater responsibility for The FY 2027 Budget includes an increase of $5.0M to support hosting, operations, and maintenance of the new National Emergency Response Information System (NERIS) platform. Additionally, this will support technical assistance and user support for adoption and onboarding fire and emergency service departments onto the new NERIS platform. By achieving adoption and use of the new NERIS platform, the local fire and emergency services community will be empowered and equipped with near real-time information and analytic tools that support data informed decision-making for enhanced preparedness and response to incidents The FY 2027 Budget includes a decrease of $40.0M, which removes the one-time investment for the Next Generation Warning System grant program that was provided in FY 2025. The decrease reflects a shift in FEMA's support for warning systems from this ineffective and wasteful grant program to direct program funding for The FY 2027 Budget includes a decrease of $40.0M to Port Security Grants. The reduction of this grant program reflects the Administration's commitment to reducing overall federal spending and placing greater responsibility for these costs on SLTT partners. The FY 2027 Budget includes a decrease of $44.5M to Public Transportation Security Assistance Grants. The reduction of this grant program reflects the Administration's commitment to reducing overall federal spending and placing greater responsibility for these costs on SLTT partners.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Homeland Security › Federal Emergency Management Agency › Federal Assistance › Grants


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*