Twenty six colleges and universities will be able to develop and strengthen their emergency management plans as a result of more than $9.7 million in Emergency Management for Higher Education discretionary grants awarded today by the U.S. Department of Education, with assistance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Each plan, as specified in the grant application, must address all four phases of emergency management: Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery. Funds may be used to update existing emergency management plans, conduct vulnerability assessments of campus facilities, provide training to campus staff and students, organize tabletop exercises or large-scale drills, collaborate with local first responders and community partners, and develop or enhance plans for preventing violence on campus by assessing and addressing the mental health needs of students who may be at risk of causing campus violence.
The grants are housed within the Department’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, which supports efforts to create safe schools, respond to crises, prevent drug and alcohol abuse, ensure the health and well being of students, and teach students good citizenship and character. The office also coordinates the Department’s efforts in these areas with other federal agencies.
The 2009 grant recipients are listed below:
- CALIFORNIA
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
(Stanford University)
Stanford, CA
$451,564 - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC
$491,681 - Georgetown University
Washington, DC
$549,302 - FLORIDA
Miami Dade College
Miami, FL
$499,999 - University of Central Florida
Orlando, CA
$176,245 - IDAHO
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID
$502,148 - ILLINOIS
Illinois Community College District #515
(Prairie State College)
Chicago Heights, IL
$267,090 - KANSAS
Johnson County Community College
Overland Park, KS
$249,094 - LOUISIANA
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA
$440,286 - MASSACHUSSETS
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Buzzards Bay, MA
$218,239 - MICHIGAN
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI
$490,517 - MISSOURI
Missouri State University
Springfield, MO
$469,515 - MONTANA
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT
$499,900 - NEW JERSEY
Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ
$536,009 - NEW YORK
Niagara University
Niagara, NY
$398,157 - Research Foundation of CUNY c/o John Jay College
New York, NY
$768,334 - NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
$412,352 - OREGON
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, OR
$250,000 - University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
$474,333 - Teaching Research Institute
(Western Oregon University)
Monmouth, OR
$167,343 - PENNSYLVANIA
Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh, PA
$252,727 - RHODE ISLAND
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI
$260,668 - TEXAS
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
$175,756 - VIRGINIA
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA
$247,419 - WASHINGTON
Peninsula College
Port Angeles, WA
$255,115 - WYOMING
Laramie County Community College
Cheyenne, WY
$229,593
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