National Domestic Preparedness Consortium

The goal and mission of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC) is to enable communities to address specific evolving and emerging threats and hazards and close capability gaps through development and delivery of learning solutions that strengthen the nation�s preparedness. The NDPC identifies, develops, tests, and delivers mission critical and mission essential training to state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) emergency management and emergency response communities, provides on-site and mobile training at the performance, management, and planning levels. FEMA and the NDPC work together to address long-term gaps that impact national preparedness. The NDPC Program objectives are: � Strengthen community resilience through training that addresses threats to the homeland including natural, human-caused, and technological. � Operate as an integrated, networked community of training partners that maximizes resources for the greatest achievable outcomes. � Optimize residential and mobile training using innovative learning technology and training methods. � Support DHS and FEMA strategic priorities in building and sustain capabilities for catastrophic disasters and complex incidents. FEMA is committed to reducing complexity, increasing efficiency, and improving outcomes. In simple terms, the training return on investment (ROI) is expressed as the benefit to cost ratio for individuals, teams, departments, jurisdictions, and regions across the nation to reach and maintain fully qualified/mission capable status. In practice, training ROI is difficult to...

Beneficiary eligibility is the same as applicant eligibility

Refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunity for NDPC available from grants.gov for information on the Criteria for Selecting Proposals associated with NDPC.

Fiscal year 2025: NDPC is comprised of seven members possessing core competencies that span the entire homeland security enterprise domain. Projects in FY 2025 included state training, local, territorial, and tribal emergency responders/first responders in various disciplines to include fire and emergency services, emergency medical services, and law enforcement personnel. The training provided by the members prepares the receivers to respond to and mitigate incidents involving weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and all-hazard/high-consequence events.