Dear USET/USET SPF Family,
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued a Dear Tribal Leader Letter announcing the 2022-2026 FEMA National Tribal Strategy Goal 1.4. This aims to direct FEMA to increase Tribal Nation access to FEMA’s programs and resources through effective policy change.
Details regarding the upcoming Tribal consultations are as follows—
Date/Time: Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 3:00pm ET
Date/Time: Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 3:00pm ET
In-Person Tribal Consultation at the Inter-Tribal Emergency Management Coalition Conference
Date/Time: August 15-17, 2023
- The final date and time of this consultation will be announced soon.
- Location: Tulsa, OK, River Spirit Casino
A Framing Paper for these Tribal consultations can be found on FEMA’s Tribal consultation website. Comments are due on September 17, 2023
and can be submitted to fema-tribal@fema.dhs.gov with the email subject title “Tribal Declarations Guidance – Written Comments.”
For more information, please contact Brian Howard, USET SPF Senior Policy Analyst, at bhoward@usetinc.org.
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