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To meet this important objective, EMPG funds may be used to support the following <br />• Establishing and sustaining bodies to serve as Citizen Corps Councils <br />• Assuring that State and local government homeland security strategies, policies, <br />guidance, plans, and evaluations include a greater emphasis on government/non- <br />governmental collaboration, citizen preparedness, and volunteer participation <br />• Developing/enhancing emergency management and operations plans to integrate <br />citizen/volunteer and other non-governmental organization resources and participation <br />• Community-based planning to advance "whole community" security and emergency <br />management. <br />• Developing and implementing a community preparedness strategy for the State/local <br />jurisdiction <br />• Developing or reproducing accessible public education and outreach materials to <br />increase citizen preparedness and knowledge of protective actions (to include the <br />national Ready Campaign materials), promote training, exercise, and volunteer <br />opportunities, and inform the public about emergency plans, evacuation routes, shelter <br />locations, and public alerts/warnings <br />• All public education and outreach materials must include the national or <br />jurisdiction's Citizen Corps logo, tagline or website or the Ready logo, tagline, or <br />website and comply with logo standards For more information go to <br />http.//www citizencorps.gov In addition, all public education and outreach <br />materials should incorporate special needs considerations, to include language, <br />content, and method of communication <br />• Allowable expenditures include <br />• Media campaigns Public Service Announcements (PSAs), camera- <br />ready materials, website support, and newsletters <br />• Outreach activities and public events Booth displays, event <br />backdrops or signs, displays and demonstrations, utilizing translation <br />services, and informational materials such as brochures/flyers <br />• Costs associated with inclusive practices and the provision of <br />reasonable accommodations and modifications to provide full access <br />for children and adults with disabilities <br />• Establishing, expanding, and maintaining volunteer programs and volunteer recruitment <br />efforts that support disaster preparedness and/or response <br />• Citizen support for emergency responders is critical through year-round volunteer <br />programs and as surge capacity in disaster response Citizen Corps funding may be <br />used to establish, enhance or expand volunteer programs and volunteer recruitment <br />efforts for Neighborhood Watch/USAonWatch, Community Emergency Response <br />Teams (CERT), Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS), Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), <br />and Fire Corps, for the Citizen Corps Affiliate Programs and Organizations, and for <br />jurisdiction specific volunteer efforts <br />• Allowable expenditures include <br />• Recruiting, screening, and training volunteers (e g background checks) <br />• Retaining, recognizing, and motivating volunteers <br />• Purchasing, maintaining, or subscribing to a system to track volunteers (to <br />include identification and credentialing systems, and to track volunteer hours) <br />and other available resources in compliance with applicable privacy laws <br />• Necessary non-structural accommodations to include persons with <br />programmatic and communications access needs (e g , sign language <br />interpreters Computer Assisted Realtime Translation (CART) and other <br />21 <br />