The City of East Palo Alto has been awarded a $17.5 Million dollar CalOES/FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) grant. The City of East Palo Alto provided local match required for this grant. The HMGP program provides funding to state, local, tribal and territorial governments so they can build or rebuild in a way that reduces future disaster losses in their communities. This grant funding is available after a presidentially declared disaster. This funding will support a portion of the construction costs for East Palo Alto.