Napolitano Speech

Yesterday, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano delivered a major speech to conclude a very successful National Preparedness Month. During her speech, the Secretary acknowledge the important contributions of Citizen Corps by saying:

"And finally, of course, government does have an important role—and especially the Department of Homeland Security. I'm proud that Citizen Corps is part of the DHS family, and its contributions have been extraordinary. And likewise, our Ready campaign has become a critical resource for Americans. In fact, Americans have now accessed some 40 million sets of preparedness instructions from Ready.gov since the site was launched—40 million.

Now through initiatives like Citizen Corps, Ready.gov and other programs, DHS is working to make us ready and resilient by providing support and sharing vital information with our partners in state and local government, with our partners in law enforcement, with our partners in the private sector, with our partners in community organizations.

We have announced more than $3 billion in targeted grants over the last nine months to help states and local governments protect their critical infrastructure and bolster the preparedness of their first responders and emergency operations. And that includes a grant of over $14 million to Citizen Corps to engage citizens in community preparedness, response and recovery activities."

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