County receives two grants, seeks a third

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County is racking up the grants, with two awarded in the last month and another in process. First was a $105,806 grant from the Florida Division of Emergency Management for the county’s emergency management operation. The Emergency Preparedness and Assistance, or EMPA grant, as the funding is commonly called, is intended to help local emergency management operations better prepare for disasters and improve their response, recovery and mitigation