The Joint Emergency Preparedness Program (JEPP) is a national program initiated by the federal government in 1980 and designed to enhance national emergency response capability. The aim of the program is to establish a uniform level of emergency management across the country. It is a joint undertaking between the federal government, the provinces / territories and is administered at the federal level by Public Safety Canada (PSC).

JEPP projects are submitted by a province/territory, and all submissions must be signed by the minister responsible for emergency preparedness or their delegate. In the province of Ontario, the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services has delegated responsibility for emergency management to Emergency Management Ontario (EMO). It is for this reason that EMO administers the JEPP program at the provincial level.

JEPP is structured to accommodate project proposals that can be completed within a fiscal year, April 1^st to March 31^st. Application for funding takes place in the year prior and the project is planned, structured, and organized in the same year.

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