Fiscal Year 2018 Earthquake Consortium and State Support (ECSS) Direct State Assistance - Region 3

through the establishment and maintenance of an effective earthquake hazards reduction program. Objectives: 1) Promoting the implementation of research results; 2) Promoting better building practices; 3) Providing assistance to enable individual, organizational, and community resilience; 4) Supporting the implementation of an earthquake education and public awareness program; 5) Developing approaches to coordinate earthquake hazards reduction measures with measures for reducing hazards for other natural and technological hazards ("multi-hazard design"). For details on eligible activities in support of the NEHRP Program objectives, refer to Appendix C. of the Direct State Assistance Notice of Funding Opportunity.