Accomplishments

Since its official beginning in 2005, working with public and private sector members and stakeholders, the AHC states and urban areas have directed the AHC to focus on a variety of regional homeland security and emergency management issues. Using a proven collaboration and requirements development process, the AHC and its states and urban areas have produced the following results:

• Created a sustained governance structure of Regional Working Groups, Board of Directors, and various advisory groups
• Produced 9 regional workshops resulting in regional reports outlining issues, gaps and recommendations for projects and initiatives in Catastrophic Planning, Fusion Centers, Communications Interoperability, Critical Infrastructure Protection/Resiliency, Geospatial Information Systems, Evacuation Planning, Transportation, and Integrated Planning.
• Over $10 million in partner resources coordinated or donated to multi-state regional efforts
• Conducted first regional multi-state interoperability project in Appalachian region (PA-MD-VA-WV)
• Influenced National DHS Grants guidelines for multi-state projects
• Developed a Regional Procurement Policy to assist states with guaranteeing 25% match to meet UASI and state grant requirements
• Created a three-year Regional Strategic Plan to include integrated planning with private sector to help  coordinate investments of federal, state, local and private sector organizations on key topic areas

• Conducted Integrated Planning meetings with federal government partners
• Coordinated and managed dozens of multi-state projects in Catastrophic Planning, Interoperability,  Fusion/Information Sharing, Transportation Planning, Private Sector Integration
• Helped facilitate career transitions of both government and private sector executives
• Created next generation initiatives to identify, motivate and educate young adults in the fields of homeland security, emergency management, and business continuity
• Fostered new partnerships and agreements between states and private sector
• Conducted public/private sector training sessions and exercises
• Created regional policies for Donations, Conflict of Interest, Communications/Media, etc.
• Commissioned and funded a Regional Integrated Systems and Planning Initiative focused on integrating private sector infrastructure owners and operators into the governments planning and systems integration process.