Grant Information

Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP)

A core mission of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is to enhance the ability of State, local and tribal governments to prepare, prevent, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks and other disasters.  The Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) is a primary funding mechanism for building and sustaining national preparedness capabilities.

The HSGP is now comprised of four distinct funding streams.  The following definitions of these funding streams are located at http://www.dhs.gov/xgovt/grants/index.shtm.

State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) supports building and sustaining capabilities at the state and local levels through planning, equipment, training, and exercise activities and helps states to implement the strategic goals and objectives included in state homeland security strategies.  SHSP provides funding to all 56 states and territories based on a combination of formula, risk, and effectiveness.

Citizen Corp Program (CCP) is the Department of Homeland Security's grassroots initiative that encourages citizens to play a role in hometown security through personal preparedness and coordinated by over 1,200 local Citizen Corps Councils nationwide.  Grant funding supports Citizen Corps Councils in efforts to engage citizens in personal preparedness, exercises, ongoing volunteer programs, and surge capacity response, in order to better prepare citizens to be fully aware, trained, and practiced on how to prevent, protect/mitigate, prepare for, and respond to all threats and hazards.  This program provides funding on a formula basis to all 56 states and territories.

Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) funds address the unique multi-disciplinary planning, operations, equipment, training, and exercise needs of high-threat, high-density urban areas.  This program provides funding to high-risk urban areas based on risk and effectiveness.

Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) grant program funds assist designated metropolitan areas to sustain and further enhance regionally integrated all-hazards mass casualty preparedness and response capabilities to achieve: progress in meeting designated target capabilities; increased integration with statewide mass casualty initiatives and capabilities; and effective coordination with mutually supportive program guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services and other relevant federal agencies.  This program provides funding on a formal basis to 124 MMRS jurisdictions.

 

Other Grant Programs

Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP)

CEDAP complements the FEMA National Preparedness Directorate's other major grant programs to enhance regional response capabilities, mutual aid, and interoperable communications by providing technology and equipment, together with training and technical assistance required to operate that equipment, to public safety agencies in smaller jurisdictions and certain metropolitan areas.

Eligible applicants include law enforcement agencies, fire, and other emergency responders who demonstrate that the equipment will be used to improve their ability and capacity to respond to a major critical incident or work with other first responders. Awardees must not have received equipment/funding under the Urban Areas Security Initiative or the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program.  Organizations must submit applications through the Responder Knowledge Base website at www.rkb.us.

Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG)

The primary goal of the Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) is to meet the firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical services organizations.  Since 2001, AFG has helped firefighters and other first responders to obtain critically needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training, and other resources needed to protect the public and emergency personnel from fire and related hazards. The Grant Programs Directorate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency administers the grants in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration. For fiscal year 2005, Congress reauthorized the Assistance to Firefighters Grants for an additional 5 years through 2010. (http://www.firegrantsupport.com/AFG/)

Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Grant Program

The FY 2008 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Grant Program is intended to improve emergency management and preparedness capabilities by supporting flexible, sustainable, secure, and interoperable EOCs with a focus on addressing identified deficiencies and needs.  Funds are provided per Section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196c), as amended by section 202 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-53). This grant program is not intended to fund the construction or renovation of State, local, or tribal Fusion Centers. (http://www.fema.gov/government/grant/eoc/index.shtm)

Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program (IECGP)

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program (IECGP) is intended to improve local, tribal, regional, statewide, and national interoperable emergency communications, including communications in collective response to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters.  Funds are provided per Section 301 of the Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-53), which amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-296). (http://www.fema.gov/government/grant/iecgp/index.shtm)

UASI Non-Profit Security Grant Program (NSGP)

The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) is an important component of the Administration's larger, coordinated effort to strengthen the Nation's overall level of preparedness.  NSGP provides funding to strengthen the security of nonprofit organizations that are deemed at high risk of a potential terrorist attack and are located within one of the specific UASI-eligible urban areas. (http://www.fema.gov/government/grant/uasi/index.shtm)

Port Security Grant Program (PSGP)

The PSGP provides grant funding to port areas for the protection of critical port infrastructure from terrorism.  PSGP funds help ports enhance their risk management capabilities, domain awareness, training and exercises, and capabilities to prevent, detect, respond to, and recover from attacks involving improvised explosive devices and other non-conventional weapons. (http://www.fema.gov/government/grant/psgp/index.shtm)

Buffer Zone Protection Plan (BZPP)

BZPP provides grants to build security and risk-management capabilities at the State and local levels in order to secure pre-designated Tier I and Tier II critical infrastructure sites, including chemical facilities, financial institutions, nuclear and electric power plants, dams, stadiums, and other high-risk/high-consequence facilities. (http://www.fema.gov/government/grant/bzpp/index.shtm)

Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP)

The TSGP provides grants to the Nation's key high-threat Urban Areas to enhance security measures for their critical transit infrastructure including bus, rail, and ferry systems.  This year, the TSGP will also provide funding to Amtrak for continued security enhancements for its intercity rail operations between key, high-risk Urban Areas throughout the United States. (http://www.fema.gov/government/grant/tsgp/index.shtm).

Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG)

The EMPG program provides resources to assist State and local governments to sustain and enhance all-hazards emergency management capabilities.  States have the opportunity to use EMPG funds to further strengthen their ability to support emergency management activities while simultaneously addressing issues of national concern as identified in the National Priorities of the National Preparedness Guidelines.  EMPG has a 50 percent Federal and 50 percent State cost-share cash or in-kind match requirement. (http://www.fema.gov/emergency/empg/empg.shtm)

Competitive Training Grant Program (CTGP)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Competitive Training Grant Program (CTGP) is an important component of the Administration's larger, coordinated effort to strengthen homeland security preparedness.  The CTGP awards funds to competitively selected applicants to develop and deliver innovative training programs addressing high priority national homeland security training needs.  The CTGP demonstrates FEMA's commitment to work closely with the Nation's homeland security stakeholders in a unified national effort to continuously expand training opportunities that address the evolving national risk environment. (http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ctgp/index.shtm)

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