The line up of grants and certainly the eligibility requirements have changed from year to year. The following is a quick recap of those active grants in the system today with a short description.
Maybe Santa DHS will put something in your grant stocking this coming year in 2010--but only if you apply. Write Santa DHS and submit those Investment Justifications in the proper format.
Federal Preparedness Grants
Buffer Zone Protection Program (BZPP) BZPP provides grants to build security and risk-management capabilities at the State and local level to secure pre-designated critical infrastructure sites, including chemical facilities, financial institutions, nuclear and electric power plants, dams, stadiums, and other high-risk/high-consequence facilities.
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.
State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) This core assistance program provides funds to build capabilities at the State and local levels through planning, organization, equipment, training, and exercise activities. SHSP also supports the implementation of State homeland security strategies and key elements of the national preparedness architecture, including the National Preparedness Guidelines, the National Incident Management System and the National Response Framework.
State Homeland Security Program for Tribal Applicants (SHSP) This core assistance program provides funds to build capabilities at the tribal levels through planning, organization, equipment, training, and exercise activities. SHSP also supports the implementation of homeland security strategies and key elements of the national preparedness architecture, including the National Preparedness Guidelines, the National Incident Management System and the National Response Framework.
Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) The UASI program addresses the unique multi-disciplinary planning, organization, equipment, training, and exercise needs of high-threat, high-density urban areas, and assists them in building and sustaining capabilities to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from threats or acts of terrorism. This program provides funding to high-risk urban areas based on risk and effectiveness.
Metropolitan Medical Response System Program (MMRS) MMRS grants support local preparedness efforts to respond to all-hazards mass casualty incidents, including epidemic disease outbreaks, natural disasters, large-scale hazardous materials incidents, and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive attacks. Seattle, Tacoma, and Spokane receive MMRS funding.
Citizen Corps Program (CCP) Citizen Corps' mission is to bring together community and government leaders to coordinate community involvement in emergency preparedness, planning, mitigation, response and recovery.
Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) OPSG provides a flexible framework of funding to support operational efforts along our nation's land borders. This funding supports land border jurisdictions in achieving a greater capability to prevent, protect against, and respond to border security issues, encouraging local operational objectives and capabilities to enhance federal and State Homeland Security Strategies, and continuing the distinct capability enhancements required for border security and protection.
Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) RCPGP provides funding to advance catastrophic incident preparedness to the Seattle Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Urban Area, including Olympia. The goal of RCPGP is to support an integrated planning system that enables regional all-hazard planning for catastrophic events and the development of necessary plans, protocols, and procedures to manage a catastrophic event.
Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) The TSGP provides grants to key high-threat Urban Areas to enhance security measures for their critical transit infrastructure including bus, rail, and ferry systems. This is a direct grant program between DHS and individual transit agencies.
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. This is a direct grant program between DHS and individual ports.
Urban Areas Security Initiative Nonprofit Security Grant Program (UASI-NSGP) The NSGP provides funding support for target-hardening activities to nonprofit organizations that are deemed at high risk of a potential terrorist attack. While this funding is provided specifically to high-risk nonprofit organizations, the program seeks to integrate nonprofit preparedness activities with broader State and local preparedness efforts. It is also designed to promote coordination and collaboration in emergency preparedness activities among public and private community representatives, State and local government agencies, and Citizen Corps Councils.
Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program (LETPP) LETPP focuses upon the prevention of terrorist attacks and provides law enforcement and public safety communities with funds to support intelligence gathering and information sharing through enhancing/establishing fusion centers; interoperable communications; and collaboration with non-law enforcement partners, other government agencies and the private sector. This program has been consolidated with the State Homeland Security Program starting in FY 2008.
Remote Community Alert Systems Program (RCAS) The grant is to provide for outdoor alerting technologies in remote areas effectively underserved by commercial mobile service for the purpose of enabling residents of those communities to receive emergency messages. This program is a contributing element of the Warning, Alert, and Response Network (WARN) Act. Counties that meet the definition of a "remote" area with a population density of 100 persons per square mile or less, and who are effectively underserved by commercial mobile service for the purpose of enabling residents to receive emergency messages are eligible to apply through the State SAA.
Border Interoperability Demonstration Project (BIDP) This is a one-time competitive grant program that will provide funding to U.S. communities located on the international borders of Canada or Mexico for interoperability emergency communications demonstration projects. The project's goal is to help States and localities explore innovative and effective models of interoperable emergency communications systems and approaches that seek to improve emergency communications along and across U.S. international borders. Successful solutions may be shared with and adapted for use in other U.S. border communities.
Task Force for Emergency Readiness (TFER) A pilot program for FFY2008 and 2009 hires planners with military experience to support planning for the State; coordinate with interagency, private and public sector entities; provide data to assess the merit of the TFER concept; and contribute to a determination of how and to what extent TFER strengthened State planning.
The above information dates from October 2009.
