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DHS Announces Guidance for $3 Billion in Preparedness Grant Programs

The Department of Homeland security has released its application guidance for 14 federal grant programs that total more than $3 billion available in federal funding. The money is designed to help state and local governments strengthen community preparedness.

According to an article on the Fire Rescue 1 website, this year will also mark the first time FY 2009 targeted allocations under the State Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Security Initiative. “The department will continue to use the peer review process and applicants’ effectiveness scores in determining final allocations,” the article says.

“Several years of investment have taken us largely from capability building to performance-based planning and investment,” Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told the publication. “This year’s funding priorities are consistent with last year, and reflect a mature and disciplined grants program.”

The grant program allocations for FY 2009 include:

  • Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) – $1.7 billion.
  • State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) – $861.3 million
  • Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) – $798.6 million
  • Metropolitan Medical Response System Program (MMRS) – $39.8 million
  • Citizen Corps Program (CCP) – $14.6 million
  • State Homeland Security Program Tribal (SHSP Tribal) – approximately $1.7 million
  • Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) – $15 million
  • Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) – $60 million
  • Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) – $388.6 million
  • Freight Rail Security Grant Program (FRSGP) – $15 million
  • Intercity Passenger Rail (Amtrak) – $25 million
  • Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) – $388.6 million
  • Buffer Zone Protection Program (BZPP) – $48.6 million
  • Intercity Bus Security Grant Program (IBSGP) – $11.7 million
  • Trucking Security Program (TSP) – $7.8 million
  • Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG) – $306 million
  • Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program (IECGP) – $48.6 million
  • Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) – $34 million

o read the full article, click here: http://www.firerescue1.com/fire-grants-help/articles/437623-DHS-announces-grant-guidance-for-3-billion-in-preparedness-grant-programs/