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Terrorism Awareness Grants and Funding

The Office of Grants and Training (G&T) is responsible for providing training, funds for the purchase of equipment, support for the planning and execution of exercises, technical assistance and other support to assist states and local jurisdictions to prevent, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism.
 
U.S. Department of Justice Office for Justice Programs Office for Victims of Crime
 
This program is designed to provide timely assistance to jurisdictions to address victim needs in the aftermath of an act of terrorism or mass violence.
 
Department of Homeland Security Preparedness Directorate
Office of Grants and Training 
 
One of the core missions of the Department of Homeland Security is to enhance the ability of state, territory, local, and tribal governments to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks and other disasters. FEMA’s comprehensive suite of grant programs are an important part of the larger, coordinated effort to strengthen homeland security preparedness.
 
The Homeland Security Grant Program funds planning, organization, equipment, training and exercise activities:
  • The State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) enhances capabilities through planning, equipment, training and exercise activities.
  • The Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Program (UASI) builds capabilities in 60 high-threat, high-density urban areas.
  • The Citizen Corps Program engages citizens in personal preparedness, exercises, ongoing volunteer programs, and surge capacity response.
  • The Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) helps designated metropolitan areas to sustain and enhance regional all-hazards mass casualty preparedness and response capabilities and increase integration with state and federal agencies.
The State Homeland Security Program - Tribal (SHSP Tribal) provides supplemental funding to directly eligible tribes pursuant to the 9/11 Act.
 
The Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Program (UASI) Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) provides funding support for target-hardening activities to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of international terrorist attack.
 
Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) provides funding to enhance cooperation and coordination among local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to secure the nation's land borders.
 
Formerly known as the Infastructure Protection Program, Preparedness Grants support specific activities to strengthen security at ports and enhance transit, trucking, and intercity bus systems:
 
Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) supports sustainable, risk-based efforts to protect critical transit infrastructure:
  • Freight Rail Security Grant Program (FRSGP) funds security plans, vulnerability assessments and employee security awareness training.
  • Intercity Passenger Rail (Amtrak) funds Amtrak to harden underground and underwater track and tunnels against IEDs, train employees, and expand deterrence activities.
Intercity Bus Security Grant Program (IBSGP) focuses on vulnerability assessments, security plans and preparedness exercises for explosives and non-conventional threats.
 
Trucking Security Program (TSP) recruits highway professionals to participate in an anti-terrorism and security awareness program.
 
Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) protects critical port infrastructure from terrorism, enhances maritime domain awareness and risk management capabilities to protect against improvised explosive devices and other non-conventional weapons, and conducts training and exercises and supports implementation of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC).
 
Buffer Zone Protection Program (BZPP) funds buffer zone plans for preventing and protecting the perimeter of critical infrastructure sites.
 
Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Grant Program improves emergency management and preparedness capabilities by supporting flexible, sustainable, secure and interoperable EOCs to address identified deficiencies and needs.
 
Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program (IECGP) is for planning, training, exercises, and equipment to states, territories, local, and tribal governments to carry out initiatives identified in Statewide Communication Interoperability Plans, and improve interoperable emergency communications for responding to natural disasters and acts of terrorism.
 
Driver’s License Security Grant Program (DLSGP) prevents terrorism, reduce fraud and to improve the reliability and accuracy of personal identification documents that states and territories issue.
 
Other Homeland Security Grants:
 
Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG) assist state and local governments in enhancing and sustaining all-hazards emergency management capabilities.
 
Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program (IECGP) helps states, territories, and local and tribal governments to improve interoperable emergency communications, including communications in collective response to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters.
 
The Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP) provides funding to support coordination of regional all-hazard planning for catastrophic events, including the development of integrated planning communities, plans, protocols, and procedures.
 
Find more FEMA grants and assistance programs.
 
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