The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) DHS/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is accepting applications for its 2022 Homeland Security Grant Program.
Donor Name: Department of Homeland Security
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/13/2022
Size of the Grant: $615,000,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) is one of three grant programs that constitute the DHS/FEMA focus on enhancing the ability of state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, as well as nonprofits, to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks. These grant programs are part of a comprehensive set of measures authorized by Congress and implemented by DHS to help strengthen the Nation’s communities against potential terrorist attacks. Among the five basic homeland security missions noted in the DHS Strategic Plan, the HSGP supports the goal to Strengthen National Preparedness and Resilience.
In FY 2022, there are three components of the HSGP:
- State Homeland Security Program (SHSP): SHSP assists state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) efforts to build, sustain, and deliver the capabilities necessary to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to acts of terrorism.
- Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI): UASI assists high-threat, high-density Urban Area efforts to build, sustain, and deliver the capabilities necessary to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to acts of terrorism.
- Operation Stonegarden (OPSG): OPSG supports enhanced cooperation and coordination among Customs and Border Protection (CBP), United States Border Patrol (USBP), and federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies to improve overall border security. OPSG provides funding to support joint efforts to secure the United States’ borders along routes of ingress/egress to and from international borders, to include travel corridors in states bordering Mexico and Canada, as well as states and territories with international water borders. SLTT law enforcement agencies utilize their inherent law enforcement authorities to support the border security mission and do not receive any additional authority as a result of participation in OPSG.
Objective
The objective of the FY 2022 HSGP is to fund SLTT efforts to prevent terrorism and prepare the Nation for threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk to the security of the United States.
Priorities
SHSP and UASI Funding Priorities Given the evolving national security threat landscape, DHS/FEMA has evaluated the national risk profile and set priorities that help inform appropriate allocation of scarce security dollars.
In assessing the national risk profile for FY 2022, six priority areas attract the most concern. Due to the unique threats that the nation faces in 2022, DHS/FEMA has determined that recipients should allocate a total of 30 percent of their SHSP and UASI award funds across these six priority areas. As indicated below, four of the priorities have minimum spend requirements totaling 12 percent of SHSP and UASI awards. Recipients will have the flexibility to allocate the remaining 18 percent across the priorities. The following are the six priority areas for FY 2022, along with the minimum corresponding percentage of SHSP and UASI funds that each recipient will be required to allocate:
- Enhancing the protection of soft targets/crowded places – 3 percent
- Enhancing information and intelligence sharing and analysis – 3 percent
- Combating domestic violent extremism – 3 percent
- Enhancing cybersecurity – no minimum percent
- Enhancing community preparedness and resilience – 3 percent
- Enhancing election security – no minimum percent
Likewise, there are several enduring security needs that crosscut the homeland security enterprise to which recipients should consider allocating funding across core capability gaps and national priorities. The following are enduring needs that help recipients implement a comprehensive approach to securing communities:
- Effective planning 2
- Training and awareness campaigns
- Equipment and capital projects
- Exercises
Funding Information
- Available Funding for the NOFO: $1,120,000,000
- SHSP $415,000,000
- UASI $615,000,000
- OPSG $90,000,000
- Period of Performance: 36 months (September 1, 2022-August 31, 2025)
Eligibility Criteria
The SAA is the only entity eligible to submit HSGP applications to DHS/FEMA, including those applications submitted on behalf of UASI and OPSG applicants. All 56 states and territories, including any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, are eligible to apply for SHSP funds. Tribal governments may not apply directly for HSGP funding; however, funding may be available to tribes under SHSP and OPSG through the SAA.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
