2024 Homeland Security Preparedness Technical Assistance Program

The Homeland Security Preparedness Technical Assistance Program (HSPTAP) provides financial assistance to professional non-profit organizations in activities to improve and/or build state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) capabilities to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate major events, including threats or acts of terrorism.

Donor Name: Department of Homeland Security

State: All States

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 09/16/2024

Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000

Grant Duration: 1 Year

Details:

Goals

The overarching programmatic goal focuses on building state and local capabilities through various means and methods, each one aimed at achieving the National Preparedness Goal and furthering collective efforts to remain a safe and secure nation. Specific HSPTAP activities anticipated for achieving this goal include, but will not be limited to:

developing and disseminating written products relating to emerging homeland security, emergency management and public safety issues and established or model state homeland security and emergency management efforts;
facilitating calls, meetings, or discussions amongst representatives from key stakeholder groups on a regular basis which serve to share information, knowledge, experiences, and practices relating to current and emerging homeland security, emergency management and public safety issues; and,
providing educational seminars, trainings and workshops for apprising newly appointed Governor’s Homeland Security Advisors and Emergency Management Directors of federal homeland security doctrine, best-practices and established principles;
convening trainings, workshops, and other meeting opportunities designed to bring together in a common forum nationwide Homeland Security Advisors, state, local and tribal Emergency Management Directors, as well as other professional organizations in the public and private sectors and to inform partners on the impacts of federal homeland security, emergency management and public safety legislation, regulations and policies on the states.

Objectives

HSPTAP supports key homeland security and emergency preparedness stakeholders nationwide to further build a national system of emergency management capabilities. Specific objectives include:

Conducting activities that bring together the collective perspectives of SLTT officials and the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to provide a broad-based sounding board on homeland security issues for all national stakeholders, resulting in improved information sharing and collaboration. Supporting this objective should include establishing, providing, and maintaining a forum for organizations to exchange ideas, conduct targeted discussions, and to provide technical assistance to governor’s offices, associations, and organizations on all relevant SLTT homeland security policy areas.
Developing, transferring, and institutionalizing pertinent knowledge at the state, local, tribal, and territorial level for addressing current public policy challenges facing SLTT emergency management directors, homeland security advisors, and other officials, resulting in improved awareness of current and emerging homeland security, emergency management, and public safety issues.
Collaborating with public, private, and non-profit sectors and all disciplines and levels of government (e.g., national, regional, and SLTT) to facilitate improved information sharing, enhance communication and coordination, and address the complex challenges of developing and implementing homeland security policies and practices including: intelligence sharing; SLTT homeland security organization, structure and governance; communications interoperability; critical infrastructure protection; climate-driven disturbances and emergent risks; and all hazards disaster prevention, protection, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery to include areas of emergency management, homeland security, public health, fire, law enforcement, Emergency Management Services (EMS), agriculture, National Guard, emergency communications, and public works.

Priorities

The objectives and projects above support the purpose of the FY 2024 HSPTAP, further building of a national system of emergency management capabilities that can effectively and efficiently use the nation’s resources to respond to catastrophic incidents, including natural disasters, climate-driven extremes and disturbances, acts of terrorism, domestic extremism, and other man-made emergencies or events. In addition to building state, tribal, territorial, and local capabilities, the activities conducted under the HSPTAP are structured to address the National Preparedness System and full spectrum of mission areas and core capabilities outlined in the National Preparedness Goal.

Due to the unique threats that the nation faces in 2024, DHS/FEMA has determined four priority areas for FY 2024 HSPTAP funds

Enhancing climate resilience and adaptation throughout the emergency management
community
Enhancing equity and accessibility throughout emergency management policies and programs and instilling as a foundation of emergency management.
Collaborate with SLTT, Private sector, and Non-Governmental Organizations to strengthen the capability of partners to advance critical issues within their pre and post disaster work. Critical issues may include climate change, future conditions data, climate adaptation and resilience.
Addressing emergent threats (e.g., public health and climate-driven emergencies, enhancing election security, etc.).

Funding Information