Summary
On June 2, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released fiscal year (FY) 2017 funding notices for the following preparedness grant programs:
- Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP), including:
- State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP)
- Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI)
- Operation Stonegarden
- Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program (THSGP)
- Nonprofit Security Grant Program
- Intercity Passenger Rail Program (Amtrak)
- Intercity Bus Security Grant Program (IBSGP)
- Port Security Grant Program (PSGP)
- Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP)
- Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG)
Funding for the programs listed above totals approximately $1.6 billion, and is a slight increase from FY 2016. Fifty-state allocations were released for two programs (SHSGP and EMPG), and local allocations were released for UASI.