DHS Announces FY 2018 Preparedness Grants
Issue Brief 18-21
May 25, 2018
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released fiscal year (FY) 2018 funding notices for the following preparedness grant programs:
- Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP), including:
- State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP, $402 million)
- Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI, $580 million)
- Operation Stonegarden ($85 million)
- Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program ($10 million)
- Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP, $60 million))
- Intercity Passenger Rail Program (Amtrak, $10 million)
- Intercity Bus Security Grant Program ($2 million)
- Port Security Grant Program ($100 million)
- Transit Security Grant Program ($88 million)
- Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG, $350 million)
Funding for these programs totals more than $1.6 billion. State allocations were released for SHSGP and EMPG, and local allocations for UASI. In addition, target allocations were announced for a new $10 million state set-aside within the NSGP.