Issue Brief 17-16
June 9, 2017
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.