Application submissions will be received by 11:59 p.m. EDT, April 19, 2010. Only applications made through www.grants.gov will be accepted. Executive Order 12372 requires applicants from State, tribal, and local units of government or other organizations providing services within a State to submit a copy of the application to the State Single Point of Contact (SPOC), if one exists, and if this program has been selected for review by the State. Applicants must contact their State SPOC to determine if the program has been selected for State review: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
The THSGP is an important part of the Administration's larger, coordinated effort to strengthen homeland security preparedness. The THSGP implements objectives addressed in a series of post-9/11 laws, strategy documents, plans and Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs).
DHS expects State, local, and tribal partners to be familiar with the national preparedness architecture and to incorporate elements of this architecture into their planning, operations and investments. One of the Department's most important initiatives in FY 2010 is support for the maturation of the Information Sharing Environment (ISE), and specifically, the continued enhancement of State and Major Urban Area fusion centers to include support for implementation of the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative (NSI).
In leading the effort to secure America from the many threats it faces, DHS has undertaken five main areas of responsibility to help it achieve its mission. The first four of these areas are applicable to THSGP: (1) Guarding against Terrorism; (2) Securing our Borders; (3) Enforcing our Immigration Laws; (4) Improving Readiness for, Response to and Recovery from Disasters.
Above and beyond its own mission and four main areas of supporting responsibility, DHS believes that the eight National Priorities as identified in the National Preparedness Guidelines are instrumental in guiding State, local, tribal, and territorial, stakeholders in meeting the Nation's most urgent needs. The eight National Priorities include the following: (1) Expand Regional Collaboration; (2) Implement the National Incident Management System and National Response Framework; (3) Implement the National Infrastructure Protection Plan; (4) Strengthen Information Sharing and Collaboration Capabilities; (5) Strengthen Interoperable and Operable Communications Capabilities; (6) Strengthen CBRNE Detection, Response, and Decontamination Capabilities; (7) Strengthen Medical Surge and Mass Prophylaxis Capabilities; (8) Community Preparedness: Strengthening Planning and Citizen Capabilities. In FY 2009 tribal grantees were limited to writing investments that applied to four of the eight national priorities from the National Preparedness Guidelines. In FY 2010 tribal grantees have the flexibility to write investments that apply towards all eight national priorities.
Tribes are required to ensure that at least 25% of their THSGP award is dedicated towards law enforcement terrorism prevention-oriented planning, organization, training, exercise, and equipment activities. Activities must support terrorism preparedness by building or enhancing capabilities that relate to the prevention of, protection from, or response to, and recovery from terrorism in order to be considered eligible. However, many capabilities which support terrorism preparedness simultaneously support preparedness for other hazards. Grantees must demonstrate this dual-use quality for any activities implemented under this program that are not explicitly focused on terrorism preparedness.
Use of THSGP funds must be consistent with and supportive of implementation of the State Homeland Security Strategy and State Preparedness Report. In addition, SHSP supports the implementation of the National Preparedness Guidelines, the National Incident Management System (NIMS), and the National Response Framework (NRF). Allowable Investments must fall into the categories of Planning, Organization, Equipment, Training, or Exercises. Personnel hiring, overtime, and backfill expenses are permitted under this grant in order to perform allowable FY 2010 THSGP planning, training, exercise, and equipment activities.
DHS requires THSGP recipients to include emergency medical services (EMS) providers in their homeland security plans. Inclusion should take place with respect to planning, organization, equipment, training, and exercise efforts to include the unique needs of infants and children up to 18 years of age and individuals with disabilities. Response disciplines include, but are not limited to: governmental and nongovernmental emergency medical, firefighting, and law enforcement services, public health, hospitals, emergency management, hazardous materials, public safety communications, public works, and governmental leadership and administration personnel. Special consideration should be made to those entities who participate in fusion centers.
The 21 allowable equipment categories and equipment standards for THSGP are listed on the web-based version of the Authorized Equipment List (AEL) on the Responder Knowledge Base (RKB), at www.rkb.us. Interoperable emergency communications-related Investments, applicants should align to the objectives of the National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP).
Please refer to this program's guidance for more detailed information.
The total SHSP Tribal funding awarded in FY09 was $1,660,000, and in FY08 was $1,645,000. FY08 Recipients: Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation ($142.5k); Gila River Indian Community ($180k); Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin ($91.5k); Poarch Band of Creek Indians ($70k); Pueblo de San Ildefonso ($86.5k); Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community ($149k); Seneca Nation of Indians ($236.5k); The Prairie Island Indian Community ($147k); Tohono O'odham Nation ($175.5k); Tulalip Tribe ($156.5k); Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head ($38k); and Yurok Tribe ($172k).
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Guidance and Application kit: http://www.fema.gov/pdf/government/grant/2010/fy10_thsgp_kit.pdf
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