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DHS-21-TTP-132-00-01: Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP)

Closed Closed May 27, 2021 Opportunity DHS-21-TTP-132-00-01 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$2.0 million
• Award floor$75,000
• Total funding$20.0 million
• Expected awards50
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention awards averaged $507,201; this notice allows up to $2.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (77% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

Overview From its founding, one of the primary missions of the Department of Homeland Security has been to "prevent terrorist attacks within the United States." In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, DHS used this mandate to develop nationwide capabilities that help to detect and disrupt terrorist plots directed from overseas. Examples of these capabilities included stopping terrorist travel with enhanced law enforcement and intelligence capabilities and ensuring that state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments were integrated in this mission as part of a holistic approach to preparedness. In the last decade, the terrorist threat has evolved. Domestic terrorists have caused more deaths in the United States in recent years than have terrorists connected to foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs). Domestic terrorist attacks and hate crimes sometimes overlap, as perpetrators of prominent domestic terrorist attacks have selected their targets based on factors such as: race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, and gender identity. In assessing the terrorist threat, the DHS 2020 Homeland Threat Assessment finds that domestic violent extremists, to include violent white supremacists, are "the most persistent and lethal threat in the Homeland." Since 2018, violent white supremacist extremists have conducted more lethal attacks in the United States than any other violent extremist movement. While lone offenders, as opposed to cells or organizations, are the most common perpetrators, lone offenders are also most often part of a broader movement and will sometimes engage in outreach with like-minded individuals abroad in order to expand their violent extremist networks. Violent white supremacist extremists' outlook can generally be characterized by hatred for immigrants and ethnic minorities, often combining these prejudices with virulent anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim, and anti-LGBTQ+ views. Additionally, FTOs such as Al-Qa'eda and ISIS continue to leverage digital communication platforms to inspire domestically-based individuals to commit terrorist attacks with little to no training and preparation. Furthermore, we have seen individuals commit or plan mass casualty attacks with no clear nexus to a violent ideology, devastating hometowns across America.

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