Federal grant programs / Department of Homeland Security

Homeland Security Grant Program (97.067)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$5.4 billion
• Grant awards369
• Typical award$4.8 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$1.0 billion
• Size rank89 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceFormula grants

Key findings

• Annual funding fell from $1.1 billion in fiscal 2021 to $1.0 billion in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 89th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 81% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 56 states and territories.

What the program funds

The objective of the FY 2026 HSGP is to fund State, Local, Tribal, Territorial (SLTT) government efforts to prevent terrorism and prepare the Nation for threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk to the security of the United States. HSGP consists of three components: the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP), Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI), and Operation Stone Garden (OPSG). SHSP supports state, local, tribal, and territorial preparedness activities in efforts to build, sustain, and deliver the capabilities necessary to prevent, prepare for, protect against, mitigate, and respond to acts of terrorism. UASI assists high-threat, high-density Urban Areas in efforts to build, sustain, and deliver the capabilities necessary to prevent, prepare for, protect against, mitigate, and respond to acts of terrorism. OPSG supports enhanced cooperation and coordination among U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), United States Border Patrol (USBP), and federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies. OPSG provides funding to support joint efforts to secure the United States’ borders along routes of ingress from international borders to include travel corridors in states bordering Mexico and Canada as well as states and territories with international water borders. For FY 2026, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/FEMA will award SHSP and UASI funds based on DHS/FEMA’s relative risk methodology pursuant to the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

For FY 2025, each SHSP and UASI recipient is required to submit an Investment Justification (IJ) for the National Priority Areas (NPA) with minimum spend requirements (i.e., Enhancing Election Security and Supporting Border Crisis Response and Enforcement). The investments must also account for at least the relevant minimum percentage of the applicant’s SHSP and UASI target allocations. State Administrative Agency (SAA)s may submit complete project-level information at the time of application, including the NPA IJs, but are not required to do so. As a reminder, all SHSP and UASI-funded projects must have demonstrated a nexus to achieving target capabilities related to preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and responding to acts of terrorism. At the same time, these projects can also help improve preparation for other types of disasters. e. Goals and Objectives for Operation Stone Garden (OPSG) supports enhanced cooperation and coordination among U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)/United States Border Patrol (USBP), and federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies to strengthen border security.

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What the money can and cannot pay for

For both SHSP and UASI, many activities that support the achievement of core capabilities related to the national priorities and terrorism preparedness may simultaneously support enhanced preparedness for other hazards unrelated to acts of terrorism. However, all SHSP- and UASI-funded projects must assist recipients and subrecipients in achieving core capabilities related to preventing, preparing for, protecting Refer to the FY 2024 HSGP Notice of Funding Opportunity.;

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

SHSP $997,200 to $61,229,940, average N/A, awards based on pre-determined allocations. UASI $$1,346,340 to $156,131,176, average N/A, awards based on pre-determined allocations. OPSG $35,035,109 to $47,952, average N/A, awards subject to Secretary of Homeland Security approval.

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2025: The Regional Preparedness System in the National Capital Region supports emergency management planning, training and exercise functions for all hazards throughout the region by providing staff and contractual resources to complete designated high priority planning efforts, providing training, and executing exercises for public safety stakeholders. This project represents the portion of the overall regional program that is dedicated to supporting efforts relating to protecting soft targets and crowded places. This includes performing facility safety and resilience assessments for high population crowded public facilities such as schools, office buildings, and other gathering locations, and making recommendations for security enhancements. Training and education for facility operators on risks and threats. Exercises to prepare public safety stakeholders and facility owners/operators to respond to the consequence of an attack on these soft targets and crowded places will make them better prepared to respond in the event of an actual attack. The Regional Preparedness System is implemented throughout the National Capital Region with sub-projects in DC, Montgomery and Prince George's Counties, and in Fairfax, Arlington, Loudoun and Prince William Counties as well as the Cities of Alexandria, Manassas, and Fairfax.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 95% of the money, nonprofits 3.8% and tribes 1.1%.

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.