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Fiscal Year 2025 Detention Support Grant Program (97.158)

Also known as DSGP

Fiscal Year 2025 Detention Support Grant Program (Assistance Listing 97.158) is run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security. It awarded $608 million in 1 grant from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $608 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

There was 1 award in five years, of $608 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

The Program goal is to support detention activities carried out by non-federal entities and increase the detention capacity of States and local governments.

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

Non-federal entities as defined in 2 C.F.R. § 200.1 are eligible. The State of Florida Division of Emergency Management is the sole eligible applicant.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Recipients and subrecipients may use grant funds for the costs of sheltering aliens in a detained environment. Eligible applicants should refer to the FY 2025 Detention Support Grant Program Guidance document to identify all allowable activities. Recipients and subrecipients should refer to the FY 2025 Detention Support Grant Program Guidance document for a list of funding restrictions.;

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

Jul 31, 2025 to Aug 30, 2025

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Past Fiscal Year (2024): N/A Current Fiscal Year (2025): $608,400,000

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

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Fiscal Year 2025 Detention Support Grant Program (97.158) awarded $608 million across 1 grant award, an average of $608 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
State of Florida Division of Emergency ManagementFlorida1$608 million

Top states: Florida ($608 million).

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to state and local governments.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
State and local governments1$608 million100%

By state

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

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
Florida1$608 million

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