Homeland Security
Homeland Security Grant Program
FEMA, Department of Homeland Security
Preparedness money passed down through the state.
- Who applies
- States and urban areas, which pass funding down to local projects.
- What it funds
- Preparedness projects, which in practice includes detection at public sites.
- Watch out
- No site-level ceiling is published. The state administering agency sets the calendar and the priorities.
Published figures
None at the level of one site
This program sets the amount a single building sees somewhere downstream of the award. A representative number here would be a guess.
The authority
Where the rules and the dates actually live
Buildings this fits
Where it comes up most often
Process
How to apply
The same five steps for every program here. The notice is what decides the order you can actually do them in.
- 01
Confirm who applies
Read the notice. Most of these take an application from a district or a city, not from one school.
- 02
Rate the cameras
Setup rates every camera at its working distance. You see what would be refused before you buy.
- 03
Price the scope
An itemised quote per camera from the published catalog. Refused cameras are excluded, not counted.
- 04
Write the narrative
Describe what the money buys and what it does not. Overclaiming is a risk to the award.
- 05
Collect the paperwork
W-9, insurance certificates, and whatever procurement needs. Ask before the deadline, not on it.
Limits
Where we stop
We do not write your application, and we cannot review it for you.
We cannot tell you whether you are eligible. The program decides that.
No vendor can promise an award, and any vendor who does is telling you something else that is untrue.
Program rules change every fiscal year. Read the notice, not a vendor page.
Other programs
6 more
Federal and state money for the same work. Funding and grants
Ask for a quote
Name the program and the building. You get a camera-by-camera coverage report and an itemised quote to attach.