FEMA's Preparedness Grants Manual -- Version 2, February 2021

FEMA's Preparedness Grants Manual is FEMA's guide to State, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments, and nongovernmental partners on how to apply for eight preparedness grant programs. On Feb. 25, 2021, DHS released the Fiscal Year 2021 Notices of Funding Opportunity for eight preparedness grant programs totaling nearly $1.9 billion, an increase of $90 million over FY 2020. These programs include the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP), the Urban Area Security Initiative, (UASI), Operation Stonegarden (OPSG), the Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program (THSGP), the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), the Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP), the Intercity Bus Security Grant Program (IBSGP), the Intercity Passenger Rail (IPR) Program Amtrak, the Port Security Grant Program, and the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program, which provides funds to assist state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management agencies in obtaining the resources required for implementation of the National Preparedness System and the National Preparedness Goal of a secure and resilient nation.