exists. SHSP supports the implementation of risk driven, capabilities-based approaches to address capability targets set in urban area, state, and regional Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments (THIRAs). The capability targets are established during the THIRA process, and assessed in the State Preparedness Report (SPR) and inform planning, organization, equipment, training, and exercise needs to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and other catastrophic events.” Urban Area Security The SAA is the only 2015: $0 Initiative (UASI) entity eligible to $587,000,000 – Embedded within the apply to FEMA for Homeland Security UASI funds. As of 2016: Grant Program FY 2013, there were $580,000,000 a total of 25 high-density About Grant urban areas eligible Program: UASI program for funding under “The addressed the the UASI program. unique risk driven and Eligible candidates capabilities-based for the FY 2016 planning, organization, UASI program are equipment, training, through “determined and exercise needs of an analysis of high-threat, relative risk of urban areas terrorism faced by based on the capability the 100 most targets identified populous during the THIRA metropolitan process and associated statistical areas in assessment efforts; and the United States, in assists them in accordance with the building an enhanced 9/11 Act.” and sustainable capacity to prevent, protect against,
exists. SHSP supports the implementation of risk driven, capabilities-based approaches to address capability targets set in urban area, state, and regional Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments (THIRAs). The capability targets are established during the THIRA process, and assessed in the State Preparedness Report (SPR) and inform planning, organization, equipment, training, and exercise needs to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and other catastrophic events.” Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) – Embedded within the Homeland Security Grant Program About Grant Program: “The UASI program addressed the unique risk driven and capabilities-based planning, organization, equipment, training, and exercise needs of high-threat, urban areas based on the capability targets identified during the THIRA process and associated assessment efforts; and assists them in building an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, protect against, The SAA is the only entity eligible to apply to FEMA for UASI funds. As of FY 2013, there were a total of 25 high-density urban areas eligible for funding under the UASI program. Eligible candidates for the FY 2016 UASI program are “determined through an analysis of relative risk of terrorism faced by the 100 most populous metropolitan statistical areas in the United States, in accordance with the 9/11 Act.” 2015: $587,000,000 2016: $580,000,000 $0