capabilities and mission areas where a nexus to terrorism 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.” Baltimore Area Urban Area Security The SAA is the only 2015: Initiative (UASI) – entity eligible to $587,000,000 $2,962,000 Embedded within apply to FEMA for the Homeland UASI funds. As of 2016: Security Grant FY 2013, there $580,000,000 Program were a total of 25 high-threat, About Grant urban Program: areas eligible for “The UASI program funding under the funds addressed the UASI program. unique risk driven Eligible candidates and for the FY 2016 based planning, UASI program are organization, “determined equipment, training, through an analysis and exercise needs of of relative risk of high-threat, terrorism faced by urban areas the 100 most
capabilities and mission areas where a nexus to terrorism 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 funds addressed the unique risk driven and planning, organization, equipment, training, and exercise needs of high-threat, urban areas 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-threat, 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 2015: $587,000,000 2016: $580,000,000 Baltimore Area $2,962,000 based