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: Twin Cities Initiative (UASI) entity eligible to $587,000,000 Area: – to FEMA for Embedded within the Homeland UASI funds. As of 2016: $5,430,000 Security Grant FY 2013, there $580,000,000 Program were a total of 25 high-threat, About Grant urban Program: areas eligible for UASI program funding under the “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 based on the populous capability targets metropolitan identified during the statistical areas in THIRA process and the United States, associated in accordance with assessment efforts; the 9/11 Act.” and assists them in building an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism.” Operation SAA is the 2015: $471,872 “The Stonegarden only entity eligible $55,000,000 – Embedded within to apply to FEMA the Homeland for OPSG funds. 2016: Security Grant Local units of $55,000,000 Program government at the county level and About Grant Program: recognized tribal OPSG program governments in the “The supports enhanced states bordering cooperation and Canada, southern coordination among states bordering
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 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, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism.” The SAA is the only entity eligible to 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 populous metropolitan statistical areas in the United States, in accordance with the 9/11 Act.” 2015: $587,000,000 2016: $580,000,000 Twin Cities Area: $5,430,000 Operation Stonegarden – Embedded within the Homeland Security Grant Program About Grant Program: “The OPSG program supports enhanced cooperation and coordination among “The SAA is the only entity eligible to apply to FEMA for OPSG funds. Local units of government at the county level and tribal governments in the states bordering Canada, southern states bordering 2015: $55,000,000 2016: $55,000,000 $471,872 based recognized
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