organization, equipment, training, and exercise needs to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and other catastrophic events.” Area Security The SAA is the 2015: Alabama did not Initiative (UASI) only entity eligible $587,000,000 receive funding in FY – Embedded within to to FEMA 2016 under this the Homeland for UASI funds. As 2016: program Security Grant of 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 and exercise needs of analysis of relative high-threat, risk of terrorism urban areas faced by the 100 based on the most 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: $150,000 “The Stonegarden only entity eligible $55,000,000 – Embedded within to apply to FEMA the Homeland for OPSG funds. 2016: Security Local units of $55,000,000 Program government at the county level and About Grant Program: recognized tribal
organization, equipment, training, and exercise needs to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and other catastrophic events.” 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 Alabama did not receive funding in FY 2016 under this program Operation Stonegarden – Embedded within the Homeland Security Program About Grant Program: “The SAA is the only entity eligible to apply to FEMA for OPSG funds. Local units of government at the county level and tribal 2015: $55,000,000 2016: $55,000,000 $150,000 based recognized
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