About Grant funding under the Program: UASI program. Eligible candidates UASI program “The for the FY 2016 funds addressed the UASI program are unique risk driven “determined and through an based planning, analysis of relative organization, risk of terrorism equipment, training, faced by the 100 and exercise needs of most populous high-threat, metropolitan urban areas statistical areas in based on the the United States, capability targets in accordance with identified during the the 9/11 Act.” 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.” Operation SAA is the 2015: “The Stonegarden only entity eligible – $55,000,000 Embedded within to apply to FEMA the Homeland for OPSG funds. Security Local units of 2016: Program government at the $55,000,000 county level and About Grant tribal Program: governments in the states OPSG program “The bordering Canada, supports enhanced southern states cooperation and bordering Mexico, coordination among and states and Customs and Border territories with Protection (CBP), International United States Border water borders are Patrol (USBP), and eligible to apply local, tribal, for FY 2016 OPSG territorial, state, and funds through Federal law
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.” 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.” Operation Stonegarden – Embedded within the Homeland Security Program About Grant Program: “The OPSG program supports enhanced cooperation and coordination among Customs and Border Protection (CBP), United States Border Patrol (USBP), and local, tribal, territorial, state, and Federal law “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 Mexico, and states and territories with International water borders are eligible to apply for FY 2016 OPSG funds through 2015: $55,000,000 2016: $55,000,000 based
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