Issue Brief 19-16
April 25, 2019
 Summary 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released fiscal year (FY) 2019 funding notices for the following preparedness grant programs:

  • Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP), including:

    • State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP, $415 million)

    • Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI, $590 million)

    • Operation Stonegarden ($90 million)

  • Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program ($10 million)

  • Non-profit Security Grant Program (NSGP, $60 million))

  • Intercity Passenger Rail Program (Amtrak, $10 million)

  • Intercity Bus Security Grant Program ($2 million)

  • Port Security Grant Program ($100 million)

  • Transit Security Grant Program ($88 million)

  • Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG, $350 million)

Funding for these programs totals more than $1.7 billion. State allocations were released for SHSGP and EMPG, and local allocations for UASI. Target allocations also were announced for the state set-aside within the NSGP.

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