Funding Opportunities

Assistance to Firefighters Grant
Provides direct assistance, on a competitive basis, to fire departments of a State or tribal nation for the purpose of protecting the health and safety of the public and firefighting personnel against fire and fire-related hazards.

Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP)
Enhances regional response capabilities, mutual aid, and interoperable communications by providing technology and equipment, together with training and technical assistance required to operate. 

State and Local Domestic Preparedness Technical Assistance
This program is aimed to enhance the capacity of State and local first responders to respond to a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) terrorism incident involving chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological, incendiary, and explosive devices.

National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System
To develop an immediately deployable, national response capability to locate and extricate, and medically stabilize victims of structural collapse during a disaster, while simultaneously enhancing the US&R response capabilities of the State and local organizations.

State Domestic Preparedness Equipment Support Program
To enhance the capacity of State and local first responders to respond to a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) terrorism incident involving chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological, incendiary, and explosive devices.

Citizen Corps Program (CCP)
Through the DHS Preparedness Directorate’s Office of Grants and Training (G&T), State and local organizations will receive approximately $2.5 billion in grant funding to build capabilities that enhance homeland security.

Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) program
UASI program provides financial assistance towards multidiscipline planning, operations, equipment, training, and exercise needs of high-threat, high-density Urban Areas.