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Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program - FY 2024

Agency: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
CFDA: 97.132
Federal FON: DHS-24-TTP-132-00-99
Office: Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans (PLCY) Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Multipart Grant: No
Next Due: 05/17/2024 (Application)
Solicitation Date: 04/15/2024
   
Match Required: No
Actual Funds: $18,000,000 (Confirmed)
Summary:

The purpose of this program is to provide financial assistance, training, and resources to support the development of sustainable, multidisciplinary TVTP capabilities in local communities; the piloting of innovative prevention approaches; and the identification of prevention best practices that can be replicated in communities across the country. This program supports online, in-person, and hybrid projects that address the threat of online pathways to violence as well as the threat of violence in physical spaces. Projects must adhere to strict privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties standards, and must be designed and operated in ways that do not infringe on individuals' free speech or target anyone based on the exercise of their First Amendment rights.

Funding will support selected applications that align with the following objectives and that uphold privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties:

  • The local community has awareness of the signs that someone may be on a pathway to violence and of the threats of targeted violence and terrorism
  • The local community has awareness of both the risk factors for, and the protective factors against, targeted violence and terrorism
  • Members of the local community engage the broadest and most diverse set of local stakeholders, sharing resources and best practices, and building trusted partnerships to address targeted violence and terrorism
  • Members of the local community can act on bystander training and help individuals before they move toward violence by understanding the role of, and the means to contact, behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) teams and prevention providers in the public health community
  • Members of the local community have access to multidisciplinary BTAM teams comprised of individuals such as psychologists, educators, faith leaders, social workers, and medical personnel that can provide support to an individual before an act of violence takes place
  • The local community has programs that address risk factors for, and strengthen protective factors against, targeted violence and terrorism, including recidivism reduction programming

The funding agency intends to fund proposals that fall under the following two distinct application tracks:

  • Promising practices: funding will support prevention projects in all segments of the community either through in-person or online-focused prevention initiatives at the local or national level; applicants may propose one or more of the following project types to include in their project:
    • Raising social awareness
    • Understanding violent content
    • Civic engagement
    • Youth resilience programs
    • Behavioral threat assessment and management teams
    • Bystander training
    • Referral services
    • Recidivism reduction and reintegration
  • Innovation: funding will support prevention projects that approach the broader goal of TVTP in new or untested ways, including projects that do not generally fall within the project types listed above, or new theories of change that have not been previously implemented

The priorities of this program include:

  • Enhancing recidivism reduction and reintegration capabilities
  • Advancing equity in awards and engaging underserved communities in prevention
  • Addressing online aspects of targeted violence and terrorism
  • Preventing domestic violent extremism

Research is an allowable expense; however, applicants must propose to implement one or more prevention capabilities during the project period and must demonstrate how any proposed research will support the implementation.

Optional webinars are scheduled for this program. Refer to the Application section for details.

Last Updated: May 03, 2024

Eligibility Notes:

Eligible applicants are:

  • Local governments
  • Federally recognized Indian tribes
  • 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations
  • Institutions of higher education
  • State and territorial governments

Applicants that plan on applying to both of this program's application tracks must submit two separate applications and may only submit one application per track.

Previous award recipients include:

  • Cherokee Nation
  • Education Services District 123
  • Michigan State Police Michigan Intelligence Operations Center
  • City of Aurora
  • Charleston County

Refer to the Award file for additional information regarding previous award recipients.

Eligible Applicants:
Local Government
Academic Institutions
Native American Tribe
Non Profits
State Government
Application Notes:

Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. ET on May 17, 2024.

Applications must be submitted online at go.fema.gov.

Applications must include:

  • SF 424
  • Grants.gov lobbying form
  • SF 424A
  • SF 424B
  • SF LLL
  • Indirect cost agreement or proposal (if applicable)
  • Project narrative:
    • Cover page
    • Body (15 pages max)
    • Appendices:
      • Implementation and measurement plan (IMP)
      • Resumes/CVs of key personnel
      • Documentation of support
      • Letters of recommendation (optional)

The project narrative must be submitted as a single combined .pdf attachment. The project narrative must be single-spaced and use one-inch margins, and portrait orientation should be used except if landscape is needed for tables and IMPs. The project narrative must use 12-point Times New Roman font; however, citations may use 10-, 11-, or 12-point Times New Roman font.

The following are required in order to submit an application:

  • Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number
  • SAM (System for Award Management) registration
  • SPOC (state Single Point of Contact) notification

Applicants may obtain a UEI number and verify or renew SAM registration status at www.ecivis.com/sam. Applicants in states participating in the SPOC program must contact the relevant SPOC listed in the SPOC file before applying.

Optional forecast webinars will be held for this program as follows:

February 7, 2024
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET
Registration: forms.office.com

February 13, 2024
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET
Registration: forms.office.com

February 15, 2024
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET
Registration: forms.office.com

Recordings of webinars held for this program are available online at www.dhs.gov.

Applications will be evaluated according to the following programmatic criteria:

  • Needs assessment (15 points)
  • Project design and IMP (45 points)
  • Organization(s) and key personnel (15 points)
  • Sustainability (15 points)
  • Budget detail and narrative (10 points)

Refer to the NOFA file for additional application information.

Match Required: No
Actual Funds: $18,000,000 (Confirmed)
Match Notes:

Matching funds are not required for this program.

Funding Notes:

A total of $18 million is available to support an expected 27 to 36 awards through this program. In general, the average award amount is anticipated to be approximately $575,000. Target award amounts will vary according to project type, as follows:

  • Promising practices application track: approximately $12.15 million is expected to be available to support 20 to 30 awards anticipated to range from $100,000 to $800,000 across the following project types:
    • Raising societal awareness: target award amount of $175,000
    • Understanding violent content: target award amount of $115,000
    • Civic engagement: target award amount of $60,000
    • Youth resilience: target award amount of $90,000
    • Behavioral threat assessment and management teams: target award amount of $350,000
    • Bystander training: target award amount of $115,000
    • Referral services: target award amount of $175,000
    • Recidivism reduction and reintegration: target award amount of $230,000
  • Innovation application track: approximately $5.85 million is expected to be available to support six to eight awards anticipated to range from $300,000 to $815,000

If an applicant requests an amount that deviates 25 percent or more from the target award amount for the applicable track or project type, the funding agency will require the applicant to include a detailed justification for the deviation within their budget narrative.

The anticipated award date is September 15, 2024.

The project period is 24 months, and is anticipated to begin on October 1, 2024, and end on September 30, 2026. Extension requests will be granted only due to compelling legal, policy, or operational challenges.

Applicants must include adequate funds in their budget to send up to two representatives from their project team to two national-level convenings of award recipients over the course of the project period. These convenings are expected to take place in Washington, D.C., but may rotate to other locations in the United States.

Management and administrative (M&A) costs are limited to 5 percent of the total award amount.

Funds may not be used for:

  • Programs, projects, or activities that do not appropriately protect privacy, civil rights, or civil liberties
  • Projects that solely conduct research without implementation
  • Covered telecommunications equipment or services, as detailed on pages 18-19 of the NOFA file
  • Pre-award costs
  • Equipment costs

For FY 2023, a total of $20 million was distributed via 34 awards ranging from $54,000 to $1,185,153 through this program. For FY 2022, a total of $20 million was distributed via 43 awards ranging from $99,372 to $878,283. For FY 2021, a total of $20 million was distributed via 37 awards ranging from $85,000 to $1,183,411. Refer to the Award file for details.

Contacts:

(See Contact Notes)

Agency Address
Federal Emergency Management Agency
500 C St., SW
Washington, D.C. 20472

Contact Notes:

Questions should be directed to the appropriate program contact listed on pages 36-37 of the NOFA file.

Applications must be submitted online at go.fema.gov.

The agency address provided is for reference purposes only.

Files:
Other Pre-Award File: US16602_Webinar_FY2024.pdf (84.0 Kb)
Award File: US16602_Award_FY2024.pdf (1.0 Mb)
NOFA File: US16602_NOFA_FY2024.pdf (1.5 Mb)
Guide File: US16602_Guide_FY2024.pdf (1.6 Mb)
Other Pre-Award File: US16602_IMP_FY2024.zip (298.2 Kb)
Other Pre-Award File: US16602_FactSheet_FY2024.pdf (129.8 Kb)
Other Pre-Award File: US16602_WebinarPresentation_FY2024.zip (1.1 Mb)
Federal Forms:
SPOC (195.6 Kb)
File Notes:

The NOFA file contains the full solicitation for this program. The Guide file contains detailed application instructions. The Webinar file contains information regarding optional webinars scheduled for this program. The IMP folder contains the implementation and measurement plan (IMP) required for submission, as well as detailed IMP instructions. The FactSheet file contains a fact sheet for this program. The WebinarPresentation folder contains the slides for the webinars held for this program. The Award file contains information on previous award recipients. The SPOC file contains information on the state Single Point of Contact program. Detailed guidelines for the funding agency’s application submission portal can be found online at www.fema.gov/grants/guidance-tools/fema-go.

May 2, 2024
A recording of the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) webinar for this program has been released, and a link to the presentation is available in the Application section. In addition, slides for the webinar have been released and attached as the NOFOWebinarPresentation file in the WebinarPresentation folder. The Eligibility and Financial sections have been updated accordingly.

April 18, 2024
Full solicitation information for this program has been released and attached as the NOFA file. All sections have been updated accordingly.

March 6, 2024
A recording of the forecast webinar for this program has been released, and a link to the presentation is available in the Application section. In addition, slides for the webinar have been released and attached as the ForecastWebinarPresentation file in the WebinarPresentation folder.

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Applicant: Cure Violence Global (CVG)
Summary:

The purpose of this program is to support the development of local prevention programs and online prevention capabilities in support of terrorism prevention objectives. Cure Violence Global requested $750,045 and received $796,328 to detect and interrupt potentially violent conflicts, identify and change the behavior of individuals at the highest risk of extremism, and change community norms in order to prevent violence from both far left and far right extremist populations. The project will utilize digital assessments of trends in radicalization and data analytics to continuously inform on-the-ground training and awareness-raising activities so as to improve the effectiveness of primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions aimed at extremists, their peers, friends, and family members.

 
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Grant Categories
Information Technology/Telecommunications
Law Enforcement
Domestic Preparedness/Homeland Security