Application Notes:

Prior to submitting an application, applicants must work with the appropriate regional administrator or regional program manager listed online at www.fema.gov to ensure that the appropriate regional and state/territory priorities are effectively addressed in the work plan.

Applications must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. ET on August 11, 2025.

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

Full applications must include:

• SF 424
• Certification regarding lobbying
• SF 424A and/or SF 424C (as applicable)
• SF 424B and/or SF 424D (as applicable)
• SF LLL
• Work plan

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.

Applications will be evaluated according to programmatic criteria, financial integrity criteria, and supplemental financial integrity criteria, as detailed on pages 25-27 of the NOFA file.

Refer to the NOFA file for additional application information.

Match Notes:

Applicants must provide at least 50 percent of the total project costs via nonfederal cash or in-kind contributions.

Matching requirements are waived for the insular areas of the U.S. territories of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Funding Notes:

A total of $319.5 million is expected to be available to support an anticipated 56 awards through this program. Refer to page 65 of the NOFA file for a list of the allocations available to each state/territory.

Funding selections are anticipated to be made by August 23, 2025, and awards are anticipated to be issued by September 30, 2025.

The project period is anticipated to last from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2027. Extensions to the project period may be permitted.

Management and administration (M&A) costs are limited to 5 percent of the award for state or territory emergency management agencies. In addition, local emergency management agencies may retain and use up to 5 percent of awards received from the state for local M&A purposes.

Funds may not be used for:

• Matching or cost sharing requirements for other federal grant awards and cooperative agreements
• Lobbying
• Prosecuting claims against the federal government or any other government entity
• Pre-award costs
• International travel, unless approved in advance by the funding agency
• The unauthorized exercise-related costs detailed on page 44 of the NOFA file 
• The purchase of firearms, ammunition, grenade launchers, bayonets, or weaponized aircraft, vessels, or vehicles of any kind with weapons installed
• Expenditures for weapons systems and ammunition
• Costs associated with hiring, equipping, and training sworn public safety officers whose primary job responsibilities include fulfilling traditional public safety duties such as law enforcement, firefighting, emergency medical services, or other first responder duties
• Costs that supplant traditional public safety positions and responsibilities
• Activities and projects unrelated to the completion and implementation of the program
• Clothing used for everyday wear by emergency management employees or other personnel

For FY 2024, 57 awards ranging from $50,000 to $24,465,792 were distributed through this program. Refer to the Award file for details.

July 29, 2025
A revised full solicitation for this program containing the corrected due date for the application has been released and attached as the NOFA file. The Application section has been updated accordingly.