Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) (Part A): State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) - FY 2025
| Agency: | U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
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| CFDA: | 97.067 |
| Federal FON: | DHS-25-GPD-067-00-98 |
| Office: | Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) |
| Multipart Grant: | Yes |
| Next Due: | 08/11/2025 (Application) |
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| Solicitation Date: | 07/28/2025 |
| Match Required: | No |
| Actual Funds: | $454,500,000 (Estimated) |
| Range: | $373,500,000 (Max) |
| Number of Awards: | 56 (Estimated) |
Summary:
The purpose of this program is to enhance the ability of state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments, as well as nonprofit organizations, to prevent, protect against, and respond to terrorist attacks. This program is part of the funding agency's comprehensive set of measures to help strengthen the nation's communities against potential terrorist attacks.
All assets supported in part or entirely through this program must be readily deployable and National Incident Management System (NIMS)-typed, when possible, to support emergency or disaster operations per existing Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) agreements.
Funding will be provided for the following program components:
- (Part A): State Homeland Security Program (SHSP)
- (Part D): Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI)
- (Part G): Operation Stonegarden (OPSG)
The purpose of the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) component is to support the implementation of risk-driven, capabilities-based state homeland security strategies to address capability targets. The goal of SHSP is to support statewide and SLTT governments in building, enhancing, and sustaining the capabilities needed to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to acts of terrorism.
Funding is intended to help SLTT agencies address capability gaps identified through the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) and Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR) process, as well as prioritize resources toward high-impact security focus areas, known as National Priority Areas (NPAs).
For FY 2025, this program is focused on the following NPAs:
- Enhancing the protection of soft targets/crowded places
- Supporting homeland security task forces and fusion centers
- Enhancing and integrating cybersecurity resiliency
- Enhancing election security
- Border crisis response and enforcement support
SHSP aims to build a cohesive and collaborative approach to homeland security by promoting national preparedness and resilience. The program provides resources that support eligible SLTT governments in meeting the following objectives:
- Build and sustain core capabilities
- Address capability gaps identified in their THIRA and SPR process
- Implement a comprehensive and coordinated approach to address enduring security needs of communities that includes planning, training and awareness campaigns, equipment and capital projects, and exercises
Refer to pages 13-22 of the NOFA file for additional information regarding each priority area, including examples of eligible activities.
All projects must have a demonstrated nexus to achieving target capabilities related to preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and responding to acts of terrorism. Projects may also help improve preparedness for other types of disasters.
All applicants must develop formal investment justifications (IJs) that address the proposed investments. Applicants must propose at least 2 and up to 12 investments. Within each investment, applicants must propose at least one project.
Applicants must propose one IJ and at least one respective project for the enhancing election security priority area. All projects associated with the minimum spend of a priority area must be submitted in the same IJ.
Applicants must also identify at least one dedicated fusion center project. Applicants must coordinate with the designated fusion center when developing the fusion center project.
Refer to pages 54-57 of the NOFA file for information regarding eligible costs for this component.
Eligibility Notes:
Eligible applicants are states and territories, which include any state of the United States; the District of Columbia; and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The state administrative agency (SAA) is the only entity eligible to submit applications.
In general, applicants must participate in the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), except for American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as detailed on page 31 of the NOFA file.
Applicants must develop investment justifications (IJs) that address the proposed investments. Applicants must propose at least 2 and up to 12 investments. Within each investment, applicants must propose at least one project with a minimum spend requirement, as detailed in the Summary section.
Applicants must also identify at least one dedicated fusion center project.
Tribal governments are not eligible to apply directly to this component for funding; however, funding may be available to tribes through the SAA.
Previous award recipients include:
- Ohio
- Colorado
- Florida
- Arizona
- Michigan
Refer to the Award file for additional information regarding previous award recipients.
Eligible Applicants:
State GovernmentApplication Notes:
Applications must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. ET on August 11, 2025.
Applications must be submitted online at go.fema.gov.
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
- Summary of award request details
- Senior Advisory Committee (SAC) charter and membership/point of contact list
- Detailed budget
- Pre-award costs (if applicable)
- Indirect cost rate agreement (if applicable)
- IJs
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.
Refer to pages 37-38 of the NOFA file for information regarding the application evaluation process for this component.
Refer to the NOFA file for additional application information.
| Match Required: | No |
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| Actual Funds: | $454,500,000 (Estimated) |
| Range: | $373,500,000 (Max) |
| Number of Awards: | 56 (Estimated) |
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Match Notes:
Matching funds are not required for this program; however, applicants are strongly encouraged to begin planning to sustain existing capabilities through funding sources other than the funding agency's preparedness grant programs.
Funding Notes:
A total of $454.5 million is expected to be available to support an anticipated 56 awards for this program overall, with $373.5 million available to support awards through this component. Refer to pages 50-52 of the NOFA file for a list of allocation amounts for each eligible state and territory for this component.
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 September 1, 2025, to August 31, 2028. Extensions to the project period may be permitted.
The recipient state administrative agency (SAA) must pass-through at least 80 percent of the total award amount to local or tribal governments within 45 calendar days of receipt of funds, as detailed on page 40 of the NOFA file.
Award recipients must allocate at least 30 percent of the total award amount to address the identified priority areas listed on page 9 of the NOFA file, with at least 3 percent of the total award amount allocated to the enhancing election security priority area, and at least 10 percent of the total award amount allocated to the supporting border crisis response and enforcement priority area. Award recipients will have the flexibility to allocate the remaining 17 percent of the required allocation across the priority areas.
In addition, at least 35 percent of total funding awarded through this program overall must be allocated to law enforcement terrorism prevention activities (LETPAs), as detailed on pages 10 and 12 of the NOFA file.
Management and administration (M&A) costs are limited to 5 percent of the total award amount.
Personnel costs are limited to 50 percent of the total award amount.
Funds may be used for pre-award costs only with the prior written approval of the funding agency.
Funds may not be transferred between programs, including the Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) component of this program, known in eCivis Grants Network as US2790G.
Funding 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
- The purchase of firearms, ammunition, grenade launchers, bayonets, or weaponized aircraft, vessels, or vehicles of any kind with weapons installed
- The unauthorized exercise-related costs detailed on page 24 of the NOFA file
- The hiring of sworn public safety officers for purposes of fulfilling traditional public safety duties or to supplant traditional public safety positions and responsibilities
Refer to pages 54-57 of the NOFA file for information regarding additional ineligible costs.
For FY 2024, a total of $373.5 million was allocated through this component. For FY 2023, a total of $415 million was allocated. Refer to the Award file for details.
Contacts:
(See Contact Notes)
Agency Address
Federal Emergency Management Agency
P.O. Box 10055
Hyattsville, MD 20782-8055
Contact Notes:
Questions should be directed to the appropriate program contact listed on pages 5-6 of the NOFA file.
Applications must be submitted online at go.fema.gov.
The agency address provided is for reference purposes only.
Files:
NOFA File: US2790A_NOFA_FY2025.pdf (879.3 Kb)Guide File: US2790A_Guide_FY2025.pdf (2.1 Mb)
Award File: US2790A_Award_FY2025.pdf (2.5 Mb)
Federal Forms:
SPOC (67.7 Kb)File Notes:
The NOFA file contains the full solicitation for this program. The Guide file contains the federal agency's Preparedness Grants Manual. 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.
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