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Grant Program Guidelines
An up-to-date listing of justice, public safety and homeland security grant programs and related guidelines detailing each grant's purpose, funding budget, technology focus, eligibility criteria, deadlines and program priorities.

Grant Allocations and Awards
Presentation of grant allocations and awards by state, program, amount and announcement date. A list is posted once the announcement identifying recipient agencies selected by the federal granting agency is made available.

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FEMA Preparedness Grants Application Period to Open Soon
The Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has announced that the grant application period for Preparedness Grants (except for Assistance to Firefighters Grants) will open February 17, 2012 and will continue through the months of March and April.

The projected application period for the 2012 Fire Prevention and Safety Grant (FR&S) is early April 2012, and the projected application period for the 2012 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) is June/July 2012.

The 2011 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants application period opened on January 30, 2012, and will run until February 24, 2012.

FY 2011 SAFER Grants Application Period to Open Soon
The Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced that the FY 2011 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants application period will open soon. The dates will be posted on the AFG website at www.fema.gov/firegrants/safer/index.shtm, along with the instructions for preparing an application.
FEMA has posted three get ready guides on the AFG Web site to help kick-start the application process. The first get ready guide covers the overall SAFER Grant program, and two other guides describe basic information about applying for the two SAFER grant activities: Hiring of Firefighters and the Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters. See "Important Information and Updates" on the SAFER web page at www.fema.gov/firegrants/safer/index.shtm

Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ) and Chairman Peter King (R-NY) Introduce Bill to Fund Communications Equipment for First Responders
The horrific attacks of September 11, 2001 brought to light a massive communications crisis concerning America's emergency response system and wireless communications. The Help Emergency Responders Operate Emergency Systems (HEROES) Act helps address this serious problem.

Released September 20, 2011
CONTACT: Aaron Keyak
office: (202) 225-5061
cell: (202) 905-6361
email: aaron.keyak@mail.house.gov

Washington, DC -- Today, Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ) and House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King (R-NY), introduced the Help Emergency Responders Operate Emergency Systems (HEROES) Act. Together, they are fighting to ensure that First Responders have the communications equipment to do their jobs and that the local taxpayers do not have to unfairly pay for an unfunded federal mandate. The HEROES Act will address the vulnerability of our emergency communication networks by setting up a DHS-administered grant program for local municipalities to apply for funding for essential communications equipment that the federal government requires them to upgrade.

The HEROES Act of 2011 will:

Establish a $400 million DHS-administered Narrowbanding Compliance Assistance Program to assist first responders in meeting the January 1, 2013 narrowband mandate
Use the sale of federally owned spectrum to pay for the competitive grant program
Reallocate the D block to public safety and provide funding for the construction of a national interoperable public safety wireless broadband network

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