PA Office of Homeland Security, PEMA, Remind Nonprofit Organizations About Upcoming Security Grant Program Deadline

HARRISBURG, Pa., June 4  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Philadelphia and Pittsburgh nonprofit organizations that are at a high risk of being attacked by terrorists are running out of time to apply for a grant from the Urban Areas Security Initiative Nonprofit Security Grant Program, Pennsylvania's Office of Homeland Security and its Emergency Management Agency reminded today.

Grant applications must be electronically submitted to PEMA at nsgp@state.pa.us no later than Monday, June 11. Applications received after that date will not be considered.  To obtain an application or find more information, visit http://www.pema.state.pa.us/.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security grants are available to 501C(3) nonprofit organizations that are deemed at high-risk of a potential international terrorist attack.  Grant awards can total up to $100,000. Organizations that receive a grant are required to match 25 percent of federal grant funds in cash or through equivalent, related training.  This is a competitive grant program, so funding is not guaranteed to all nonprofit organizations.

To be considered for a nonprofit security grant, an applicant organization must meet certain criteria including, but not limited to:

  -- Identification and substantiation (e.g. police reports or insurance
     claims) of prior threats or attacks against the nonprofit organization
     or directly related organizations (within or outside the U.S.) by a
     terrorist organization, network, or cell;
  -- Symbolic value of the site(s) as a highly recognized national or
     historical institution that renders the site a possible target of
     terrorism;
  -- Role of the applicant nonprofit organization in responding to or
     recovering from terrorist attacks; or
  -- Findings from previously conducted risk assessments including threat,
     vulnerability or consequence.



The U.S. Department of Homeland Security -- designated Urban Areas Security Initiative nonprofits eligible to apply are in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and their surrounding counties, including Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Chester, Delaware, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Mercer, Montgomery, Somerset, Washington and Westmoreland. Anyone with questions about the grant requirements can contact nsgp@state.pa.us.

CONTACT: Justin Fleming

(717) 651-2009 

Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security


CONTACT:  Justin Fleming of the Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security,
+1-717-651-2009



Web site:  http://www.state.pa.us/
http://www.pema.state.pa.us/