Grant Information

FLIR Systems, Inc.

Federal JAG Grant Program

Grant Details:
Application Due Date: 06/30/2010
Description:

Overview of the JAG Program
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program (42 U.S.C. 3751(a)) is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. JAG funds support all components of the criminal justice system, from multijurisdictional drug and gang task forces to crime prevention and domestic violence programs, courts, corrections, treatment, and justice information sharing initiatives. JAG funded projects may address crime through the provision of services directly to individuals and/or communities and by improving the effectiveness and efficiency of criminal justice systems, processes, and procedures.

Deadline: Registration

Applicants must register with the Office of Justice Programs’ (OJP) Grants Management System (GMS) prior to applying.

Deadline: Applications

June 30, 2010

Eligibility

Applicants are limited to units of local government appearing on the FY 2010 JAG Allocations List. To view this list go to www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/10jagallocations.html. For JAG program purposes, a unit of local government is: a town, township, village, parish, city, county, borough, or other general purpose political subdivision of a state; or, it may also be a federally recognized Indian tribe or Alaskan Native organization that performs law enforcement functions as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. Otherwise a unit of local government may be any law enforcement district or judicial enforcement district established under state law with authority to independently establish a budget and impose taxes. In Louisiana, a unit of local government means the office of a district attorney or a parish sheriff. In the District of Columbia or any United States Trust Territory, a unit of local government is any agency of the District of Columbia or Federal government performing law enforcement functions for the District of Columbia or Trust Territories of the United States.

Purpose Areas
JAG funds may be used for state and local initiatives, technical assistance, training, personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, and criminal justice information systems for criminal justice that will improve or enhance such areas as:

• Law enforcement programs. 
• Prosecution and court programs. 
• Prevention and education programs. 
• Corrections and community corrections programs. 
• Drug treatment and enforcement programs. 
• Planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs. 
• Crime victim and witness programs (other than compensation).

Solicitation

Organization Information:
Organization: Bureau of Justice Assistance
Website: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/index.html

Contact Information:
Contact Email: GMS.HelpDesk@usdoj.gov
Contact Phone: 1–888–549–9901, option 3

More Information:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/jag.html

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant – California

Grant Details:
Application Due Date: April 2011 est
Description:

Information not readily avaliable. Please contact California’s Department of Public Safety.

www.ocjp.ca.gov
Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
Criminal Justice Programs Division
P.O. Box 419047
Rancho Cordova, CA 95741

Contact Information:

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) 
Agency Head 
Scott Frizzie 
916-322-1904 (telephone) 
916-323-1756 (FAX) 
Scott.Frizzie@oes.ca.gov

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) 
Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Contact 
Gwen Durling  
916.324.9166 (telephone) 
916-324-9179 (FAX) 
Gwen.Durling@oes.ca.gov

Organization Information:
Organization: Bureau of Justice Assistance
Website: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/index.html

Contact Information:
Contact Name: Amanda M. Mesa
Contact Email: Amanda.mesa@calema.ca.gov
Contact Phone: (916) 323-2280

More Information:
http://www.ca.gov/

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NOPTIC and FLIR Grant Information

CEDAP
Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program Technology to Support Emergency Responders
Check out LETA’s Pageon Department of Homeland Security’s CEDAP’s Site
Grant Information – LETA website with Sample Grant Request
Some data is out of date but will apply to current and future grant opportunities

LETA – Law Enforcement Thermographers Association

The Law Enforcement Thermographers’ Association is a professional, non-profit, international law enforcement organization dedicated to promoting the legal and ethical use of thermal imaging in support of law enforcement and public safety operations.

You can obtain training and certification via the LETA by visiting their website at:

www.leta.org

• Overview of all FEMA Grant Programs
  http://www.fema.gov/government/grant/
• SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response) GRANT PROGRAM

  The SAFER Grant was created to provide funding directly to fire departments and volunteer firefighter interest organizations in order to help them increase the number of trained, "front-line" firefighters available in their communities.
  FY08 SAFER Grant Guidance
  FY07 SAFER Grant Guidance

• ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT (AFG):

  DESCRIPTION: The primary goal of the Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) is to meet the firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical services organizations. Since 2001, AFG has helped firefighters and other first responders to obtain critically needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training, and other resources needed to protect the public and emergency personnel from fire and related hazards. The Grant Programs Directorate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency administers the grants in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration. For fiscal year 2005, Congress reauthorized the Assistance to Firefighters Grants for an additional 5 years through 2010.

  UPDATES:
  2008 AFG Program Guidance
  2008 Federal Register Notice
  2007 AFG Program Guidance
  2007 Federal Register Notice

• HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM (HSGP)

  DESCRIPTION: A core mission of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is to enhance the ability of State, local and tribal governments to prepare, prevent, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks and other disasters. The Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) is a primary funding mechanism for building and sustaining national preparedness capabilities. HSGP is comprised of four separate grant programs:

  • HSGP State Contacts and Award Information
    • State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP)

      DESCRIPTION: This core assistance program provides funds to build capabilities at the State and local levels through planning, organization, equipment, training, and exercise activities. SHSP also supports the implementation of State homeland security strategies and key elements of the national preparedness architecture, including the National Preparedness Guidelines, the National Incident Management System and the National Response Framework.
      FY08 SHSGP Grant Guidance

    • Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI)

      DESCRIPTION : The UASI program addresses the unique multi-disciplinary planning, organization, equipment, training, and exercise needs of high-threat, high-density urban areas, and assists them in building and sustaining capabilities to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from threats or acts of terrorism. This program provides funding to high-risk urban areas based on risk and effectiveness. FY08 UASI Grant Guidance

    • Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS)

      DESCRIPTION: MMRS grants support local preparedness efforts to respond to all-hazards mass casualty incidents, including epidemic disease outbreaks, natural disasters, large-scale hazardous materials incidents, and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive attacks.
      FY08 MMRS Grant Guidance

    • Citizens Corps Program (CCP)

      DESCRIPTION: Citizen Corps’ mission is to bring together community and government leaders to coordinate community involvement in emergency preparedness, planning, mitigation, response and recovery.

  • CEDAP Program

    The FY 2008 CEDAP complements the FEMA National Preparedness Directorate’s other major grant programs to enhance regional response capabilities, mutual aid, and interoperable communications by providing technology and equipment, together with training and technical assistance required to operate that equipment, to public safety agencies in smaller jurisdictions and certain metropolitan areas. CEDAP General Information: https://www.rkb.us/contentdetail.cfm?content_id=83219

• INFRASTUCTURE PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM (IPP) 2008:

  IPP supports specific activities to protect critical infrastructure, such as ports, mass transit, highways, rail and transportation. IPP grants fund a range of preparedness activities, including strengthening infrastructure against explosive attacks, preparedness planning, equipment purchase, training, exercises, and security management and administration costs.  IPP is comprised of five separate grant programs:

  • Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) – protect critical transit infrastructure from terrorism
    FY08 Transit Security Grant Program – Guidance & Application Kit
  • Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) – to enhance access control and credentialing, protect against IED and other non-conventional attacks, and conduct disaster-response training
    FY08 Port Security Grant Program – Guidance & Application Kit
  • Buffer Zone Protection Program (BZPP) – to safeguard critical infrastructure sites from terrorist site surveillance or attacks with a focus on public-private partnership and fusion center coordination
    FY08 Buffer Zone Protection Program – Guidance & Application Kit
  • Trucking Security Program (TSP) – to identify and recruit highway professionals (carriers, drivers, first responders, highway workers) to actively participate in an anti- terrorism and security awareness program, as well as implement training programs
    FY08 Trucking Security Program – Guidance & Application Kit
  • Intercity Bus Security Grant Program (IBSGP) – to prioritize vulnerability assessments, security plans and preparedness exercises
    FY08 Intercity Bus Security Grant Program

• COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT DIRECT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (CEDAP) 2008: UPDATE – LINK : TO BE ANNOUNCED

  As of Dec. 20, 2007, DHS provides nearly $34 billion to first responders in smaller communities nationwide.

  The application period for CEDAP 2008 is tentatively scheduled to begin in mid-May.

  The FY 2008 CEDAP complements the FEMA National Preparedness Directorate’s other major grant programs to enhance regional response capabilities, mutual aid, and interoperable communications by providing technology and equipment, together with training and technical assistance required to operate that equipment, to public safety agencies in smaller jurisdictions and certain metropolitan areas.

• EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS 2008

  The principal priority for the FY 2008 EMPG funds is to sustain and enhance catastrophic planning capabilities, to include addressing the findings of the FEMA gap analysis program and similar capability assessment efforts, and assisting state and local jurisdictions to address national and regional catastrophic planning needs.  State and local jurisdictions should also continue to focus on addressing state-specific planning issues identified through the 2006 Nationwide Plan Review.  In FY 2008, specific planning focus areas of evacuation planning, logistics and resource management, continuity of operations (COOP) / continuity of government (COG) planning, and recovery planning have been identified as national planning focus areas.

  Assistance

  - FY08 Emergency Management Performance Grant – Guidance & Application Kit
  - FY2008 Emergency Management Performance Grant – Work Plans

GENERAL INFORMATION

• FIRE GRANT SUPPORT

  A FEMA program.  Grants are awarded to fire departments to enhance their ability to protect the public and fire service personnel from fire and related hazards. Three types of grants are available: Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG), Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S), and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER). This Website provides a description of the three types of grants available and offers resources to help fire departments prepare and submit grant requests.

• Round 46 of the FY07 AFG Awards

  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today the forty-sixth round of Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Assistance to Firefighters Grants, awarding 2 grants totaling $113k to fire departments within the United States.

• 2008 ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS (AFG) AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS

  Description: Listing by Fire Department of Grants through AFG that were awarded for 2008.

• ADDITIONAL FIRE GRANT LINKS
  Provides information, tips, and updates to help make you more successful at obtaining funds for your fire department through the Assistance to Firefighters Grants Program. Fiscal Year 2008 AFG Guidance anticipated in Spring, 2008.

INTERNATIONAL GRANT RESOURCES

CANADA

• JOINT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM (JEPP): http://publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/em/jepp/index-en.asp

  JEPP help ensure that all levels of government across Canada are equally prepared to respond to emergencies. PSEPC administers this program which provides funding and support to emergency preparedness and critical infrastructure protection projects and initiatives.

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