Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) | DHS 16 GPD 067 00 01

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) is a discretionary grant opportunity administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through FEMA. Its central goal is to help state and local governments prevent terrorism and other large-scale, catastrophic incidents, while also improving the nation s readiness for the threats and hazards that present the greatest risk to U.S. security. In practical terms, the program is meant to strengthen how communities anticipate, deter, protect against, respond to, and recover from major emergencies, whether those emergencies are intentional attacks or other high-impact events.

A major focus of FY 2016 HSGP is funding work that builds, sustains, and delivers the 32 core capabilities tied to the National Preparedness Goal. Those capabilities span the full preparedness cycle and are intended to make the country more secure and more resilient. The program emphasizes that preparedness is not something any single agency or level of government can handle alone. Instead, it is built around a whole community approach, meaning planning and implementation should account for the needs and contributions of the broader public, including children, individuals with disabilities and others with access and functional needs, diverse communities, and people with limited English proficiency. This framing signals that funded investments should be designed to work in real world conditions, where communities have varied needs and where inclusive planning can directly affect outcomes during crises.

HSGP supports investments across five mission areas: Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery. Which activities are supported depends on allowable costs, but the intent is to cover the kinds of capabilities that help reduce risk before an incident, limit harm during an incident, and speed restoration afterward. The opportunity also aligns with national preparedness doctrine, specifically Presidential Policy Directive 8 (PPD-8) on National Preparedness, and supports the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review mission area focused on strengthening national preparedness and resilience. In other words, the grant is structured to push state and local efforts in the same direction as federal preparedness policy, using shared capability targets and common mission areas.

FY 2016 HSGP is an umbrella program made up of three separate but related grant programs. The State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) generally supports statewide preparedness priorities and capabilities. The Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) is aimed at improving preparedness in high-risk urban areas, supporting regional collaboration and capability-building where population density and critical infrastructure can raise the potential consequences of an incident. Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) focuses on enhancing security along the U.S. land and water borders, typically through support for law enforcement operations and coordination that can help detect, deter, and interdict threats. Together, these components allow FEMA to target both broad statewide capability needs and more specific risk-based needs in urban areas and border environments.

The types of activities funded under HSGP cover the standard set of preparedness investment categories. This includes planning activities (such as developing or updating operational plans and coordination structures), organization (including strengthening governance, partnerships, and operational coordination), equipment purchases (to improve operational capability and interoperability), training (to ensure personnel can use systems and follow procedures effectively), exercises (to validate plans and identify gaps), and management and administration costs needed to run the grant and oversee compliance. The intent is to fund practical, implementable investments that translate into measurable capability gains, rather than standalone purchases or one-off initiatives that do not connect back to the core capabilities.

From the published opportunity data, the funding opportunity title is Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) and the funding opportunity number is DHS 16 GPD 067 00 01. It is listed as a discretionary grant with a funding activity category of Other under CFDA 97.067. Eligible applicants are state governments, with FEMA identified as the awarding agency under DHS. The original application closing date was April 25, 2016. The listing indicates an expected 56 awards. The award ceiling is shown as 0, which typically indicates the ceiling is not specified in the posting or depends on allocations determined by program guidance and formulas rather than a single fixed cap in the synopsis.

Overall, FY 2016 HSGP is designed to move states and eligible urban areas toward stronger, more integrated preparedness by funding investments that support nationally defined core capabilities across prevention through recovery. It stresses coordination and inclusivity, encourages capability-based planning rather than isolated projects, and provides a structured way for states and local partners to build readiness using planning, training, exercises, equipment, and program management support.

• The Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.067.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2016-02-16.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-04-25. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 56 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments.

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