The Center For Rural Development, Inc. was awarded a $3 million Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005) to deliver training and certification courses to first responders. The three-year award, made on September 1, 2021, will support the delivery of 199 first responder training courses and three course recertification programs by five sub-awardees. North Carolina Central University will...
This federal Project Grant award of $4,000,000.00 was issued on September 25, 2024 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005). The grant supports the delivery of specialized training courses and development of new curriculum focused on emergency response, hazardous materials management, and community preparedness across state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions. The primary awardee, The Center for Rural...
The University of Arkansas Criminal Justice Institute was awarded a $8,000,000 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005). The funding will support the development and delivery of specialized training curricula, exercises, technical assistance, and educational resources focused on emergency preparedness, hazard response, counterterrorism, and cybersecurity for state, local, tribal, and...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded Columbia University a $3 million project grant on September 29, 2022 under the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005). Through this funding, Columbia University will deliver national domestic preparedness training and services as part of the Department of Homeland Security's National Domestic Preparedness Consortium program. The Consortium program provides funding to support training through the Homeland...
This federal Project Grant award of $7,200,000.00 was issued on September 3, 2024 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005). The award aims to enhance national preparedness capabilities through targeted training and educational resources for emergency responders, homeland security personnel, and related professionals across state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions. The primary awardee, the...
Mississippi State University was awarded a $4 million project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency on September 21, 2022 under the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA #97.005). Through this award and associated subawards, Mississippi State and partner universities will provide specialized training to first responders on the use of unmanned aircraft systems. Kansas State University, New Mexico State University, the University of North Dakota, the...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. The grant aims to support the development and delivery of specialized training and education for state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency responders on a wide range of homeland security and emergency management topics, including cybersecurity, counterterrorism,...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded an $8 million project grant to the University of Arkansas System's Criminal Justice Institute on September 21, 2022 under the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005). Through this award and its federal sub-awards, a variety of cybersecurity training products and services will be delivered to state, local, tribal, and territorial government personnel. The University of Texas at San Antonio will update existing...
The University of Tennessee was awarded a $1,000,000 project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005). The grant will support the University's participation in the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium from September 2021 through August 2024. As part of the Consortium, the University will provide training to eligible applicants to enhance national preparedness for and collective response to...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a $3 million Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation on September 29, 2022 under the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005). The grant will support the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium program, through which the Department of Homeland Security's Homeland Security National Training Program provides funding to deliver training to strengthen domestic preparedness for and response to acts of...