Project Grant EMW2022GR00055
- This federal Project Grant award of $3,600,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The award, which began on February 1, 2025 and is scheduled for completion by January 31, 2028, will support workforce development and community enhancement initiatives at the University of Rhode Island (URI). As a public land-grant research university, URI will leverage...
- The University of Maryland, College Park received a $1.5 million project grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency on September 2, 2022 under the Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention grant program (CFDA 97.132). The grant will support the university's efforts to increase community awareness of the signs that someone may be escalating towards violence or terrorism and of the threats of targeted violence. It will also help the community understand risk...
- The Urban Rural Action organization was awarded a $1,538,380 project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency on September 2, 2022 under the Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention program (CFDA 97.132). The grant will support Urban Rural Action's efforts to advance the six objectives of the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program, including increasing community awareness of the signs that someone may be escalating towards violence or...
- The University of Rhode Island Research Foundation (URI Research Foundation) received a $300,000 Project Grant award under the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration's Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The grant, awarded on July 1, 2024, will support the URI Research Foundation's delivery of workforce development and community enhancement initiatives in Rhode Island over a two-year period ending on June 30, 2026. The...
- The University of Dayton Research Institute was awarded a $704,218 project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency on September 15, 2022 under the agency's Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention grant program (CFDA 97.132). The grant will support the University's delivery of services to increase community awareness of the signs of escalating violence and terrorism threats, as well as risk factors and protective factors. The University will work with the...
- The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a $846,851 project grant to the University of Illinois under the Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention program. The grant period is from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. The University will use the funding to deliver two counter violent extremism initiatives. Project 1 involves integrating and implementing community awareness efforts around risk factors and threats of targeted violence. Project 2 entails refining...
- The University of Vermont & State Agricultural College (UVM) was awarded a $943,976.00 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on August 28, 2023. The grant was awarded under FEMA's Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) program (CFDA 97.132), which aims to increase local awareness of the signs of escalating violence and threats of targeted violence and terrorism. Through this grant funding, UVM will provide a range of services...
- The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a $295,020 project grant to the International Center For The Study Of Violent Extremism on September 18, 2022 under the Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention program (CFDA 97.132). The grant will support the Center's work countering violent extremism by raising local community awareness of the signs that someone may be escalating towards violence or terrorism and of the threats of targeted violence and terrorism. The...
- The Regents of the University of Colorado, through its Office of Contracts and Grants Division, was awarded a $868,875 Federal Project Grant by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program (CFDA 97.132). The grant, awarded on September 19, 2023, will support initiatives focused on preventing targeted violence and terrorism in local communities across the United States. Funded activities are...
- The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded $846,000 to the Hawaii Department of Defense Civil Defense Division through the Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention grant program (CFDA 97.132) on September 18, 2022. The funding will support efforts to counter violent extremism in Honolulu, Hawaii through raising community awareness of the signs that someone may be escalating towards violence or terrorism and of the threats of targeted violence and terrorism....
The University of Rhode Island was awarded a $1,403,224 project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention grant program (CFDA 97.132). The grant will support URI's efforts to counter violent extremism in Kingston, Rhode Island through raising local community awareness of the signs that someone may be escalating towards violence or terrorism. Specifically, the University will conduct outreach educating the public on risk factors and threats of targeted violence and terrorism, while also informing community members about how to report suspicious activity to law enforcement. The grant enables URI to help prevent extremism at the local level by enhancing understanding of the pathways that can lead an individual to commit an act of targeted violence and empowering the Kingston community to intervene early when they detect potential risks.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $701.6k | 9/14/22 | ||
| Not listed | $701.6k | 9/14/22 |