Project Grant EMW2025GR05057

The Common Sense Policy Institute (operating as the Functional Government Initiative) received a $2.25 million Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program (CFDA 97.132). The award, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028, supports community-based prevention initiatives designed to enhance local capacity for recognizing and intervening in targeted violence and terrorism risk factors. Based on the TVTP program framework, the funded activities are expected to include educational programs, community outreach, training initiatives, and technical assistance focused on helping communities identify escalation indicators and develop multidisciplinary intervention strategies.

The three-year project will be performed in Alexandria, Virginia. The TVTP program emphasizes prevention-focused approaches to domestic violent extremism, anti-government threats, and potential terrorist-inspired attacks through engagement with diverse stakeholders including academic institutions, local governments, and nonprofit organizations. This award represents one of multiple projects funded under the TVTP initiative, which typically allocates resources across Promising Practices and Innovation funding tracks to strengthen prevention capabilities at the community level.