Federal Grant Award Summary

Butler County Sheriff's Office received a $1.25 million Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program (CFDA 97.132), awarded on September 1, 2025, with a performance period extending through August 31, 2028. The grant supports the development and implementation of sustainable, multidisciplinary community-based violence and terrorism prevention capabilities designed to address domestic violent extremism motivated by racial, ethnic, political, religious, or anti-government ideologies, as well as foreign terrorist organization-inspired threats. The initiative emphasizes the establishment of multidisciplinary prevention teams comprising mental health providers, educators, faith leaders, public health officials, social services representatives, and nonprofit partners to deliver threat assessment and management services, recidivism reduction programming for individuals convicted of terrorism-related offenses, and evidence-based innovation pilots.

The grant funding enables Butler County to develop replicable prevention practices and frameworks that can be implemented across local communities with minimal cost and extended impact. As a non-renewable, noncompetitive award representative of the 2025 funding cycle, this grant constitutes a separate annual allocation subject to FEMA monitoring, compliance requirements, and potential period-of-performance extensions consistent with FEMA policy. The award positions the county's Sheriff's Office as a prime recipient responsible for administering subawards to partners and ensuring compliance with all federal programmatic and financial requirements.