Homeland security grant program

The Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards awarded the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management $4,362,750 under the Homeland Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.067) on October 1, 2025. The award funds state and local efforts to prevent terrorism and prepare for threats and hazards posing the greatest risk to United States security, supporting core capabilities related to prevention, preparedness, protection, mitigation, and response to acts of terrorism. The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Little Rock, Arkansas. This is a formula grant, classified as assistance funding distributed according to legislatively mandated minimum allocations and DHS/FEMA risk methodology. Recipients must align funded initiatives with core capabilities identified in the state's Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment / Stakeholder Preparedness Review process and demonstrate support for National Incident Management System–typed resources deployable under Emergency Management Assistance Compact agreements. The award obligated $4,362,750.