Federal Grant Award Summary

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Emergency Management Agency a $5.13 million Project Grant under the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.008) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This award supports the administration and distribution of nonprofit security funding to eligible organizations throughout Ohio's 88 counties. The Ohio Emergency Management Agency serves as the state-level grant administrator, coordinating sub-awards to at-risk nonprofit organizations, including religious institutions, community centers, schools, and healthcare facilities, to implement critical physical and cybersecurity enhancements.

The grant funds enable sub-awardee nonprofits to install surveillance systems, access controls, lighting, fencing, shatter-resistant glass, and other facility hardening measures, as well as contracted security personnel services. These security improvements are designed to mitigate vulnerabilities to terrorist and extremist threats at soft targets and crowded places. As the primary state administrator for this federal program, the Ohio Emergency Management Agency leverages its established infrastructure to distribute funding, conduct vulnerability assessments, develop security implementation plans, and provide technical assistance to local governments and nonprofit entities executing localized security preparedness and infrastructure protection initiatives across the state.