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Investment Justification Template 2011

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Investment Justification Guidance for 2011

  1. Applicant Information
  2. Background
  3. Risk: Threats, Vulnerabilities & Potential Consequences
  4. Target Hardening
  5. Milestones
  6. Project Management
  7. Impact
  8. Optional Cost Match
  9. Funding History
Useful links
Security Grant Workshop 2011 Presentation (PDF)
Video of JCRC 2011 training
New York State: Only New York City, Nassau, Suffolk & Westchester are eligible. Get the NY forms here.
New York State E-Grant tutorial 2011.
Other states
Authorized Equipment List 2011 (AEL)
Obtaining your DUNS number
NY Citizen Corp membership info 2011 in Word.
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JCRC-NY Security Grants

The Nonprofit Security Grant Program

Updated: January 18, 2012
Will there be a Nonprofit Security Grant Program in 2012?
On December 23rd, the President signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Bill for FY2012, including funding for Homeland Security. The bill contained contained changes to the 12 current Homeland Security State and Local Grant Programs.

For the first time, Congress included the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), as a stand alone program, one of the 12 that is no longer attached to the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI). UASI is a program with geographic limitations that may no longer apply to NSGP in FY2012.
  1. The changes give the Secretary of Homeland Security new discretionary authority to determine both the allocations to be dispersed among the 12 grant programs (virtually all of the state and local funding distributed by DHS), and, for NSGP, the geographic areas for inclusion (Last year NSGP applicants were required to be located in a Tier 1 UASI. Congress gave the Secretary discretion to define the areas or to require no area at all). 
  2. Total funding for the 12 grant programs was provided this year as a single allocation, at a significantly reduced amount (a cut near $860 million or 43%). The Secretary will determine how the allocation will be split among the grant programs.
By law, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which administers the grant programs, must publish its grant guidance for these programs on or about February 23rd. The reforms of the DHS grant programs raise questions about the future direction  of the NSGP. In advance of this guidance, the Washington Office of JFNA will be meeting with senior officials at the Department of Homeland Security to advocate for a strong NSGP program. All of us owe the Washington Office of JFNA our deepest gratitude.

JCRC-NY guidance
Once the guidelines are published at the end of February, JCRC-NY will update our guidance materials based on the new grant materials and schedule tranings. For further information contact David Pollock at pollockd@jcrcny.org. You may obtain guidance from the JCRC at www.jcrcny.org/securitygrants and the Jewish Federations of North America at: www.jewishfederations.org/homelandsecurity.
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Kudos to the movers and shakers. The fact that there is any chance whatsoever for a FY2011 program is due to the ongoing work and incredible professionalism of a coalition, led by The Jewish Federations of North America/JFNA (with JCRC and UJA-Federation playing active roles) and its Senior Director, Legislative Affairs, Rob Goldberg. The JFNA Washington Office, directed by William Daroff, is the lynchpin in this process and deserves our collective thanks.

We owe a special debt of gratitude to those dedicated public servants who actually administer the grants and answer our questions, especially Shelley Wahrlich, Steve Tierney and Valerie Bloomer. This program could not be successful without their dedication, patience and expertise.

The links on either side of this page are customized for the 2011 grant, but will give you an idea of what will be needed in 2012.