Deadline: 25-May-21
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (OTVTP)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is inviting proposals for the 2021 Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program.
The FY21 TVTP Grant Program seeks to provide funding to implement local prevention frameworks and explore innovative approaches to preventing targeted violence and terrorism. Applications are being sought in three application tracks: Promising Practices-Single Project, Promising Practices-Multiple Projects, and Innovation.
Objectives
The objectives of the TVTP Grant Program align with the objectives of developing local prevention frameworks:
- Raising awareness of radicalization to violence,
- Raising awareness of the risk factors for – and the protective factors against – radicalization to violence,
- Ensuring members of the local community engage the broadest set of local stakeholders that sustain trusted partnerships and increased communications addressing radicalization to violence,
- Ensuring members of the local community have the ability to act on their awareness training by knowing how to contact – and understanding the role of – threat assessment and management teams,
- Ensuing members of the local community have access to multi-disciplinary threat assessment and management teams, and
- Ensuring the local community has a variety of programs that address risk factors while also providing services supporting threat management approaches.
Priorities
The FY21 TVTP Grant Program has the following priorities:
- Preventing Domestic Violent Extremism
- Enhancing Local Threat Assessment and Management Capabilities
- Implementing Innovative Solutions for Preventing Targeted Violence and Terrorism
- Challenging Online Violence Mobilization Narratives
Funding Information
- Available Funding for the NOFO: $20,000,000.00
- Period of Performance: 24 months
Eligibility Criteria
- Local governments as defined by 2 C.F.R. § 200.1
- Federally recognized Indian tribes as defined by 2 C.F.R. § 200.1
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS status
- Institutions of higher education as defined by 2 C.F.R. § 200.1
- State governments as defined by 2 C.F.R. § 200.1.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=332324
