Deadline: 18-May-22
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now accepting applications for the 2022 Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program to support projects that prevent all forms of targeted violence and terrorism as well as projects that seek to prevent emerging or growing threats.
In particular, individuals and organizations with violent ideologies, conspiracies, and grievances of all kinds are weaponizing online platforms to radicalize individuals to commit targeted violence; this program supports online, offline, and hybrid programs that address this threat.
Objectives
The TVTP Grant Program seeks to support the development of local prevention programs and online prevention capabilities in accordance with the September 2019 Strategic Framework for Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence and in support of the terrorism prevention objectives in the March 2021 Interim National Security Strategic Guidance. This grant program also directly supports Strategic Goal, Strengthen Domestic Terrorism Prevention Resources and Services of the June 2021 National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism.
The objectives of the TVTP Grant Program align with the objectives of developing local prevention frameworks:
- Raising awareness of all aspects of why and how individuals radicalize to violence;
- Ensuring members of the local community are equipped and empowered to engage the broadest set of local stakeholders;
- Ensuring members of the local community have access to multi-disciplinary threat assessment and management teams;
- 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; and
- Ensuring the local community has programs that address risk factors while also providing services supporting threat management approaches.
Priorities
TVTP Grant Program has the following priorities:
- Implementing Prevention Capabilities in Small and Mid-Sized Communities;
- Advancing Equity in Awards and Engaging Underserved Communities in Prevention;
- Addressing Online Aspects of Terrorism and Targeted Violence;
- Preventing Domestic Violent Extremism; and
- Enhancing Local Threat Assessment and Management Capabilities.
Funding Information
- Available Funding for the NOFO: $20,000,000.00
- Period of Performance: 24 Months
- Projected Period of Performance Start Date(s): 10/01/2022
- Projected Period of Performance End Date(s): 09/30/2024
Eligibility Criteria
- Local governments
- Federally recognized Indian tribes
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS status
- Institutions of higher education
- State governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=339426