Grant Details

The SHSP is a core assistance program that provides funds to build capabilities at the State, local, tribal, and territorial levels, to enhance our national resilience to absorb disruptions and rapidly recover from incidents both natural and man-made as well as to implement the goals and objectives included in State homeland security strategies and initiatives in their State Preparedness Report (SPR). 

SHSP supports the implementation of risk driven, capabilities-based State Homeland Security Strategies to address capability targets set in Urban Area, State, and regional Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments (THIRAs). The capability levels are assessed in the State Preparedness Report (SPR) and inform planning, organization, equipment, training, and exercise needs to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and other catastrophic events.

In Indiana, the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS) is responsible for coordinating homeland security initiatives and various federal grants. Funds through SHSP are used to aid in the training of emergency first responders, the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment for combating and preventing terrorist acts and for planning, and exercise. Funds are also used for management, administration and the development of citizen corps projects at the local level.

Based on a review of local capability assessments and the 2017 State Preparedness Report, the following core capabilities have been identified as a high funding priority for the FY 2020 SHSP grant cycle:

• Planning;
• Public Information and Warning;
• Operational Coordination;
• Screening, Search and Detection;
• Forensics and Attribution;
• Access Control and Identity Verification;
• Supply Chain Integrity and Security;
• Cybersecurity;
• Community Resilience;
• Risk and Disaster Resilience Assessment;
• Mass Care Services;
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management;
• Mass Search and Rescue Operations;
• Critical Transportation;
• Infrastructure Systems; and
• Operational Communication.

The following core capabilities have been identified as a medium funding priority for the FY 2020 SHSP grant cycle:

• Interdiction and Disruption;
• Intelligence and Information Sharing;
• Risk Management for Protection Programs and Activities;
• Physical Protective Measures;
• Long Term Vulnerability Reduction
• Mass Search and Rescue Operations;
• Environmental Response, Health, and Safety;
• Critical Transportation;
• Fatality Management;
• Situational Assessment; and
• Infrastructure Systems (Response).

The following core capabilities have been identified as a low funding priority for the FY 2020 SHSP grant cycle:

• Threats and Hazards Identification;
• Public Health, Healthcare, and Emergency Medical Services; and
• Operational Communication.