Apply for a State-Share Grant

To apply for funding, you need to review the

• FFY2021 State Share Notice of Funding Opportunity

and complete and submit:

• State Share Application
• Sub-Grantee Risk Assessment Form

You may need to provide the following information if your proposal:

Proposed budgets must ensure all costs are allowable per FEMA's federal guidelines:

• Allowable costs:
  • Planning
  • Operational
  • Equipment
  • Training
  • Exercises
  • Maintenance
  • Management and administration
• Unallowable costs:
  • Purchasing prohibited equipment
  • Hiring of law enforcement officials
  • Supplanting of funds

Propose projects must comply with the procedures and requirements detailed by:

• FEMA's Authorized Equipment List 
• Environmental Planning and Historical Preservation
• Massachusetts Historical Commission
• Local Historic Commission

Proposals are evaluated based on the:

• Clarity of the project description
• Detail provided in the project scope and Project Justification
• Relevancy to the goal(s), objective(s), and implantation step(s) contained within the State Homeland Security Strategy
• Capacity to support a Homeland Security Grant Program State Priority
• Ability to measure program outcomes
• Cost effectiveness, reasonableness, and allow-ability of the proposed project budget
• Feasibility of a proposed timeline and deliverables

Applicants are encouraged to review the following documents (available upon request from your State Share program coordinator):

• State Homeland Security Strategy
• National Preparedness Report