Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention

 

The TVTP Grant Program has six objectives: The local community has awareness of the signs that someone may be escalating towards violence and of the threats of targeted violence and terrorism. The local community has awareness of both risk factors for and protective factors against escalation to violence. Members of the local community engage the broadest and most diverse set of local stakeholders, sharing resources and best practices and building trusted partnerships to address targeted violence and terrorism. Members of the local community can act on bystander training and help individuals before they escalate to violence by understanding the role of, and the means to contact, threat assessment, and management teams. Members of the local community have access to multi-disciplinary threat assessment and management teams comprised of individuals such as psychologists, educators, faith leaders, and medical personnel that can provide support to an individual before an act of violence takes place. The local community has programs that address risk factors for, and strengthen protective factors against, escalation to violence, including recidivism reduction programming. Priorities: The TVTP Grant Program has five priorities: Implementing Prevention Capabilities in Small and Mid-Sized Communities; Advancing Equity in Awards and Engaging Underserved Communities in Prevention; Addressing Online Aspects of Targeted Violence and Terrorism; Preventing Domestic Violent Extremism; and Enhancing Local Threat Assessment and Management Capabilities. Performance Measures: Performance Measures for the TVTP program are provided in the TVTPs Notice of Funding Opportunity available at grants.gov.

Active 97.132 Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2016 Enhanced community resilience to recruitment and radicalization; Development of off-ramps for individuals who are being radicalized to violence; Creation or amplification of counter messages to the recruitment or radicalization narrative; and Effective resistance to violent extremist ideology and online recruitment efforts targeting U.S.-based individuals. Enhanced capacity of local organizations to conduct CVE activities. Increased prevention and resilience planning and prioritization from state and local governments.
Fiscal Year 2017 Enhanced community resilience to recruitment and radicalization; Development of off-ramps for individuals who are being radicalized to violence; Creation or amplification of counter messages to the recruitment or radicalization narrative; and Effective resistance to violent extremist ideology and online recruitment efforts targeting U.S.-based individuals. Enhanced capacity of local organizations to conduct CVE activities. Increased prevention and resilience planning and prioritization from state and local governments.
Fiscal Year 2019 Accomplishments under the program name “Countering Violent Extremism”: Data collected in these projects show increases in willingness to intervene, increases in knowledge and protective factors, and decreases in risk factors. DHS Staff have identified five models for replication based on these positive outcomes by grantees including: 1. Intervention Capabilities; 2. Regional Prevention Planning and Implementation; 3. Law Enforcement Training; 4. Law Enforcement Led Youth Resilience Building; and 5. Community Led Resilience Building. Outputs: Through seven quarters grantees reported: • Conducting over 700 activities including over 200 training sessions. • In person participation of approximately 40,000 people, including approximately 2,000 law enforcement officers and 2,500 other professionals such as service providers that have an exponential prevention value in their communities. • Approximately 1,300 partnerships with other organizations. • Digitally: Grantee content has garnered 4 million impressions, and nearly 2 million engagements (Likes, shares, clicks, etc.). Other Outputs • Four states (Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, and Virginia) piloted a Roadmap developed to create statewide strategies to prevent targeted violence • Seven cities are establishing regional resilience frameworks: • Intervention protocols and trainings. • Locally tailored community threat briefings. • Mobile App for developing viral counter messages. • Tailored training to key audiences: Bystander/Gatekeeper training, youth resilience-building curricula, toolkits for mental health professionals.
Fiscal Year 2020 This funding addressed a gap in our nation’s prevention capabilities: • Enhancing awareness to the threat of individuals mobilizing or radicalizing to violence; • Intervening with such individuals; • Developing resilience or protective factors in communities and with individuals; and • Providing alternative messages or activities that challenge violent narratives.
Fiscal Year 2021 The grant has empowered the building of Threat Assessment Management teams in Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Washington D.C., the Bay Area, Michigan, and the state of Hawaii. Moreover, under the grant, local institutions such as hospitals, universities, local non-profits and schools have developed TA capabilities to identify and respond to targeted violence and terrorism before they occur. For example, grantees coordinate information sharing and meetings between various members of the community to not only identify a potential sign of radicalization to violence, but also to determine how to best handle the case who is best to handle the case. So far 56 cases have been referred to the appropriate TA member and 94 cases have been intervened successfully. Furthermore, so far FY 20 and FY 21 grantees have trained more than 5,000 individuals on topics such as Targeted Violence: Community Awareness, Behavioral Analysis, and Prevention Strategies, media literacy, and youth leadership, among others.
Fiscal Year 2023 • 109 awards have been award across the TVTP Grant Program to date (29 in FY20, 43 in FY21 and 37 in FY22) • A geographically diverse selection of grantees has been made across the FY20, FY21, and FY22 grant cycles, reaching 33 unique states and the District of Columbia. The Grant Program has also prioritized outreach efforts to underserved communities, making awards to 2 tribal government agencies, 2 HBCUs, 2 LGBTQ-serving organizations, and multiple other organizations reaching underserved communities such as rural communities • Via the FY20 Grant Program alone, over 15,000 individuals had been directly reached via grant-funded activities as of March 31, 2023 Public Law -
Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended (Pub. L. No 107-296) State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals), Local (includes State-designated lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals, Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Federally Recognized lndian Tribal Governments, Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals). Refer to the Funding Opportunity Announcement for the program. Refer to funding opportunity announcement www.grants.gov Preapplication coordination is required. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. 2 C.F.R. Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) for this listing will be posted on Grants.gov Please refer to program guidance. Refer to Program Guidance https://www.grants.gov/w Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines Please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunity for deadline submission. Please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunity. Please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunity. Refer to the Funding Opportunity Announcement for the program. Federal funds made available through this award may only be used for the purpose set forth in this award and must be consistent with the statutory authority for the award. Award funds may not be used for matching funds for any other Federal grants/cooperative agreements, lobbying, or intervention in Federal regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. In addition, federal funds may not be used to sue the federal government or any other government entity. Performance Reports: As the awarding agency, FEMA will conduct performance monitoring of the prime recipient(s) related to financial aspects of the award(s). The DHS Office of Community Partnerships, as the programmatic lead, will conduct performance monitoring of prime recipients. The Prime Recipient(s) will be responsible for conducting programmatic and financial monitoring of subrecipient(s). In accordance with the provisions of 2 C.F.R. Part 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, non-federal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 C.F.R. ? 200.503 For fiscal years beginning on or after December 26, 2014, recipients that expend $750,000.00 or more from all federal funding sources during their fiscal year are required to submit an organization-wide financial and compliance audit report, also known as a "single audit" report. The audit must be performed in accordance with the requirements of Government and Accountability Office's (GAO) Government Auditing Standards, located at https://www.gao.gov/yellowbook/overview, and the requirements of Subpart F of 2 C.F.R. Part 200, located at http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?node=sp2.1.200.f. Grant records shall be retained for a period of 3 years from the day the recipient submits its final expenditure report. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit, or other action involving the records has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the records must be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later. Grant records include financial and program/progress reports, support documents, statistical records, and other documents that support the activity and/or expenditure of the recipient or sub-recipient under the award. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

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MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Refer to Funding Opportunity Announcement for the program. U.S. Territories, State, Local, Education (13+), Public nonprofit institution/organization, Other public institution/organization, Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments Beneficiary eligibility is the same as applicant eligibility. Refer to funding Opportunity Announcement for the program. None/Not specified. Center for Prevention Programs and Partnership
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Phone: 2022828000 https://www.dhs.gov/targeted-violence-and-terrorism-prevention-applicant-grant-program-applicant-resources 70-0413-0-1-453 (Project Grants) FY 22$20,000,000.00; FY 23 est $20,000,000.00; FY 24 est $20,000,000.00; FY 21$20,000,000.00; FY 20$10,000,000.00; FY 19$0.00; FY 17 est $10,000,000.00; FY 18 est $0.00; FY 16 est $10,000,000.00; - Refer to Funding Opportunity Announcement Awards can range from less than $50,000 to more than $1,100,000. See below for average award amount by fiscal year: o FY20 Grant Program: $689,000 average award o FY21 Grant Program: $465,000 average award o FY22 Grant Program $540,000 average award 2 CFR Part 3002. Fiscal Year 2017 Please visit https:www.dhs.gov/cvegrants for more information about projects awarded under this program.
Fiscal Year 2020 Please see examples of funded projects at www.dhs.gov/TVTPGrants
Fiscal Year 2021 Fiscal Year 2020 and 2021: Please see examples of funded projects at www.dhs.gov/TVTPGrants
Fiscal Year 2022 The TVTP Grant Program funds projects within the “Innovation” project rack as well as 8 project types within the “Promising Practices” Project Track, please see below for descriptions of each of the 8 project types and the “Innovation” project track. Interested parties may visit the DHS Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships’ TVTP Grant Program webpage to find examples of specific funded projects within this project types, as well as the full application narratives for these projects. See: • https://www.dhs.gov/tvtpgrants 1. Raising Societal Awareness Eligible entities may apply for funding to raise awareness of targeted violence and terrorism prevention for community members (law enforcement, service providers, faith leaders, and other audiences). Awareness raising activities shall focus on risk factors and protective factors (as defined in Appendix A of the TVTP notice of funding opportunity accessible at www.grants.gov.) for individuals escalating to violence. DHS Community Awareness Briefings can be requested by applicants and customized for local needs. Applicants may propose specific awareness raising activities 2. Understanding Violent Content Eligible entities may apply to develop and deliver training to students or adults, either as part of standalone classes or integrated into a larger curriculum, dedicated to building skillsets to recognize and develop resilience to content that has a significant likelihood of moving individuals toward violence. Topics covered in proposed curricula shall include identifying, avoiding, or rejecting communications that are likely to be used to manipulate audiences by fomenting or encouraging targeted violence or terrorism. Applicants should describe the main themes of lesson plans that will be included in the proposed curricula. Successful applicants will demonstrate ready access to the target population for the curricula such as school, school district, college/university, community learning center, or other entity with access to an appropriate target population with a letter of support/intent from a school. 3. Civic Engagement Civic engagement means building and sustaining partnerships for the purpose of increasing understanding between groups, to lesson fear or hatred in communities. Eligible entities may apply for funding to build or expand programs that encourage community engagement, education, and resilience against individuals escalating to violence. Applicants for this project must describe how they will build partnerships with a diverse array of local or national stakeholders to further the mission of targeted violence and terrorism prevention. In doing so, applicants are encouraged to seek partnerships with organizations that represent underserved communities (see Appendix D of the TVTP notice of funding opportunity accessible at www.grants.gov.) for a definition of “underserved community”). Intended activities will address early-stage escalation to violence through coordination and engagement activities that reduce community vulnerability to associated risk factors or enhance protective factors (as defined above). Applicants must describe how intended outcomes seek to increase community resilience to escalation to violence through the understanding of threat prevention, improved social cohesion, reduced inter-group tensions, or reduced youth vulnerability. 4. Youth Resilience Programs Eligible entities may apply for funding to establish or expand programming to develop protective factors in youth. Applicants must propose programs that reduce the risk factors associated with young people escalating to violence, as well as increase protective factors including leadership, mentorship, employment skill building, or civic engagement. Applicants should refer to the “Definitions” section of Appendix D of the TVTP notice of funding opportunity accessible at www.grants.gov for a definitions of risk and protective factors. 5. Threat Assessment and Management Teams a. Eligible entities may apply for funding to develop a threat assessment and management capability. This capability must include training for practitioners, development of protocols for handling referrals, and work with individuals with risk factors for targeted violence and terrorism. 6. Bystander Training a. Eligible entities may apply for funding to deliver Bystander Training in their local community. A bystander is defined as someone who is positioned to observe behaviors related to a person who may be considering acting violently. If applicants propose developing training, topics covered in the curricula shall include risk factors behavioral changes, and provide a locally relevant list of services or contact information for providers to make referrals. Applicants should describe the main themes of the training that will be included in the proposed curricula. Successful applicants will demonstrate ready access to their target population.