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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it has awarded $30 million in Competitive Training Grants to fifteen organisations. The grants are for training initiatives that ‘further the Department's all hazards mission of preparing the nation to prevent, deter, respond to, and recover from incidents of terrorism and natural disasters’.
The training programs developed from the grants will strengthen preparedness training for first responders, public officials and citizens. The new training programs will enhance preparedness in a variety of areas, including intelligence assessments, citizen readiness, transit and port security and mass casualty care.
The recipients completed a rigorous application process for this grant - competing with 267 applicants from a broad spectrum of entities including: national associations, institutions of higher education, private corporations working in conjunction with the nonprofit sector, and nonprofit organisations.
Grant recipient list
University of Maryland, Baltimore, $1,484,573
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, $2,022,287
IAAM Foundation, $750,000
American Prosecutors Research Institute, $1,500,000
State of West Virginia, $1,103,702
Inclusino Research Institute, $1,000,000
Eastern Michigan University, $968,632
Michigan State University, $1,539,461
University of Tennessee, Law Enforcement Innovation Center, $3,000,000
Homeland Security Institute, $1,000,000
Florida State Univeristy, $6,187,028
Waukesha County Technical College (General Aviation), $750,000
The George Washington University, $4,670,446
American College of Emergency Physicians, $966,075
Trustees of Dartmouth College, $3,057,796
Total Funding $30,000,000
•Date: 4th October 2005 • Region: US • Type:
Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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