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IDHS Opens Secured School Safety Grant Program For 2019 Grant Applications

Last updated on Tuesday, April 24, 2018

(INDIANAPOLIS) - The Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS) has opened the Secured School Safety Grant Program for 2019 grant applications.

The Secured School Safety Grant program supports schools by providing matching grants to school corporations, accredited non-public schools, charter schools or a coalition of school corporations and/or charter schools.

Secured School Safety Grant funds can be used to:

1. Employ a school resource officer (SROs);
2. Purchase equipment and technology that:
a. Restricts access to school property; or
b. Expedites notifications to local law enforcement and first responders; and/or
3. Conduct a threat assessment.

To apply for the Secured School Safety Grant, an Intent to Apply Form must be completed and emailed to the IDHS Grants Section inbox at grants@dhs.in.gov. When sending the Intent to Apply form to IDHS Grants Management, please enter "FY 2019 SSSG Intent to Apply" into the subject line of the email.

The Intent to Apply Form can be found in appendix A of the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and on the IDHS website dhs.in.gov/grants.htm.

Intent to Apply Forms are due by Friday, April 27, 2018, and final proposals are due by Monday, May 21, 2018.

Please feel free to reach out IDHS Grants Management at grants@dhs.in.gov if you have any questions in regards to the FY 19 Secured School Safety Grant NOFO.

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