Secured School Safety Grant application period closing on June 30, 2026

INDIANA – The Indiana Department of Homeland Security Fiscal Year 2027 Secured School Safety Grant (FY27 SSSG) will close at 4:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. No late or incomplete applications will be accepted. 

The Notice of Funding Opportunity for the FY27 SSSG includes all the information necessary for a successful grant application for the SSSG program.

Before submitting an application, the applicant must: 

• Be registered in IntelliGrants.
• Have an active bidder number with the state of Indiana.
• Have an active supplier number with the state of Indiana.
• Sign up for grant updates.

The period of performance for the FY27 SSSG will be Sept. 1, 2026 – Aug. 31, 2027. 

Since 2014, Indiana has awarded more than $214 million in SSSG grants to support school security. In 2025, 494 schools received more than $27 million in awards.

For complete information on the SSSG program and the history of awards distributed, click here.

Allowable expenses for the FY27 SSSG

The program supports a dedicated state grant fund that provides matching grants to school corporations, accredited non-public schools, charter schools or a coalition of school corporations and/or charter schools applying jointly to:

• Employ a school resource officer (SRO) or law enforcement officer (LEO).
• Conduct a site vulnerability assessment and/or critical incident digital mapping.
• Purchase equipment, hardware, materials and technology to:
  • Restrict access to school property and classrooms; or
  • Assist with visitor management on school property; or
  • Expedite notification of first responders; or
  • Expedite access to school property for first responders; or
  • Provide school staff with information about the open or closed status of interior and exterior doors; or
  • Detect fire, chemical, visual, or audible threats; or
  • Enhance emergency communications inside the building; or
  • Assist with emergency medical response on school property; or
• Implement a student and parent support services plan.
• Purchase or provide training for a canine trained to detect drugs and illegal substances, explosives, or firearms, or to otherwise provide protection for students and school employees.
• Provide funding for school employees to receive training, including expenses for per diem, travel, and lodging related to eligible training. 
• Provide funding for a school resource officer or law enforcement officer to receive training, including expenses for per diem, travel, and lodging, related to handling a trained canine.
• Design and construct additions or renovations on school property if the primary purpose is to enhance the physical security of the school building.
• Implement a bullying prevention program.
• Purchase a one-time non-matching grant to enable school corporations to work with their sheriff to provide the initial setup costs for an active event warning system.
• Provide a response to a threat in a manner that the school corporation or charter school sees fit, including firearms training (curriculum now defined) or other self-defense training or securing funds for counseling in the event of a school shooting.
• Purchase student management technology.
• Purchase audiovisual devices to monitor student seclusion and time-out areas.

Changes impacting FY27 SSSG

Eligibility

Eligible applicants that share a common Federal Identification Number (FEIN), also known as an Employer Identification Number (EIN), are limited to one application per grant cycle.

• Multiple projects from multiple schools can be submitted on one application.
• It will be up to the eligible applicant to determine which school of their group submits the application.
• Additional applications from the group will not be reviewed or awarded.

Funding categories

Eliminated: Bleeding Control Kits/Training has been eliminated as a separate funding category.

• Bleeding control kits can still be requested in the ‘Equipment, Technology, Hardware and Materials’ category under the subcategory ‘Assist with emergency medical response on school property.’
• Training can be requested in the ‘Training Expenditures’ category.

Added: Audiovisual devices for use in monitoring seclusion and time-out areas are now a subcategory in the ‘Equipment, Technology, Hardware and Materials’ category.

Note: For the FY27 SSSG, cell phone pouches or other cell phone storage options are not an allowable expense.

For more information, please submit a Grants Support Ticket.