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Core project details and attributes.
Pick the subcommittee whose chair has the right expertise to evaluate this project. The chair will get an email immediately after you submit. If you're not sure, pick the one that best matches your project's main capability — admin can reassign later if needed.
Region 1 typically has 3 active SHSP grant years at once. Older years expire sooner — the ⚠ icon shows years that are closing.
Not sure which one? Pick the newest year (pre-selected for you). Your admin can reassign it later if needed.
Which program investment category does this project fall under?
Which emergency-management capability does this project most support?
Regional reviewers expect all five. Cover them in any order, with as much specificity as you can:
Always include quantity, even if it's a rough estimate at application time.
Creating something new, or maintaining what you have?
Could this be sent to help another area?
Could another area use this without moving it?
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Project dates and construction scope.
Where is this project right now — just starting, or already underway?
Pick the option that best fits where the project stands now:
Most submissions are one of these two. Use judgment for Control or Closeout if the project is well underway.
Will you build, renovate, or disturb ground? If yes, an extra federal review may be required.
Whenever we want to use federal funds to undertake a construction/renovation project that involves modifications to an existing permanent structure or ground disturbance of any kind, we have to do an EHP review before we start on the project. This field is to identify which projects will need to do that review.
Planning — allocate your Planning total across these sub-items.
Organization — allocate your Organization total across these sub-items.
Equipment — enter amounts against the Authorized Equipment List (AEL) categories.
This page breaks down your total for this solution area into eligible sub-categories. Pick the sub-category that best fits how you'll actually spend the money — these are meant to cover every allowable cost. If nothing here fits, the expense probably isn't allowable under SHSP (but ask if you're unsure). The running total at the bottom must equal the amount you entered in Step 2.
Equipment has an extra rule: it must meet the applicable Authorized Equipment List (AEL) requirements. When you look up an AEL item, confirm:
Training — allocate your Training total across these sub-items.
Exercise — allocate your Exercise total across these sub-items.
Milestones Description & Date
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Utah is limited to 10 Investment categories under SHSP. Every project must fit under exactly one — pick the category whose focus most closely matches what your project will do.
Projects in ★ and ★★ categories go through an Enhanced Effectiveness Review (EER) during application. All projects should aim for that bar, but ★/★★ projects often need extra detail. Region 1 administrators coordinate the required priority-area minimums.
Use for: Addressing the rise, influence, and spread of domestic violent extremism.
Examples: open-source analysis of disinformation, misinformation, and online threats; intelligence sharing; threat-assessment programs for DVE indicators and behaviors; training and awareness programs (e.g., SAR indicators) to help prevent radicalization; public education on misinformation campaigns.
Use for: Community organizations and emergency response teams, with emphasis on equity, accessibility, and inclusion — particularly for underserved, at-risk communities.
Examples: CERT and Teen CERT establishment, training, and equipment; CERT Train-the-Trainer / Program Manager delivery; continuity training for faith-based, business, and community organizations; Student Tools for Emergency Planning curricula; Emergency Financial First Aid Kit assistance; "You Are the Help Until Help Arrives" workshops; youth preparedness (Prepare with Pedro, Ready2Help); community mapping; misinformation/disinformation awareness with civic partners.
Use for: Securing critical infrastructure and core capabilities against acts of terrorism.
Examples: cybersecurity risk assessments; migrating online services to the ".gov" domain; remediating vulnerabilities identified in assessments; alignment to CISA and NIST Cybersecurity Framework baselines; cybersecurity training and planning.
Use for: Securing election infrastructure and ensuring elections free from foreign interference.
Examples: physical security planning; physical/site measures (locks, shatter-proof glass, alarms); election-security navigator support; cyber navigator support; cybersecurity risk assessments, training, and planning; vulnerability remediation; iterative/encrypted backups, network segmentation, monitoring software, endpoint protection; DDoS protection; ".gov" domain migration.
Use for: Timely sharing and analysis of open-source, unclassified, and classified intelligence, SARs, tips, and leads to identify and mitigate threats.
Examples: fusion center operations (fusion-center work now lives here, not as a standalone investment); information sharing with DHS components, fusion centers, and federal LE/intel entities; cooperation with DHS on threat recognition and analysis; identifying, assessing, and reporting threats of violence; joint intelligence-analysis training and planning.
Use for: Public-private collaboration to secure transit centers, parks, restaurants, shopping centers, event venues, polling places, and similar facilities.
Examples: operational overtime; physical security enhancements; CCTV, screening equipment, lighting, access controls, fencing/gates/barriers; UAS detection technologies; public information and warning systems with geo-fencing for transient populations.
Use for: Emergency Management programs and efforts across participating jurisdictions.
Examples: EOCs / Mobile EOCs / MACCs and other all-hazards response facilities; Emergency Operations Plan development; Emergency Management equipment (logistical support, etc.); ICS / NIMS training; EOP exercises.
Use for: Operational Communications capabilities across any discipline, aligned to adopted communications interoperability plans.
Examples: P-25 compliance work; any communications-capability enhancement identified in the applicable interoperability plan.
Important: all operational communications projects go here, even if they appear to overlap another investment.
Use for: Prevention- and Protection-mission projects with a terrorism nexus that don't fit cleanly under another investment.
Examples: Interdiction and Disruption projects for SWAT / tactical entry teams (weapons and weapon accessories are unallowable); Screening, Search, and Detection enhancements; physical protective measures for critical infrastructure (where STCP doesn't fit); accredited bomb squads and EOD capabilities.
Use for: Response-mission projects with a terrorism nexus that don't fit cleanly under another investment.
Examples: HazMat Teams; Urban Search and Rescue Teams; Rescue Task Forces; Mass Casualty Incident Response teams; sheltering capabilities tied to an act of terrorism.
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