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Attachment A <br />FY05 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM <br />VI. STATE HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAM <br />A. t-rogram Overview <br />The FY05 SHSP provides funds to enhance the capability of state and local units of <br />government to prevent, deter, respond to, and recover from incidents of terrorism <br />involving the use of CBRNE weapons and cyber attacks. These funds support costs <br />related to: <br />• Homeland security and emergency operations planning activities <br />• Purchase of specialized equipment <br />• Costs related to the design, development, and conduct of statewide CBRNE and <br />cyber security training programs and attendance at ODP- approved courses <br />• Design, development, conduct, and evaluation of CBRNE and cyber security <br />exercises <br />• M &A costs associated with implementing the SHSS and managing the SHSP <br />program. <br />For those states and local units of government that have addressed agricultural and /or <br />food security preparedness as a primary concern in their strategies, the FY05 SHSP <br />also provides funds in the same broad categories of planning, equipment, training, and <br />exercises, as well as agriculture- specific equipment that could be utilized to address <br />specific gaps in prevention, response, and recovery within the agriculture sector. <br />SHSP further provides the opportunity to enhance regional preparedness efforts. <br />States are encouraged to employ regional approaches to planning and preparedness <br />and to adopt regional response structures whenever appropriate to meet the needs <br />identified through the assessments and in the urban area strategy. Furthermore, CDP <br />intends to guide state and urban area security and preparedness efforts toward a <br />project - oriented process to address common, measurable objectives. <br />Finally, homeland security officials at all levels should seek opportunities to leverage <br />funding from multiple sources whenever possible and not restrict their activities to <br />federal funding alone. <br />All use of SHSP funds must be consistent with and supportive of implementation of the <br />SHSS. Linkages between specific projects undertaken with SHSP funds and strategic <br />goals and objectives will be highlighted through regular required reporting mechanisms, <br />including the [SIP and the BSIR. <br />DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY I OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS <br />62 <br />