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Attachment A <br />FY05 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM <br />regional preparedness efforts .7 State and Urban Area Homeland Security Strategies <br />will continue to serve as an overarching guide to homeland security efforts. States are <br />strongly encouraged to employ regional approaches to planning and preparedness and <br />to adopt regional response structures whenever appropriate to meet the needs <br />identified through the assessments and in the state's homeland security strategy. <br />Furthermore, DHS intends to guide state and local security and preparedness efforts <br />toward a project- oriented process to address common measurable objectives. Security <br />and preparedness officials at all levels should seek opportunities to leverage funding <br />from multiple sources whenever possible and not restrict their activities to federal <br />funding alone. <br />Table 6. FY05 HSGP Programs <br />Program FY05 HSGP overview <br />Program <br />SHSP provides financial assistance directly to each of the states and territories to <br />prevent, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism. SHSP supports the <br />State Homeland implementation of the State Homeland Security Strategy (SHSS) to address the <br />Security Program identified planning, equipment, training, and exercise needs. In addition, SHSP <br />(SHSP) supports the implementation of the NIMS, Homeland Security Presidential <br />Directive (HSPD) 8: National Preparedness, and the National Response Plan <br />(NRP). SHSP is further detailed in Section VI of this solicitation. <br />UASI provides financial assistance to address the unique planning, equipment, <br />training, and exercise needs of high risk urban areas, and to assist them in <br />building an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, respond to, and <br />Urban Areas <br />recover from threats or acts of terrorism. Allowable costs for the urban areas <br />Security Initiative <br />comport with the FY05 SHSP, and funding is expended based on the Urban Area <br />(UASI) <br />Homeland Security Strategies. This funding will be provided to identified urban <br />areas through the SAAB. Funds under FY05 UASI are also available to protect <br />nonprofit organizations located within the urban areas. UASI is further detailed in <br />Section VII of this solicitation. <br />LETPP will provide law enforcement communities with funds to support the <br />following prevention activities: information sharing to preempt terrorist attacks; <br />target hardening to reduce vulnerability of selected high value targets; recognition <br />Law Enforcement <br />and mapping of potential or developing threats; counterterrorism and security <br />Terrorism <br />planning; interoperable communications; and, interdiction of terrorists before they <br />Prevention <br />can execute a threat or intervention activities that prevent terrorists from executing <br />Program (LETPP) <br />a threat. These funds may be used for planning, organization, training, exercises, <br />and equipment, and will be administered by the respective SAX LETPP is further <br />detailed in Section VIII of this solicitation. <br />v <br />As used in this solicitation, the term "regional" refers to multi-state or sub -state geographic areas that function as regions (e.g., the National <br />Capital Region) and is not a reference to any federal regions. <br />DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY I OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS <br />19 <br />