July 28, 2015

Today Congresswoman Dina Titus from Nevada’s First District announced the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency will award federal grant funds to the State of Nevada and Las Vegas metropolitan area. Nevada will receive $3.7 million as part of the FY 2015 State Homeland Security Funding Program and over $4.4 million as part of the FY 2015 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program. Las Vegas will receive $3 million as part of the FY 2015 Urban Area Security Initiative Program and $75,000 in Nonprofit Security Grant Program funds.

“These grants provide communities in Nevada and across the country the resources needed to best prevent, protect against, mitigate, and respond to acts of terrorism or natural disasters,” said Rep. Titus. “With tens of thousands of tourists and business travelers visiting Las Vegas every day, sufficient funding for counterterrorism activities is critical to Las Vegas’ ability to protect the residents of our great city and to ensure the safety and security of those who travel here.”

“I’m relieved and thrilled to see the homeland security funding for Las Vegas and the Southern Nevada area increase over what it was a couple of years ago,” said Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman.  “Las Vegas needs the additional funding due to the size of our metro area and because of our 40 million visitors each year.  I’m grateful to our Nevada congressional delegation and DHS for creating this positive funding change.”

The State Homeland Security Program and the Urban Areas Security Initiative Program provide funding to support the implementation of State homeland security strategies to address identified planning, organization, equipment, training, and exercise needs to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and other catastrophic events.

Emergency Management Performance Grant Program provides funding to assist state, local, and tribal governments in preparing for all hazards.

Urban Areas Security Initiative Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) provides funding support for target hardening and other physical security enhancements and activities to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of terrorist attack and located within one of the specific UASI-eligible Urban Areas.