Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP)
Overview
Total Funding Available in FY 2008: $388.6 million
Purpose: The TSGP provides grants to the Nation’s key high-threat Urban Areas to enhance security measures for their critical transit infrastructure including bus, rail, and ferry systems. This year, the TSGP will also provide funding to Amtrak for continued security enhancements for its intercity rail operations between key, high-risk Urban Areas throughout the United States.
Eligible Applicants: Each Governor designates a State Administrative Agency (SAA) to apply for and administer the funds under the TSGP. The SAA is the only agency eligible to apply for the TSGP, and it is also responsible for obligating program funds to the appropriate transit agencies within 45 days of the receipt of funds.
Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP)
TSGP Program Guidance and Application Kit
(PDF 641KB, TXT 196KB)
Freight Rail Security Grant Program (FRSGP)
Total Funding Available in FY 2008: $15 million
Purpose: The purpose of the FY 2008 Freight Rail Security Grant Program (FRSGP) is to create a sustainable, risk-based effort to protect critical surface transportation infrastructure and the traveling public from acts of terrorism, major disasters, and other emergencies within freight railroad systems.
Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants for the FY 2008 FRSGP are determined by DHS as Class I, II, and III freight railroad carriers and owners of railroad cars used in the transportation of security-sensitive material. Applicants are divided into two groups based on the types of projects they can apply for: Class I railroad carriers, and Class II/III railroad carriers.
- Eligible Class I railroad carriers may request funding for security awareness and emergency response training for frontline employees through “pre-priced” training packages provided they have completed both a vulnerability assessment and a security plan.
- Eligible Class II and Class III railroad carriers may request funding to conduct vulnerability assessments and to develop security plans.
FRSGP Program Guidance and Application Kit
(PDF 448KB, TXT 141KB)
Intercity Passenger Rail Program (IPR)
Total Funding Available in FY 2008: $25 million
Purpose: The purpose of the FY 2008 Intercity Passenger Rail Program (Amtrak) is to create a sustainable, risk-based effort to protect critical surface transportation infrastructure and the traveling public from acts of terrorism, major disasters, and other emergencies within the Amtrak rail system.
Eligible Applicants: Amtrak is the only agency eligible to apply for funding.
IPRP Program Guidance and Application Kit
(PDF 430KB, TXT 118KB)
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