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| https://www.portman.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/portman-announces-fy-2021-bipartisan-funding-agreement-doubles-security | Portman Announces FY 2021 Bipartisan Funding Agreement Doubles Security Resources for Faith-Based Communities & Institutions | 2020-12-21 | 2020 | 2020-12 | Republican | Senate | OH | Rob Portman | P000449 | www.portman.senate.gov | legacy | Portman Announces FY 2021 Bipartisan Funding Agreement Doubles Security Resources for Faith-Based Communities & Institutions December 21, 2020 | Press Releases WASHINGTON, DC U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) today announced that the FY 2021 bipartisan funding agreement includes $180 million for the Department of Homeland Security's Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), which provides grants to faith-based and other nonprofit organizations to help secure their facilities against a potential terrorist attack, double the amount allocated in FY 2020. Portman and his bipartisan colleagues sent a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee earlier this month requesting that the NSGP be adequately funded to meet the needs of at-risk organizations.Of the $180 million total, $90 million will be available for nonprofits located within high-risk urban areas, and the remaining $90 million will be available for organizations that fall outside of those areas. I am pleased that the FY 2021 bipartisan funding agreement will include $180 million for nonprofit security grants so that synagogues, religious and cultural facilities, and other nonprofits across our country have the resources they need to better secure their facilities,said Portman.FEMA's Nonprofit Security Grant Program is vitally important to ensure nonprofits, particularly faith-based organizations, have the resources necessary to invest in physical security enhancements, training, and contract security personnel to protect against potential attacks. At a time when we have seen a rise in violence against communities of faith, I'm pleased we have doubled the funding to protect at-risk organizations and communities. NOTE: The Nonprofit Security Grant Program helps nonprofits, identified by threat assessments to be at risk of attack, plan for and ready themselves against potential attacks. In addition to hardening facilities, this program has improved efforts to keep at-risk nonprofit organizations safe by promoting emergency preparedness coordination and collaboration activities between public and private community representatives, as well as with state and local government agencies. In January, Senator Portman and Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) announced that President Trump signed their bipartisanProtecting Faith-Based and Nonprofit Organizations From TerrorismActinto law. This legislation authorizes $75 million annually for five years, from FYs 2020-2024, for the program. Under the legislation, funding may be used for target-hardening activities, training for personnel, and any other appropriate activity, as defined by the FEMA Administrator. While the bill authorizes $75 million annually for the program for the next five years, Congress can appropriate more. Portman joined his bipartisan colleagues in December 2019 in requesting that the appropriators fund the program at $90 million. That request was approved and included in thefinal FY 2020 appropriationsagreement. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |