Faith-Based Security Headlines
These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.
FEMA: Nonprofit Security Grant Program – National Security Supplemental Subapplicant Quick Start Guide
From the FEMA website:
The NSGP is a competitive grant program appropriated annually through DHS and administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). It is intended to help nonprofit organizations increase their physical security posture against acts of terrorism or other extremist attacks.
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Interested nonprofit organizations (subapplicants) must apply to the NSGP-NSS through their State Administrative Agency (SAA) (the applicant). New for NSGP-NSS, nonprofit organizations can apply individually or as a group of subapplicants through a consortium application. Each SAA has an established application submission process with a state-specific deadline to submit all required materials. The application submission deadline in FEMA’s NSGP-NSS NOFO applies to the SAA only—NOT nonprofit organizations or consortium. You will need to contact your SAA point of contact on state-specific deadlines and supplemental application materials or requirements unique to your state or territory. The list of SAAs can be found at: https://www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness/state-administrative-agency-contacts.
Analyst Comments:
Grants can be a great aid to Faith-Based Organizations (FBO), but the application process can be confusing. Those applying for grants should consider reviewing the application procedures. An FBO may have the greatest need for a grant but will not receive the grant if their application does not meet all the process requirements.
The 21 February 2024 Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post provides suggestions for a successful grant application.
Fourth Quarter Virtual Faith-Based Safety and Security Workshop
The Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security and partners cordially invite you to attend the fourth quarterly event of our virtual learning series on Thursday, November 21, 2024. In anticipation of the upcoming holidays, we will focus the last segment of our series on personal safety and security while shopping, both in person and online.
Speakers:
- Allwein, Christopher A
Cyber Intelligence Manager
Pennsylvania State Police
- Cortney Voorhees
Deputy Community Security Director
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
- David P. Shallcross
Director of Senior Protection
Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
Register here.
Analyst Comments:
Members of the faith community that wish to improve their personal safety in person and online should consider attending the Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security’s virtual training. The 24 October 2024 Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post highlighted the vulnerability of faith community members when they can be identified in public and shows the need for this training.
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More Faith-Based Stories
TX: Historical Acres Homes church destroyed in overnight fire; HFD investigating case as arson (The 28 October 2024 Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post highlights the fire threat.)
FBI Sacramento Statement on Upcoming Sikh Parade. (The FBI is aware of potential threats of violence involving rival gangs in or around the vicinity of the Sikh Parade in Yuba City, CA, from November 1-3, 2024.)
NY Chinatown’s Catholic church vandalized during Mass
Suspects sought for stealing bags of clothing from church donation shed in Bucks County
In a small Wisconsin church, Trump’s threat of refugee crackdown looms
Atlanta man arrested for secretly recording people in women’s bathroom at Bloomingdale church
Heightened risk of online scams and phishing attacks amidst 2024 Diwali celebration
The ADL Debunk: False Narratives Around the 2024 Presidential Election (including FALSE NARRATIVE #2: Jews, Zionists and Israel control the election results
Indian ‘spy network’ operates in US and Canada, Sikh separatist claims
Nigeria: Boko Haram beheads Christian in shocking video of massacre
Australia: Police investigating ‘targeted’ vandalism and theft at two of Canberra’s Hindu temples
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: USCIRF Observes International Religious Freedom Day
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US ballot boxes under attack; Homeland Security warns of ‘heightened, dynamic’ threat environment and Ballot drop box fires under investigation in Oregon, Washington
US Intel Says Insider Threats Are ‘Likely’ During the Election
Judges and Border Police Targeted by Anti-Government Extremists, Doxed as ‘Traitors.’
Who is Sheikh Naim Qassem, Hezbollah’s new leader?
Defendants with Ties to White Supremacy Sentenced in Connection with Plot to Destroy Energy Facilities (arrests occurred in 2020)
Moderate to Heavy Snow in the Rockies; Critical Fire Weather Concerns in the Central U.S. National Weather Service
Washington State Raises Human H5 Case Count to 8 – California to 16
Fitness app Strava gives away location of Biden, Trump and other leaders, French newspaper says
July 2024 Cyber Attacks Statistics
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This DAP highlights – FEMA: Nonprofit Security Grant Program Quick Start Guide / Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security’s Virtual Faith-Based Safety and Security Workshop. DAP also has More Faith-Based Stories and Select All-Hazard Stories. These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.
This DAP highlights – FEMA: Nonprofit Security Grant Program Quick Start Guide / Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security’s Virtual Faith-Based Safety and Security Workshop. DAP also has More Faith-Based Stories and Select All-Hazard Stories. These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.
