2012-2013 DEC ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY IMPACT GRANTS AND GREEN GEMS GRANTS

The application deadline for the 2012-2013 DEC Environmental Justice Community Impact Grants and Green Gems Grants has been extended to April 5, 2013 to allow grant applicants more time to obtain endorsements from their Regional Economic Development Councils. All application materials must be postmarked by April 5, 2013. The recommended date for applicants to submit summaries of their proposals to the Regional Economic Development Councils for endorsement has also been changed to March 1, 2013.

If you have any questions, please contact Arturo Garcia-costas at the DEC Office of Environmental Justice at (518) 402-8556, toll free at (866) 229-0497, or by e-mail at [email protected]. Detailed information about this grant program can also be found on the DEC website at http://www.dec.ny.gov/public/31226.html.

For an application contact: Office of Environmental Justice, Department of Environmental Conservation, at the above address or call (518) 402-8556, Toll free: 1 (866) 229-0497, Facsimile: (518) 402-9018, e-mail: [email protected]

LOCAL, COUNTY AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

Fiscal Year 2012 Explosive Detection Canine Team Grant Program seeks applications for up to $50,000 in federal State Homeland Security Program funding made available by the NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES) for programs to develop and support explosive detection canine team capabilities. The six primary objectives of this grant are: 1.) The advancement of explosive detection canine team capabilities; 2.) The certification of explosive detection canine teams and compliance with annual re-certification requirements; 3.) Participation in DHS’s Office for Bombing Prevention’s Explosive Detection Canine Capability Analysis Program; 4.) Alignment to New York State’s thirteen FBI Accredited bomb squads; 5.) Use of the Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS); and, 6.) Promotion of regional partnerships in the development of mutual explosive detection canine team capabilities. Grants will be awarded to support local, county and Tribal law enforcement agencies with an active road patrol component of their law enforcement operations.

Applications will be accepted until March 7, 2013 through the State’s Electronic Grants Management System (E-Grants).

For the Request for Applications (RFA) please visit the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES) website at http://www.dhses.ny.gov/grants or call DHSES’s Grant Hotline at (866) 837-9133.

LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES

The purpose of this request for grant applications is to invite eligible public safety organizations to apply for grant funds under the State Technical Rescue & Urban Search and Rescue Grant Program. Grants will be awarded for local emergency response teams that provide technical rescue and urban search and rescue (USAR) related services.

ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS: Applications will be accepted from local governmental entities.

Applications will be accepted through 11:59 p.m. on March 6, 2013 through the State’s Electronic Grants Management System (E-Grants). For the Request for Applications (RFA) please visit the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES) website at http://www.dhses.ny.gov/grants/rfa-tr-usar.cfm or DHSES’s Grant Hotline at (866) 837-9133.