Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
Program Guidance and Application Kits
The Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) within the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) is pleased to announce the availability of the FY 2009 ARRA Program Guidance and
Application Kits. These kits will be available online at
http://www.fema.gov/grants later today.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is an economic stimulus package that
was designed to jumpstart the U.S. economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down
payment on addressing long-neglected challenges nationally. Funds received under this Act are
intended to support these goals, and unprecedented levels of transparency, oversight, and
accountability are required of the expenditure of Act dollars. Program Guidance and Application
Kits, representing $510 million in available FY 2009 ARRA grant funding, are available as noted
for the following programs.
FY 2009 ARRA Port Security Grant Program (PSGP)
The total amount of funds available under the FY 2009 ARRA PSGP is $150,000,000. The
purpose of the FY 2009 ARRA PSGP is to create a sustainable, risk-based effort to protect
critical port infrastructure from terrorism, particularly attacks using explosives and nonconventional
threats that could cause major disruption to commerce. Completed applications
must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM ET, June 29, 2009.
Detailed guidance and application instructions for all of the aforementioned grant programs is
provided at
http://www.fema.gov/grants. Eligible applicants for TSGP and PSGP must apply
through the online Grants.gov system at
http://www.grants.gov. SCG applicants can access the
address for those grants at
http://www.grants.gov or directly at
https://portal.fema.net. The
Grants.gov customer support hotline is 1-800-518-4726 and the hours are Monday – Friday, 7:00
a.m. – 9:00 p.m., ET. A toll free line is also available for questions about the SCG, which is
being conducted under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program: 1-866-274-0960. The AFG
help desk hours of operation during the application period are from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday; 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturday; and 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 on Sunday, June
28, 2009. Questions can also be emailed to
firefgrants@dhs.gov.
Additional questions on TSGP and PSGP may be directed to your FEMA Program Analyst or the
Centralized Scheduling and Information Desk at
askcsid@dhs.gov or 1-800-368-6498.
