Grants Management

Mission Statement

The mission of the Grants Management Directorate (GMD) is to provide timely grant reimbursements to subgrantees of the Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP), Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP), Infrastructure Protection Grant Unit (IPGU), and all other subgrantees receiving homeland security funding. The GMD shall also provide programmatic technical assistance to all Office of Homeland Security (OHS) subgrantees while ensuring grant expenditures are in compliance with all state and federal grant requirements. The GMD was created to enhance and improve the overall customer service of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security (OHS).

Fiscal and Reporting Unit (F&RU)

The F&RU is responsible for processing all requests for reimbursement from subgrantees across all grants, submitting Initial Strategy Implementation Plans (ISIP), Biannual Strategy Implementation Reports (BSIR), Categorical Assistance Program Reports (CAPR) and the Monthly Accomplishment Summaries which are posted on the OHS website. The F&RU is also the lead in providing grant related information in support OHS's annual report, reports to the legislature and California's State Preparedness Report (SPR). The F&RU conducts several workshops throughout the year including Reports and Recordkeeping, Fiscal Management and Biannual Strategy Implementation Reporting.

Homeland Security Grant Unit (HSGU)

The Homeland Security Grant Unit (HSGU) is responsible for the overall grant management of California's State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP), Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program LETPP), Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI), Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS), and Citizen Corps Program (CCP) grant programs. The HSGU conducts workshops throughout the state on grants management and grant application workshops. The HSGU is also responsible for the annual Investment Justification Planning Conference and coordinating the development and submission of California's applications for homeland security grant funds.

Transit Security Grant Unit (TSGU)

The Transit Security Grant Unit (TSGU) is responsible for the overall grant management of the Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP), Transit Security Grant - Ferry, Transit Security Grant Program - Supplemental (TSGP- Supp) and Proposition 1B funded programs. The TSGU administers transit related grants in coordination with California's four (4) Regional Transit Security Working Groups (RTSWG).

Infrastructure Protection Grant Unit (IPGU)

The Infrastructure Protection Grant Unit (IPGU) is responsible for the overall grant management of the California Port and Maritime Security Grant Program funded from Proposition 1B funds, the Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC), Urban Area Security Initiative-Non Profit Security Grant Program (NSGP), Operation Stonegarden (OPSG), and Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Planning Grant (RCPG) grant programs. The IPGU also supports Buffer Zone Protection Program grants and California's federal Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) submission. Grant management activities in the IPGU are coordinated with the California Maritime Security Council and Area Maritime Security Councils, the California Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (CALSIEC) and the Public Safety Radio Strategic Planning Committee.