Grant Programs Directorate 

 Information Bulletin No. 330 

September 14, 2009 

 

TO: All State Administrative Agency Heads 

 All State Administrative Agency Points of Contact 

 All Urban Area Points of Contact 

 All State Homeland Security Directors 

 All Tribal Points of Contact 

 

FROM: Timothy W. Manning 

 Deputy Administrator 

National Preparedness 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

 

SUBJECT: FY 2009 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) and State Homeland 
Security Program – Tribal (SHSP-Tribal) Optional Cost Sharing 

 

The FY 2009 HSGP and SHSP-Tribal Guidance and Application Kits offered States, Urban 
Areas, and Tribes the option of proposing cash or in-kind cost sharing activities as part of their 
FY 2009 HSGP Investment Justifications. In August 2009, FEMA/Grant Programs Directorate 
(GPD) issued the FY 2009 HSGP and SHSP-Tribal awards to all grantees. The award 
documents included a special condition requiring States, Urban Areas, and Tribes to contribute 
in full any cost share amount that was submitted in the Investment Justifications. 

 

After careful review, FEMA/GPD has decided to remove this special condition from all FY 2009 
HSGP and SHSP-Tribal awards. FEMA/GPD will not be issuing new award documents. 
Grantees should accept the award with the special condition and FEMA/GPD will remove the 
special condition after the award has been accepted. In addition, States, Urban Areas, and Tribes 
are not required to report the cost share amounts as part of their FY 2009 Initial Strategy 
Implementation Plan (ISIP) submissions. 

 

Additional questions may be directed to your HQ Program Analyst or the Centralized Scheduling 
and Information Desk (CSID) at askcsid@dhs.gov or 1-800-368-6498.