This section provides access to Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) Information Bulletins (IBs). IBs provide stakeholders with administrative instructions and guidelines critical to supporting the effectiveness and efficient delivery of FEMA Grant Programs.
Grant Programs Directorate Information Bulletins
Information Bulletin No. 536: FEMA Compliance with Executive Order 14305: Restoring American Airspace Sovereignty
This Information Bulletin (IB) provides notification of FEMA’s compliance with Executive Order 14305: "Restoring American Airspace Sovereignty."
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Information Bulletin No. 534: Fiscal Year 2025 Notices of Funding Opportunities – Preparedness and Cybersecurity Grant Programs
This Information Bulletin (IB) announces the availability of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) for nine grant programs.
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Information Bulletin No. 533: Fiscal Year 2025 Emergency Management Performance Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity
This Information Bulletin (IB) announces the availability of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program.
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Information Bulletin No. 532: Fiscal Year 2025 Nonprofit Security Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity
This Information Bulletin (IB) announces the availability of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP).
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Information Bulletin No. 530: Updated Guidance to Recipients and Subrecipients of FEMA Non- Disaster Preparedness Grants Regarding the Policy on Prohibited and Controlled Equipment
This Information Bulletin (IB) provides updated guidance for the acquisition of previously prohibited and controlled equipment for certain FEMA non-disaster preparedness grants as a result of Executive Order (EO) 14148 “Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions,” signed on January 20, 2025.
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Information Bulletin No. 528: Nonprofit Security Grant Program-National Security Supplemental Initial Award Announcement
This Information Bulletin (IB) serves to announce an initial round of the final awards and allocations under the Nonprofit Security Grant Program - National Security Supplemental (NSGP-NSS).
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Information Bulletin No. 527: Expedited Liquidation/Closeout Extension Process for Certain Fiscal Year2020PreparednessGrants
This Information Bulletin (IB) serves to modify the Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) and provide an expedited submission, review, and decision process for grant recipient liquidation/closeout extension requests for certain Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 preparedness grant programs, which are identified in Section II below. This IB is being issued in response to the implementation of a manual review process for grant payments.
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Information Bulletin No. 526: Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) National Security Supplemental (NSS) Federal Scoring Update
This Information Bulletin (IB) provides an update to federal scoring practices for the NSGP-NSS Investment Justifications (IJs) currently under review.
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Information Bulletin No. 525: Shelter and Services Program Congregate Shelter and Congregate Facility Definition Clarification
The following Information Bulletin (IB) clarifies the definition of congregate shelter and congregate facility for the Shelter and Services Program (SSP).
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Information Bulletin No. 523: Guidance on Fiscal Years 2022–2024 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) Minor Modifications to Existing Facilities or Other Physical Facilities
The following Information Bulletin (IB) expands on information provided in the fiscal year (FY) 2024 SLCGP Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and supersedes the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Dec. 22, 2023, email “SLCGP Reminder Re: construction, renovation, and building alterations” to SLCGP recipients.
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Information Bulletin No. 522: Nonprofit Security Grant Program - National Security Supplemental Notice of Funding Opportunity
The purpose of this Information Bulletin (IB) is to announce that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) is announcing the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program - National Security Supplemental (NSGP-NSS).
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Information Bulletin No. 517a: Fiscal Year 2024 Preparedness Grant Programs Final Allocation Announcement
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is announcing the final awards and allocations under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 preparedness grant programs.
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Information Bulletin No. 516a: Updated Fiscal Year 2024 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program Allocation Amounts
This Information Bulletin (IB) announces updated funding allocations for states and territories under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP). This IB supersedes Information Bulletin No. 516: Fiscal Year 2024 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program Notices of Funding Opportunity, issued Sept. 23, 2024.
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Information Bulletin No. 516: Fiscal Year 2024 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program Notices of Funding Opportunity
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), both components of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), are announcing the availability of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP).
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Information Bulletin No. 514: Awards for the Fiscal Year 2023 Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), both components of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), are announcing the release of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 awards for the Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program (TCGP).
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Information Bulletin No. 512: Supplemental Funding Available for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Non-Profit Security Grant Program (NSGP) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
The purpose of this Information Bulletin (IB) is to announce that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) is making additional funds available under the FY 2024 NSGP NOFO.
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Information Bulletin No. 509: Correction to FY 2024 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
The purpose of this Information Bulletin (IB) is to issue a correction to the FY 2024 EMPG NOFO.
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Information Bulletin No. 508: Fiscal Year 2022 and 2023 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program Use of Unrecovered Indirect Cost Rates
This Information Bulletin (IB) provides clarifying information regarding the use of unrecovered indirect costs as cost share in both the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 and FY 2023 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
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Information Bulletin 507: Fiscal Year 2024 Notices of Funding Opportunity
Today, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), announced the availability of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for eight grant programs.
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Information Bulletin No. 504: Guidance on the Eligibility of Law Enforcement Agencies for Institutions of Higher Education to Receive Funding Under the State Homeland Security Program, Urban Area Security Initiative, and Nonprofit Security Grant Program
The purpose of this Information Bulletin (IB) is to provide guidance that law enforcement agencies at institutions of higher education (e.g., public and private colleges and universities) are eligible to receive both State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) and Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) funding for eligible activities as subrecipients.
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