Madison, Wisconsin — The Office of Justice Assistance has developed the draft Wisconsin Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) investment budget for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2012. Investment summaries, budgets, and timelines for all of the proposed investments are provided in this document, which is now released for public comment through April 27, 2012.
The grant program, funded through FEMA, helps to protect Wisconsin’s communities by building the capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover from a catastrophic incident. OJA is the State Administrative Agency (SAA) for the program.
OJA works directly with a broad spectrum of emergency response agencies at all levels of government in developing investments to improve the state’s preparedness through planning, training, exercising, and the acquisition of specialized equipment. The program focuses on a number of priorities that include building interoperable communications, improving information sharing, developing regional emergency response, and increasing training and exercising opportunities for local responders.