Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes Grant Program

Eligibility depends on the specific funding source and program rules. EMD commonly supports 501(c)(3) nonprofits, houses of worship, K-12 schools, museums, cultural institutions, healthcare facilities, and other community-serving organizations facing elevated security concerns. We help review your entity type, threat exposure, project goals, and documentation needs before building an application strategy.

A typical engagement includes a physical vulnerability assessment, prioritized security recommendations, a threat or needs narrative, investment justification, project budget, state worksheet completion where required, and a full application package. EMD also supports the submission process with detailed instructions and Zoom-call guidance so leadership teams understand what is being submitted.

Yes. EMD supports synagogues, churches, mosques, temples, and other eligible faith-based 501(c)(3) institutions applying for Nonprofit Security Grant Program funding. Services may include vulnerability assessment, documented threat narrative, NSGP-UA or NSGP-S pathway support, investment justification, budget development, and recommendations for target-hardening such as access control, surveillance, lighting, and emergency communications.

Yes. EMD assists public, charter, private, faith-based, and tribal K-12 schools with COPS School Violence Prevention Program applications and state-level school safety grants. Funding strategies may address emergency notification, anonymous reporting, visitor management, vestibule hardening, classroom door improvements, access control, surveillance, intrusion detection, and training for school personnel and law enforcement.

Many security grant programs either require or strongly benefit from a current vulnerability assessment. EMD’s assessments evaluate physical infrastructure, operational procedures, emergency notification, access points, surveillance coverage, lighting, lockdown protocols, staff training, and realistic threat scenarios. Findings are translated into prioritized recommendations that directly support the grant narrative, scope, and budget.

Eligible improvements vary by program, but commonly include access control, surveillance and CCTV, intrusion detection, emergency communications, secure vestibules, ballistic-rated doors or glazing, perimeter fencing, bollards, lighting, visitor management, training, and security personnel costs where permitted. EMD helps align proposed improvements with program rules and documented vulnerabilities.

Yes. EMD provides grant management and administration support for awarded recipients, often spanning implementation through close-out. Services can include vendor identification, scope refinement, budget tracking, federal compliance documentation, Environmental and Historic Preservation submissions, procurement workflow support, contractor coordination, progress reporting, drawdown support, and final close-out reporting.

No. EMD’s grant and consulting work focuses on physical security, operational risk, security design, vulnerability assessment, and grant administration. Cybersecurity, IT-security architecture, legal advice, and legal representation are outside the scope of services. When litigation support is provided, EMD serves as a security expert, not as a law firm.