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RICHMOND – On behalf of the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) coordinates an annual stakeholder-driven review process to allocate more than $8.7 million through various federal grant programs to enhance emergency preparedness and security throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) funds will be administered by VDEM to support a wide array of emergency preparedness and security operations, equipment replacement, training, planning and exercise programs by local governments and entities. Grant allocation letters were sent out to award recipients this morning.
Competitive Grants
The State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) is one component of six programs announced by FEMA in the FY23 grant cycle. VDEM received 88 grant requests for the competitive portion of these federal funds. Thirty-eight projects were awarded a total of $3.2 million, from competitive SHSP funds. The Virginia Modeling and Simulation Center (VMASC) at Old Dominion University manages a peer-review process conducted by Virginia’s public safety stakeholders for competitive grants, and scores proposals based upon benefit-cost ratios. Awards fund a diverse group of programs such as community outreach and preparedness programs, interoperability efforts, sheltering, equipment enhancement, and exercises.
Emergency managers throughout Virginia have worked to become more strategic about allocating limited funding to meet the greatest needs with VDEM support. Nearly 119 local leaders from emergency management, law enforcement, fire and rescue, and EMS representing communities throughout Virginia participated in evaluating potential projects to allocate this limited funding to do the most good.
FEMA has implemented six national priority services areas for the FY23 funding cycle. The new federal requirements require a total of 30% of the entire HSGP funding to support national priority investments with the following minimum funding thresholds:
• Enhancing protection of soft targets/crowded places – 3.0%
• Enhancing information and intelligence sharing – 3.0%
• Addressing domestic violent extremism – 3.0%
• Community preparedness – 3.0%
• Cybersecurity – no minimum
• Election Security – 3.0%
Non-Competitive Grants - $2.5M
Public safety stakeholders will be allocated $2.5 million in non-competitive grants from this year’s SHSP program to fund projects sustaining hazardous materials teams, technical rescue teams, incident management teams, radio communications caches, and the Virginia Fusion Center.
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Entity
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Project Title
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Award
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Accomack County
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Hazardous Materials Team
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$52,500
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Bristol, City of
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Technical Rescue Team
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$50,000
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Bristol, City of
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Hazardous Materials Team
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$43,000
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Chesapeake, City of
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Radio Cache Team
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$95,000
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Chesapeake, City of
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Incident Management Team
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$93,000
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Chesterfield County
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Technical Rescue Team
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$85,000
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Chesterfield County
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Incident Management Team
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$85,000
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Danville, City of
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Hazardous Materials Team
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$50,174
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Fairfax County
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Radio Cache Team
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$95,000
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Fairfax County
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Technical Rescue Team
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$23,644
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Fairfax County
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Incident Management Team
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$95,000
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Fredericksburg, City of
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Hazardous Materials Team
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$40,605
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Harrisonburg, City of
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Hazardous Materials Team
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$45,140
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Harrisonburg, City of
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Radio Cache Team
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$95,000
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Harrisonburg, City of
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Technical Rescue Team
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$70,000
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Henrico County
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Hazardous Materials Team
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$86,114
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Lunenburg County
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Radio Cache Team
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$95,000
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Lynchburg, City of
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Technical Rescue Team
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$70,000
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Montgomery County
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Radio Cache Team
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$95,000
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Newport News, City of
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Hazardous Materials Team
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$101,061
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Norfolk, City of
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Hazardous Materials Team
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$6,300
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Portsmouth City
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Hazardous Materials Team
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$53,800
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Roanoke, City of
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Incident Management Team
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$62,000
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Roanoke, City of
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Hazardous Materials Team
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$101,000
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Roanoke, City of
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Technical Rescue Team
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$82,000
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Virginia Beach, City of
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Technical Rescue Team
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$32,000
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Virginia State Police
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Virginia Fusion Center
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$600,000
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Winchester, City of
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Hazardous Materials Team
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$46,112
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Wise County
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Hazardous Materials Team
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$51,550
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Hampton Roads Urban Area Security Initiative (HR UASI) Competitive Grants - $3M
$3 million was awarded to HR UASI to address the unique needs of this high-threat, high-density urban area.
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Entity
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Project Title
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Award
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National Priority
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Chesapeake City
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MCI Transportation Package Project
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$355,500
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N
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Chesapeake City
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Response Project
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$293,833
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N
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Hampton, City
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Election Security
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$153,148
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Y
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Hampton, City
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Terrorism Active Shooter Training Project
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$132,000
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Y
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Hampton, City
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Peninsula Family Asst Ctr Project
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$110,000
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Y
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Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
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Cybersecurity Project
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$300,000
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Y
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Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
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Regional Mass Casualty Communications Platform Project
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$263,125
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N
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Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
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Interoperable Communications Enhancement Project
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$250,000
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N
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Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
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Mass Care Sustainment Project
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$126,000
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N
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Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
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Planning Project
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$125,000
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N
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Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
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THIRA Project
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$85,000
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N
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Virginia Port Authority
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Maritime Domain Awareness Project
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$116,000
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Y
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Virginia State Police
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Hampton Roads Regional Bomb Squad Robot Project
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$460,000
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Y
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Virginia State Police
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Fusion Center Staff Support
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$114,000
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Y
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Virginia State Police
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Domestic Violent Extremism Project
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$114,000
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Y
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York County
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UAS Streaming Support Project
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$42,394
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Y
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SHSP Competitive Projects – $3.2M
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Entity
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Project Title
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Award
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National Priority
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Alleghany County
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K-9 Project
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$29,100
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Y
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Carroll County
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Night Vision -NVGs Project
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$108,500
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Y
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Chesterfield County
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Atlas One Technology Project
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$174,000
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Y
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Clarke County
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Election Security Camera Project
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$45,000
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Y
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Colonial Heights, City of
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Rescue Taskforce Training & Equip
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$42,000
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Y
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Dickenson County
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Ballistic Protection
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$43,209
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Y
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Northampton County
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ESVA Emergency Dispatch Call Processing
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$43,068
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Y
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Richmond Regional Planning District Commission
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Cert and Training Project
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$40,000
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Y
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Richmond Regional Planning District Commission
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Training and Exercise
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$20,000
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Y
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Richmond Regional Planning District Commission
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Mass Care Project
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$60,000
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Y
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Richmond Regional Planning District Commission
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Mass Care Video Project
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$90,000
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Y
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Richmond Regional Planning District Commission
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Mass Care Supplies & Equipment
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$67,531
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Y
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Falls Church, City of
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Anti-Vehicles Barriers
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$98,497
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Y
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Farmville, Town of
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Trailer Equipment
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$10,190
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Y
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Greene County
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Election Security Improvements
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$28,500
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Y
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Hampton, City of
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Family Assistance Center Regional Supply Cache
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$70,000
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Y
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Hampton, City of
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Regional CitizenCorps Project
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$45,000
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Y
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Harrisonburg, City of
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Soft Target Protection
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$150,000
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Y
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Hopewell, City of
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Emergency Response Vessel Equip
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$80,000
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Y
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Lexington, City of
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Rescue Equip and Supplies
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$101,741
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Y
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Lunenburg County
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Radio System Project
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$171,800
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Y
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Lynchburg, City of
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Security Cameras and Counter Upgrade
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$29,707
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Y
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Nelson County
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Election Security Vulnerability Reduction
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$40,820
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Y
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Norfolk, City of
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Bomb Squad Training
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$55,000
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Y
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Prince Edward County
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Surveillance System
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$38,450
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Y
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Prince William County
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Hostile Vehicle Mitigation Barriers Project
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$179,391
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Y
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Richmond, City of
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Vehicle Barrier System
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$249,976
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Y
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Richmond, City of
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Mobile Surveillance System
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$50,000
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Y
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Richmond County
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County Elections Office Backup Power
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$135,350
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Y
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Richmond Regional Planning District Commission
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Regional Emergency Management Planning Support
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$75,000
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Y
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Richmond Regional Planning District Commission
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Mass Care Project
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$60,000
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Y
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Rockbridge County
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Emergency Response Robot Program
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$35,000
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Y
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Southampton County
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Surveillance and Protection Equipment
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$25,000
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Y
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Virginia Beach, City of
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Standoff Chemical Spectrometer Project
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$170,600
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Y
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Winchester, City of
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Deployable Command Trailer Project
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$190,835
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Y
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Winchester, City of
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Active Threat Incident Training and Equipment
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$139,750
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Y
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Wise County
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Terrorism Response Equipment
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$42,369
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Y
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Wise County
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Critical Infrastructure Enhancement
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$188,628
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Y
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