EQUIPMENT

PROGRAM YEAR - FY 2004

The total grant funds for FY 2004 is $19,342,000 and is broken down as follows:

State Homeland Security Grant ($14,681,000)

Provides planning, equipment, training, exercise and management, and administrative funding to emergency prevention, preparedness, and response personnel in the State of Vermont. These funds will be utilized to implement the state's Homeland Security Strategy. The State of VErmont obligated 80% of the grant funds to local units of government. The remaining 20% of grant funds will be utilized by state agencies to enhance statewide homeland security preparedness efforts. Based on the current state strategy, the grant funds will be shared in the following manner:

State Planning, Equipment & Training	$ 2,936,200
Local Equipment, Training & Exercise	$11,744,800
Total	$14,681,000

Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program ($4,356,000)

Provides funds for law enforcement organizations for planning, organization, training, exercises, and equipment to support the following prevention activities:

• Information sharing to pre-empt terrorist attacks.
• Target hardening to reduce vulnerability of selected high value targets.
• Recognition of potential or developing threats.
• Interoperable communications.
• Intervention of terrorists before they can execute a threat.

Based on the current state strategy, the grant funds were allocated in the following manner:

State law enforcement	$871,200
Local law enforcement	$3,484,800
Total	$4,356,000

Citizen Corps Program ($305,000)

Provides funds to support Citizen Corps Councils in Vermont with planning, outreach, and management of Citizen Corps programs and activities. The grant funds were allocated in the following manner:

State funds	$61,000
Local funds	$244,000
Total	$305,000

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