State Homeland Security Program 2023 – Regular Projects (SHSP-R)
Program owner: Texas Office of the Governor, Public Safety Office
Summary: Texas-administered federal homeland-security funding for eligible state, tribal, regional, local, nonprofit, and higher-education projects that build or sustain terrorism-related preparedness capabilities. Eligible activities included intelligence sharing, interoperable communications, emergency operations, protection of soft targets, planning, training, exercises, SWAT sustainment, and other first-responder capabilities with a clear terrorism nexus.
The Texas Office of the Governor, Public Safety Office offered federal State Homeland Security Program funding for projects supporting prevention of, protection against, preparation for, mitigation of, response to, or recovery from terrorism. Projects had to address preparedness gaps, align with applicable capability targets, and support terrorism preparedness.
Law-enforcement-relevant activities included intelligence and information sharing, terrorism-related investigations, suspicious-activity reporting, interoperable communications, soft-target protection, surveillance and detection, SWAT sustainment, border-security capabilities, and multiagency training or exercises. Routine policing equipment without a clear terrorism nexus was ineligible.
Who is eligible?
Applicant types: Texas state agencies; regional councils of governments; units of local government; nonprofit organizations; universities or colleges; and federally recognized Native American tribes.
Eligible organizations were state agencies, regional councils of governments, units of local government, nonprofit organizations, universities or colleges, and federally recognized Native American tribes. Eligible government entities could propose law-enforcement projects. Applicants operating law-enforcement agencies had to meet specified crime-reporting requirements. Other conditions addressed cybersecurity training, criminal-history disposition reporting, sexual-assault evidence tracking, SAM registration, and possession of a Unique Entity ID.
What can the funding be used for?
Eligible activity areas included community preparedness and resilience; emergency operations centers and technology; intelligence and information sharing; interoperable emergency communications; terrorism-related planning, training, and exercises; protection of soft targets and crowded places; critical-infrastructure protection; CBRNE and WMD capabilities; SWAT and other tactical-team sustainment; terrorism-related border security, interdiction, apprehension, surveillance, search, and detection; and qualifying equipment or personnel costs. Every project had to build or sustain capabilities related to terrorism preparedness.
Restrictions
Prohibited costs included inherently religious activities, lobbying, compensation for elected or appointed officials, fundraising, promotional items or gifts, individual membership dues, supplanting, and costs available at no charge. Also prohibited were routine-use vehicles or equipment lacking a terrorism nexus; routine patrol body cameras, in-car video systems, radar units, or mobile data terminals; general firefighting equipment or uniforms; weapons, ammunition, tasers, weaponized vehicles, explosives except potentially approved bomb-squad training explosives, and firearm accessories; non-P25 radio equipment; riot-control equipment; and other costs prohibited by applicable grant guidance or law.
How to apply
Applicants had to register and apply through the Texas Public Safety Office eGrants system. Local and regional applicants had to contact and comply with the requirements of their applicable regional council of governments, which conducted regional planning and prioritization. State agencies and other organizations proposing statewide preparedness projects could submit directly to the Public Safety Office. Applications were screened for eligibility and reviewed through regional prioritization or a statewide review process, with final funding decisions made by the executive director.
Required materials
Local government applicants had to upload a Cybersecurity Training Certification for State and Local Governments. Applicants also had to satisfy applicable registration, reporting, and program eligibility requirements, but the source did not provide a complete application-document checklist.
Program contact
eGrants Help Desk
[email protected]
512-463-1919
Official sources
- Texas Office of the Governor eGrants checked September 16, 2026
Grant details can change. Confirm all requirements on the official source before applying.