Urban Area Security Initiative Federal Fiscal Year 2026 – LETPA Projects (UASI-L) - AMENDED
Program owner: Texas Office of the Governor, Public Safety Office (PSO)
Summary: Texas-administered federal Urban Area Security Initiative funding for Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Activities in designated high-risk Texas urban areas. Every funded project must support capabilities related to preventing or thwarting a terrorist attack.
This amended FY 2026 Texas solicitation supports Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Activities in federally designated high-risk urban areas. Projects must support prevention or protection capabilities and assist grantees in preventing or thwarting an initial or follow-on terrorist attack.
Supported areas include intelligence and information sharing, interdiction and disruption, screening and detection, fusion centers, homeland security task forces, interoperable communications, cybersecurity, soft-target protection, and qualifying immigration-enforcement coordination. Applicants must first coordinate with the applicable Urban Area Working Group and, after UAWG approval, apply through Texas PSO eGrants.
Who is eligible?
Applicant types: State agencies; regional councils of governments; units of local government; nonprofit organizations; universities or colleges.
Applicants must be located within a designated high-risk Urban Area receiving an FY 2026 federal allocation and must have a mission serving an Urban Area operational role or partner on plans, training, and exercises within that Urban Area. The source says the most recently included Texas areas are Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. Eligible government entities operating law-enforcement agencies are expressly contemplated, subject to all geographic, operational, reporting, certification, and project-purpose requirements.
What can the funding be used for?
Projects must support terrorism prevention or protection, align with an approved urban-area investment category, and have a clear link to applicable core capabilities. Eligible activities include planning; public information and warning; operational coordination; intelligence and information sharing; interdiction and disruption; screening, search, and detection; forensics and attribution; homeland security task forces and fusion centers; suspicious-activity reporting; eligible surveillance, communications, and data-analysis technology; interoperable communications; cybersecurity; soft-target protection; training; exercises; and terrorism-related equipment. The source also identifies anticipated priority activities involving election security, qualifying 287(g) and border-enforcement support, immigration-enforcement coordination, and facilities or technology supporting those operations, but states that federal priority areas may change when the federal NOFO is released.
Restrictions
Inherently religious activities; lobbying; compensation for elected or appointed government officials; general-use government vehicles or equipment without a clear terrorism-prevention, interdiction, or disruption nexus; routine-patrol mobile data terminals, body cameras, in-car video systems, or radar units; general firefighting equipment or uniforms; weapons, ammunition, tasers, weaponized vehicles, explosives except potentially approved explosives for bomb-squad training, and weapon accessories; amusement, recreational, or sporting-event admission; promotional items or gifts; generally food, meals, beverages, or refreshments; individual membership dues; expenses or services readily available at no cost; supplanting; fundraising; legal services for adult offenders; amateur, FMS, GMRS, or other non-P25-compliant radio equipment; riot equipment; and other costs prohibited by applicable law or the Guide to Grants.
How to apply
Contact the applicable Urban Area Working Group and comply with its workshops, workgroups, prioritization process, and other requirements. After UAWG approval, register and continue the application through the Texas PSO eGrants system. PSO screens applications, UAWG subcommittees prioritize eligible applications, and the PSO executive director makes final funding decisions.
Required materials
Nonprofit corporations, local units of government, and other political subdivisions must submit a fully executed governing-body resolution. Local governments must upload the applicable cybersecurity training certification. Local units of government and institutions of higher education operating a law-enforcement agency must submit the CEO/Law Enforcement Certifications and Assurances Form. Nonprofit organizations must submit the CEO/NGO Certifications and Assurances Form. Applicants must also be registered in SAM and have a Unique Entity ID, although the source describes these as eligibility requirements rather than application attachments.
Program contact
eGrants Help Desk
[email protected]
512-463-1919
Official sources
- Texas Office of the Governor eGrants checked September 15, 2026
Grant details can change. Confirm all requirements on the official source before applying.