FEMA AFG Grant
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) FEMA AFG grant open application period is presently underway. The projected total award amount for the year 2010 is $380 million. These funds are available to any fire department and non-affiliated emergency response agencies in America. The process of beginning to fill a department’s needs start with identifying those [...]
How to Apply for Free Grants
Knowing where and how to apply for free grants is the first step into receiving a much needed revenue source. For fire departments and emergency medical technicians, the largest resource is the US government. Since 9/11, the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was entrusted with the mission to safeguard the well being [...]
AFG New for Fiscal Year 2009 Part III
Continuing on with what is new with the AFG program for the fiscal year 2009. This information is the first to be released and is in the form of a presentation. There was no narrative to go along with the facts and numbers. The use of excess funds has changed somewhat this year. With approval [...]
What’s New for AFG Fiscal Year 2009 Part I
For the fiscal year 2009, DHS has released details of the AFG federal grant program. This year the funds allocated are $565 million. That is a $5 million increase from the year 2008. This includes $35 million of the funds allocated for the AFG program from the Fire Prevention and Safety (FP & S) program. [...]
Application Details for the AFG Free Federal Grant Money
There are several areas on the application for the AFG program for the applicant to fill out in order to qualify for the free federal grant money available. Each area is important and must be filled out in its entirety. Each applicant is responsible for all the content within the application. The general question section [...]
Additional Eligible Participants and Factors of Ineligibility for Fire Grants
If an organization or fire department does not possess the legal standing to file an application for Fire Grants, the local municipality or fire district where it is located in may submit the application for free federal grants under the AFG program. For native villages in Alaska, applications may be submitted by the state because [...]
Who Are Eligible Applicants for an AFG Grant?
Applicants that are eligible for the free grant money from the AFG program must operate their fire department or non-affiliated EMS organization from any of the 50 states or the District of Columbia. Also included for eligibility are the commonwealths of the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, [...]
The Funding Allocation for the Fiscal Year 2008
The funding and qualifications for the AFG vary each year. For the fiscal year of 2008, which ends September 30, 2009, the US Congress allocated $560 million to the AFG. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was assigned the task of distributing the free federal grant money. Since most areas overlap each other there was [...]
DHS and FEMA have an Online Tutorial to Learn More about the AFG Fire Grants
The Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Fire Grants is a program that you will want to study properly before your grants writer submits the actual grant request. Now the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have an online tutorial where you may do some advance preparation. Along with the [...]
The AFG Fire Grants Applications Workshops Are Traveling Now
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through FEMA has made the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program available. It is up to your fire department to apply for the grant money. This website at www.AFGgrants.com is privately operated to help make this AFG Grants program to become better known to all of the Fire Departments in [...]
