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American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) Transit Security Grant Program (Tier I) Awards

Grant Awards for Fiscal Year 2009

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) has provided funding to the Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) of $150,000,000. These ARRA grants supplement the $388.6 million in FY 2009 Transit Security Grant Program. Nearly $78,000,000 has been awarded for Operational Packages (OPacks), $65,577,402 of which is designated towards Tier I Regions.

Tier I regions consist of: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, the National Capital Region, New York, Philadelphia, and the San Francisco Bay Area. These are the highest risk transit regions in the country.

The three types of grants announced on July 29, 2009 include:

• Anti-Terrorism Teams, including overt and covert officers whose activities focus on terrorism prevention;
• Explosive Detection Canine Teams, which consist of an explosives detection canine and an officer/handler; and
• Mobile Explosives Detection Screening Teams, which deploy trained officers and explosives detection technology for random security screening in the transit environment.

Information Bulletins

• Information Bulletin #323 - Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) Operational Packages Final Allocations Announcement (pdf, 49kb)

To learn more about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act projects, visit www.dhs.gov/recovery.