Intercity Bus Security Grants

Objective

The objective of the FY 2023 IBSGP is to provide funds to eligible private operators of intercity over-the-road bus transportation systems to protect critical transportation infrastructure and travelling public from acts of terrorism, and to increase the resilience of the transit infrastructure. Performance Measures: Performance metrics for this program are as follows: Percentage of funding allocated by the recipient to core capabilities to build or sustain the national priorities of enhancing cybersecurity, enhancing the protection of soft targets/crowded places, planning, training and awareness, equipment and capital projects, and exercises.

Who Can Apply

• Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
• Other public institution/organization
• Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)
• Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
• Other private institutions/organizations

For-Profit Organizations (other than small businesses)

Who Benefits

• Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)
• Private nonprofit institution/organization
• Other private institution/organization
• Public nonprofit institution/organization
• Other public institution/organization

Private operators providing intercity over-the-road bus transportation that have also completed a vulnerability assessment and developed a security plan, which the Secretary of Homeland Security has approved as described in Section 1531 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (9/11 Act) (Pub. L. No. 110-53) (6 U.S.C. § 11821). Private operators are non-governmental entities that may include, but are not limited to, sole proprietorships, affiliates, parent companies and subsidiaries. This program is limited to applicants that meet one or both of the following criteria: 1) Operate fixed-route intercity bus transportation providing services to one or more historically eligible Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) jurisdictions as indicated below; or 2) Operate a charter bus service using over-the-road buses and provide a minimum of 50 trips annually to one or more historically eligible UASI jurisdictions as indicated below.

Assistance Types

• Project Grants
• Project Grants

Program Contact

askcsid@dhs.gov
18003686498