Is Tier II only permitted to submit 3 project proposals?
Is the payment of salaries for police personnel an allowable expense under this year’s guidance? Costs incurred during training are allowable expenses. The grant will cover overtime and backfill, but will not cover salaries. Knowing that Congress has approved roughly $175 million for this grant, why is there a difference between that figure and the advertised available amount of $171,780,000? Legislation allows the Department of Homeland Security to use up to 3% of the overall grant for management and administrative costs related to administering the TSGP. The difference accounts for money that has been taken out to pay for management and administrative costs to the Federal government, prior to the release of funds. Can you confirm that the applications must be submitted through the State Administrative Agencies (SAAs)? That is correct. Transit agencies are still required to submit their applications through the SAAs, as well as posting projects on the DHS secure portal. Are transit ag
