# Presentation: 587437

## Fiscal Year 2007 Urban Area Security Initiative Nonprofit Security Grant Program Investment JustificationQuestions, Criteria, and Prioritization Methodology for SAAs and UAWGs April 2007

## Review Methodology for SAAs / UAWGs

- The Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) Guidance requires a two phase review process:
- Applications will be reviewed and prioritized by the respective Urban Area Working Group (UAWG) in coordination with the local Citizen Corps Council and the respective State Administrative Agency (SAA)
- Applications will be reviewed and final award determinations made through a panel of evaluators from across DHS, including:
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Preparedness Directorate
- Office of Infrastructure Protection (e.g., Protective Security Coordination Division, Office of Bombing Prevention)
- Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (as applicable)
- Office of Intelligence and Analysis
- This document provides review criteria for the SAA/UAWG phase of the NSGP review.
- The criteria provide a standard review methodology across States and Urban Areas
- By focusing the SAA/UAWG review on two Investment Justification focus areas (Background and Risk), the review leverages local knowledge and efficiently applies the SAA/UAWG effort to the questions most needing local input
- The “Overall Score” provides the SAA/UAWG panel the opportunity to subjectively review the overall application including the focus areas

## Questions and Prioritization Criteria

- The Investment Justification (IJ) includes 6 questions in 5 categories:
- Overview
- Background
- Risk
- Target Hardening Activity
- Project Management
- Funding Plan
- Soft Match

- UAWGs and Citizen Corps Councils, in coordination with SAAs, will review the overall application with a specific focus on 2 questions, identified below:
- Background
- Risk
- This review will produce a high, medium, or low score on a 5 point scale.
- The aggregate list of scores will provide a prioritized list of eligible nonprofit organizations.

## Background

- Membership and community served
- Symbolic value of the site(s) as a highly recognized national or historical institution that renders the site a possible target of international terrorism
- Known critical infrastructure or key resources (CI/KR) located within close proximity to nonprofit organization facilities
- Any role in responding to or recovering from international terrorist attacks
- Prior threats or attacks (within or outside the U.S.) by a terrorist organization, network, or cell against the nonprofit organization or a closely related organization, including how the nonprofit organization gained knowledge of these threats, the source of the information, and how this understanding influenced the development of this application

**Background**

**Criteria**

- Does the response clearly address the identified topics?
- Can the SAA/UAWG review panel verify the response?

## Risk

**Risk**

**Criteria**

- Does the response indicate and understanding of the nonprofit organization’s risk, including threat and vulnerability, as well as potential consequences of an attack?
- Can the SAA/UAWG review panel verify the response?

## Prioritization Methodology

**SCORE = 1 **
**Incomplete or unclear Investment Justification (IJ)**
**Review panel **_***cannot verify***_** or substantiate information in Background and Risk section in IJ**
**SCORE = 2**
**Partially complete IJ**
**Review panel **_***cannot verify***_** or substantiate information in Background and Risk section in IJ**
**SCORE = 3**
**Complete or clear IJ**
**Review panel **_***can verify***_** or substantiate **_***some***_** information in Background and Risk section in IJ**
**SCORE = 4**
**Partially complete or clear IJ**
**Review panel **_***can verify***_** or substantiate **_***all***_** information in Background and Risk section in IJ**
**SCORE = 5**
**Complete and clear IJ**
**Review panel **_***can verify***_** or substantiate **_***all***_** information in Background and Risk section in IJ**