Office of Grants and Training 

Preparedness Directorate 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security 

Washington, DC 20531 

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Office of Grants and Training Information Bulletin 

No. 200 January 3, 2006 

TO: All State Administrative Agency Heads 

 All State Administrative Agency Points of Contact 

 All State Homeland Security Advisors 

 All Urban Area Core City/Core County Points of Contact 

 

FROM: Matt A. Mayer 

 Acting Assistant Secretary 

SUBJECT: Updated Information about the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) and the 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) Program 

Guidance and Application Kit 

The FY 2006 HSGP Program Guidance and Application Kit was released on December 2, 2005. 

This Information Bulletin provides several important clarifications and updates to that guidance, 

including information about the UASI program and several updated page inserts for the FY 2006 

HSGP guidance document. 

I. UASI PROGRAM UPDATES 

Urban Area Eligibility: To identify jurisdictions for inclusion in the data count phase, all cities 

with a population greater than 100,000 and any city with reported threat data during the past year 

were identified. Cities on this list with shared city boundaries were combined into a single entity 

for data count purposes. A 10-mile buffer was then drawn from the border of that city or 

combined entity to establish the geographical area in which data was evaluated. 

In FY 2006, 46 candidate Urban Areas are eligible to apply for FY 2006 UASI funding. In 

determining eligibility, the top 35 Urban Areas identified through the risk analysis were 

identified as eligible candidates. In addition, 11 Urban Areas that participated in the program in 

FY 2005 but did not fall within the top 35 Urban Areas in the FY 2006 risk analysis have been 

extended eligibility for one additional year in FY 2006 to provide sustainment funding across 

fiscal years. Any Urban Area not identified as eligible through the risk analysis process for two 

consecutive years will not be eligible for continued funding under the UASI program, but will 

continue to be eligible to receive funding from other DHS programs, including the State 

Homeland Security Program and the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program. 

The list of candidate Urban Areas for the FY 2006 UASI program is included as Table 1. The 

table headings are defined as follows: 
State: The State responsible for the administration of the FY 2006 UASI Program. 

Candidate Urban Area: The name of the Urban Area as it applies to the FY 2006 UASI 

program. 

Geographic Area Captured in the Data Count: City or combined entity identified for the 

data count. 

Previously Designated Urban Areas Included: Urban Area(s) from previous fiscal years 

that are included as part of the geographic area. 

Combined/Existing Urban Area Definitions: Combined/existing Urban Area definitions 

that are currently on file with G&T. These definitions should be incorporated into the 

Urban Area Definition of the candidate Urban Area as it will apply to the FY 2006 UASI 

program. 

UASI Governance: The identified city or combined entity represents the candidate Urban Area 

eligible to apply for funding under the FY 2006 UASI program. For those Urban Areas with a 

combined entity, that area represents the minimum area that must be part of the defined Urban 

Area. In defining the Urban Area for purposes of program implementation, States, in 

coordination with Urban Areas, are encouraged to also include additional areas that are part of 

the 10-mile buffer area, contiguous jurisdictions, and mutual aid partners, as appropriate. 

To provide effective program governance and coordinate program implementation, each Urban 

Area shall establish an Urban Area Working Group (UAWG) to act as an executive steering 

committee to provide overall governance of the homeland security program across the regional 

area encompassed within the defined Urban Area. Responsibilities of the UAWG include 

coordinating development and implementation of all program initiatives (including development 

of the Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy, investment identification and justification, 

funding allocation methodologies, in coordination with the SAA, and any direct services that are 

delivered by G&T). The UAWG is also responsible for ensuring that all programmatic 

requirements associated with participation in the UASI Program are fulfilled. 

Membership in the UAWG must provide either direct or indirect representation for all the 

jurisdictions that comprise the defined Urban Area. Such representation may be provided at the 

municipality level, through representation by a county, or through other regional structures such 

as councils of government. Where appropriate, UAWGs are encouraged to develop 

subcommittee structures, as necessary, to address issue- or region-specific considerations in 

support of overarching program implementation. The State, in coordination with the eligible 

Urban Area, must determine the appropriate composition and representation for the UAWG. 

Existing Urban Areas should work with the State to determine whether the existing UAWG 

structures are sufficient, and thus should be retained, or whether they should be revisited as part 

of FY 2006 UASI program implementation. The combining of some previously identified Urban 

Areas into eligible candidate regions for FY 2006 may prompt some Urban Areas to review the 
existing structures of their UAWG (including its executive steering committee and subcommittee 

structure) and reconsider their governance approach. In such cases, Urban Areas may design a 

layered subcommittee structure which enables region-wide collaboration on some issues, while 

preserving the ability of individual areas to pursue other more focused activities, as appropriate. 

Urban Areas are required to submit with their application the Urban Area definition, a list of 

UAWG membership, and a brief overview of the UAWG governance structure. 

II. FY 2006 HSGP GUIDANCE UPDATES 

In an effort to maintain an accurate and complete FY 2006 HSGP Guidance, the Office of Grants 

and Training has made the following updates to the FY 2006 HSGP Program Guidance and 

Application Kit: 

• Chapter II: Program Guidance; Section D – Allowable Cost Guidance; Subsection D.5. – 

Exercises, Unauthorized Exercise Costs, Page 45: Adds mileage to fuel/gasoline as the 

only vehicle cost that is reimbursable. 

• Chapter III: Eligible Applicants and Funding Availability; Section C – Funding; 

Subsection C.1. – FY 2006 SHSP and LETPP Allocations, Page 54: Corrected to note 

that only SHSP and LETPP have base allocations. 

• Chapter IV: Application Kit; Section 3, Page 58-9: Updated information about UASI. 

• Chapter VII: Urban Areas Security Initiative; Section B – Program Requirements, 

Governance, Page 78-9: Language about Urban Area Working Group (UAWG) 

governance and defining Urban Areas has been updated for clarity. 

• Chapter VIII: Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program; Section C – Authorized 

Program Expenditures; Subsection C.7. – Management and Administration, Page 92: The 

Management and Administrative information presented refers to UASI. It should refer to 

LETPP. 

Grantees should rely upon the changes reflected in the attached revision pages of the guidance. 

Also included is a table that can be placed after the table of contents of the guidance that 

highlights the revisions. 

Additional questions may be directed to your Preparedness Officer or the Centralized Scheduling 

and Information Desk at askcsid@dhs.gov or 1-800-368-6498. 
Table 1: List of Candidate Urban Areas for FY 2006 UASI Program 

* FY 2005 Urban Areas eligible for sustainment funding through the FY 2006 UASI program; any Urban Area not identified as eligible through consecutive years will not be eligible for continued funding under the UASI program. 

State Candidate Urban Area Geographic Area Captured in the Data Count Previously Designated Urban Areas Included Combined/Existing Urb

AZ Phoenix Area* 

Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Mesa, Peoria, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

Phoenix, AZ City of Phoenix; Maricopa County; a

Salt River Pima, Fort McDowell, and 

Anaheim/Santa Ana Area 

Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Garden Grove, Fullerton, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Orange, Santa Ana, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

Anaheim, CA; Santa Ana, CA 

Cities of Anaheim and Santa Ana; Oareas of Orange County; Cities of BFullerton, Garden Grove, La Habra, Orange, Placentia, Seal Beach, StaYorba Linda, Irvine, Costa Mesa, FoBeach, Laguna Niguel, Newport BeaCapistrano, Laguna Beach, Aliso VieLaguna Woods, Lake Forest, MissioMargarita, San Clemente, and UnivePolice Department. 

Bay Area 

Berkeley, Daly City, Fremont, Hayward, Oakland, Palo Alto, Richmond, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Vallejo, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

San Francisco, CA; San Jose, CA; Oakland, CA 

Cities of San Francisco, San Jose aSan Francisco, Santa Clara, AlamedMateo, Monterey, San Benito, Santa Bridge District; Cities of Campbell, CAltos Hills, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Saratoga, SuGatos, the Port/Airport (Oakland), BEmeryville, and Piedmont; SecondaAlameda and Contra Costa. 

CA 

Los Angeles/Long Beach Area 

Burbank, Glendale, Inglewood, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Santa Monica, Santa Clarita, Torrance, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

Los Angeles, CA; Long Beach, CA 

Cities of Long Beach and Los AngelLos Angeles County UnincorporatedBurbank, Carson, Commerce, CulveHawthorne, Inglewood, Pasadena, STorrance, Vernon, West Hollywood, Hawaiian Gardens, Lakewood, Para
Table 1: List of Candidate Urban Areas for FY 2006 UASI Program 

* FY 2005 Urban Areas eligible for sustainment funding through the FY 2006 UASI program; any Urban Area not identified as eligible through consecutive years will not be eligible for continued funding under the UASI program. 

State Candidate Urban Area Geographic Area Captured in the Data Count Previously Designated Urban Areas Included Combined/Existing Urb

Sacramento Area* 

Elk Grove, Sacramento, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

Sacramento, CA 

City and County of Sacramento; CitiFolsom, Rancho Cordova, Rocklin, Sacramento; the eastern portion of Yof West Sacramento, and the southe

adjacent to the cities of Roseville an

San Diego Area* 

Chula Vista, Escondido, and San Diego, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

San Diego, CA 

City and County of San Diego, incluVista, Coronado, Del Mar, El Cajon, Beach, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, NatSan Marcos, Santee, Solana Beach 

CO Denver Area 

Arvada, Aurora, Denver, Lakewood, Westminster, Thornton, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

Denver, CO 

City and County of Denver; Counties Arapahoe; the entities of City of ArvaAurora, Commerce City, City of EngLakewood, City of Littleton, Littleton Cherry Hills Village, Cunningham FiGreenwood Village, Greater BrightoWashington Fire District, South AdaMetro Fire Rescue, Southwest AdamRescue, and City of Wheat Ridge. 

DC National Capital Region 

National Capital Region and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

National Capital Region, DC 

District of Columbia; Counties of Mo(MD); Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, (VA); Cities of Falls Church, Manassand Alexandria (VA). 

Fort Lauderdale Area** 

Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Miami Gardens, Miramar, Pembroke Pines, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

N/A N/A 

FL 

Jacksonville Area Jacksonville and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Jacksonville, FL City of Jacksonville; Duval County; C

Union, Bradford, Alachua, Clay, PutLevy, and Gilchrist. 

** In FY 2006, Fort Lauderdale is included as a candidate Urban Area. However, Ft. Lauderdale currently resides within the existing, defined Mforward on implementation in FY 2006, it is the intent of DHS to further strengthen the regional approach already developed in the area not to 
Table 1: List of Candidate Urban Areas for FY 2006 UASI Program 

* FY 2005 Urban Areas eligible for sustainment funding through the FY 2006 UASI program; any Urban Area not identified as eligible through consecutive years will not be eligible for continued funding under the UASI program. 

State Candidate Urban Area Geographic Area Captured in the Data Count Previously Designated Urban Areas Included Combined/Existing Urb

Miami Area 

Hialeah, Miami, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

Miami, FL City of Miami; Counties of Miami-Da

Orlando Area Orlando and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Orlando, FL City of Orlando; Orange County; Co

Osceola, and Lake. 

Tampa Area* 

Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Tampa, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

Tampa, FL City of Tampa; Hillsborough County

Clearwater, Temple Terrace, and St

GA Atlanta Area Atlanta and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Atlanta, GA City of Atlanta; Counties of Fulton a

by the contiguous counties of GwinnFayette, Cobb, and Douglas. 

HI Honolulu Area Honolulu and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Honolulu, HI City of Honolulu; Honolulu County (I

IL Chicago Area Chicago and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Chicago, IL City of Chicago; Cook County, inclus

IN Indianapolis Area Indianapolis and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Indianapolis, IN City of Indianapolis; Counties of Ham

KY Louisville Area* Louisville and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Louisville, KY 

City of Louisville; Louisville/Jeffersoinclusive of the cities of JeffersontowAnchorage. Secondary area inclusiBullitt, Henry, Meade, Nelson, OldhaTrimble. 

Baton Rouge Area* Baton Rouge and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Baton Rouge, LA 

City of Baton Rouge; East Baton RoHomeland Security Region 2 which Rouge Parish, East and West Felicia

LA Livingston Parish, Iberville Parish, a

New Orleans Area New Orleans and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. New Orleans, LA City of New Orleans; Orleans Parish

Bernard, and Plaquemines. 

MA Boston Area 

Boston, Cambridge, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

Boston, MA City of Boston; Communities of Broo

Everett, Quincy, Revere, Winthrop, a
Table 1: List of Candidate Urban Areas for FY 2006 UASI Program 

* FY 2005 Urban Areas eligible for sustainment funding through the FY 2006 UASI program; any Urban Area not identified as eligible through consecutive years will not be eligible for continued funding under the UASI program. 

State Candidate Urban Area Geographic Area Captured in the Data Count Previously Designated Urban Areas Included Combined/Existing Urb

MD Baltimore Area Baltimore and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Baltimore, MD City of Baltimore; Counties of Baltim

Annapolis; Counties of Carroll, Harfo

MI Detroit Area 

Detroit, Sterling Heights, Warren, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

Detroit, MI City of Detroit; Wayne County; Coun

Washtenaw, Monroe, and St. Clair. 

MN Twin Cities Area 

Minneapolis, St. Paul, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined entity. 

Minneapolis, MN; St. Paul, MN 

Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul; Cand Dakota County. 

Kansas City Area 

Independence, Kansas City (MO), Kansas City (KS), Olathe, Overland Park, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

Kansas City, MO 

Cities of Kansas City (MO) and Kan

Clay, Jackson, Platte, and Ray (MOLeavenworth, and Wyandotte (KS). 

MO 

St. Louis Area St. Louis and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. St. Louis, MO City and County of St. Louis; Counti

Jefferson (MO); Counties of St. Clai

NC Charlotte Area Charlotte and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Charlotte, NC City of Charlotte; Mecklenburg Coun

Cabarrus, Stanly, Iredell, Catawba, York and Lancaster in South Carolin

NE Omaha Area* Omaha and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Omaha, NE City of Omaha; Counties of Douglas

NJ Jersey City/Newark Area Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. Jersey City, NJ; Newark, NJ Cities of Jersey City and Newark; Co

Hudson, Morris, Passaic, and Union

NV Las Vegas Area* 

Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined entity. 

Las Vegas, NV City of Las Vegas; Clark County. 

Buffalo Area* Buffalo and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Buffalo, NY City of Buffalo; Counties of Erie and 

NY 

New York City Area 

New York City, Yonkers, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

New York, NY City of New York; Counties of Nassa

Port Authority of New York and New 
Table 1: List of Candidate Urban Areas for FY 2006 UASI Program 

* FY 2005 Urban Areas eligible for sustainment funding through the FY 2006 UASI program; any Urban Area not identified as eligible through consecutive years will not be eligible for continued funding under the UASI program. 

State Candidate Urban Area Geographic Area Captured in the Data Count Previously Designated Urban Areas Included Combined/Existing Urb

Cincinnati Area Cincinnati and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Cincinnati, OH 

City of Cincinnati; Hamilton County, within the county; Counties of AdamClinton, Highland, Warren (OH); Co

Kenton (KY), and County of Dearbo

Cleveland Area Cleveland and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Cleveland, OH 

City of Cleveland; Cuyahoga CountyCommunity Regions - Chagrin, ClevHillcrest, Southcentral, Southeast, Sthe local jurisdictions therein. 

Columbus Area Columbus and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Columbus, OH 

City of Columbus; Franklin County; tDublin, Grandview Heights, Grove CUpper Arlington, Westerville, WorthiWinchester, Groveport, Harrisburg, Minerva Park, New Albany, Obetz, UTownships of Blendon, Brown, ClintJefferson, Madison, Mifflin, NorwichSharon, Truro, Washington. 

OH 

Toledo Area* 

Oregon, Toledo, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

Toledo, OH 

City of Toledo; Lucas County; Cities and Toledo; Villages of Berkey, HarbWaterville, Whitehouse, and a portioother portion being in the County of Jerusalem, Harding, Monclova, ProvSpringfield, Sylvania, Swanton, Was

OK Oklahoma City Area* 

Norman, Oklahoma City, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

Oklahoma City, OK 

City of Oklahoma; Counties of Oklahincluding the boundaries of OKOHS McClain, Lincoln, Pottowatomie, and 

OR Portland Area 

Portland, Vancouver, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

Portland, OR City of Portland; Counties of Washin

and Columbia (OR); Clark County (W
Table 1: List of Candidate Urban Areas for FY 2006 UASI Program 

* FY 2005 Urban Areas eligible for sustainment funding through the FY 2006 UASI program; any Urban Area not identified as eligible through consecutive years will not be eligible for continued funding under the UASI program. 

State Candidate Urban Area Geographic Area Captured in the Data Count Previously Designated Urban Areas Included Combined/Existing Urb

Philadelphia Area Philadelphia and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Philadelphia, PA City of Philadelphia; Philadelphia Co

Chester, Delaware, and Montgomer

PA 

Pittsburgh Area Pittsburgh and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Pittsburgh, PA City of Pittsburgh; Counties of Alleg

Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, InSomerset, Washington, and Westmo

TN Memphis Area Memphis and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Memphis, TN City of Memphis; Counties of Shelby

Lauderdale (TN); Crittenden County 

Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington Area 

Arlington, Carrollton, Dallas, Fort Worth, Garland, Grand Prairie, Irving, Mesquite, Plano, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

Dallas, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Arlington, TX 

Cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arli

Collin, Denton, Kaufman, Tarrant, WRockwall; DFW Airport, North CentrGovernments and DFW Hospital Co

Houston Area 

Houston, Pasadena, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined entity. 

Houston, TX 

City of Houston; Counties of Harris, Brazoria, and Galveston; inclusive o

Port Authority. 

TX 

San Antonio Area San Antonio and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. San Antonio, TX City of San Antonio; Counties of Bex

Councils of Government. 

WA Seattle Area 

Seattle, Bellevue, and a 10-mile buffer extending from the border of the combined area. 

Seattle, WA City of Seattle; King County; Countie

WI Milwaukee Area Milwaukee and a 10-mile buffer extending from the city border. Milwaukee, WI City of Milwaukee; Counties of Milwa

County.