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Fiscal Year 2023 Explosive Detection Canine Team Grant Program seeks applications for up to $60,000 from federal State Homeland Security Program funding made available by the NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES) for programs to develop and support explosive detection canine team capabilities.

Grants will be awarded to support local, county and tribal law enforcement agencies with an active road patrol component of their law enforcement operations and who currently and/or previously managed a DCJS or NYSP-certified explosive detection canine team within the last five (5) years. The five primary objectives of this grant are: 1.) The advancement of explosive detection canine team capabilities; 2.) The certification of explosive detection canine teams and compliance with annual re-certification requirements; 3.) Alignment to New York State’s thirteen FBI-accredited bomb squads; 4.) Use of the Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS); and 5.) Promotion of regional partnerships in the development of mutual explosive detection canine team capabilities.

Applications will be accepted until December 4, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. through the DHSES electronic grants management system (E-Grants).

For the Request for Applications (RFA) please visit the DHSES website at https://www.dhses.ny.gov/targeted-grants or contact DHSES’s Grants Hotline at (866) 837-9133.