Security and Infrastructure Grants Guide

A guide to over 130 federal and state grant programs allowing infrastructure funding to be applied to security improvements

In 2021, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave  that condition of American infrastructure the grade of C-, which is the first time the United States has been out of the D grade range in 20 years. Many categories, such as roads, dams, stormwater systems and levees, were still graded as a D, with railroads and seaports being the saving grace, receiving the grades of B. In today’s highly connected world, American infrastructure is as important as ever, with over 4 million miles of roads, 140,000 miles railroad tracks, 19,633 airports and more than 300 seaports, including 208 commercial ones, all of which are integral to both the flow of the U.S. economy as well as the livelihoods of each and every American citizen. Unfortunately, over the years, incidents such as the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 2022, where the bridge collapsed and fell over 100 feet and injured six people, or the I-35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2007, which killed 13 people and injured 121, prove to  show that the current state of U.S. infrastructure is in poor condition and in urgent need of updates. According to White House data, public investments in the infrastructure as a share of the U.S. gross domestic product has dropped by over 40% since its peak in 1961.

One monumental  step towards improving the current state of U.S. infrastructure was the historic bipartisan infrastructure law, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (P.L.117-58) enacted in 2021, which saw the federal government invest over $550 billion in new funding for modernization and overall infrastructure improvements. As of May 2024, there are more than 56,000 projects underway all over the country, which is 40% higher compared to the 40,000 projects six months prior. Thanks to IIJA, so far we have seen improvements on over 165,000 miles of roads, and over 9,400 bridge repair projects have commenced. Additionally, funding has been delivered to over 450 ports, 300 airport terminal projects and 1,400 water and sanitation projects. Through the new law, long-overdue additional federal investment in new and existing grant programs is provided for infrastructure projects through fiscal 2026. Notably, solutions across a wide range of sectors within the security industry will play an essential role in infrastructure expansion and modernization, providing increased safety and security throughout the nation’s air, rail and road transportation networks and other critical infrastructure.

The Security Industry Association (SIA) Security and Infrastructure Grants Guide was created as a starting point for companies to navigate the complicated grants processes of both the federal and state governments. This guide is a tool to help companies, individuals, communities, nonprofits and other stakeholders not only find a grant that they are looking for, but also access important details related to the grant, as well as a link to the webpage for the specific grant. The Security and Infrastructure Grants Guide can be used in tandem with GrantED: SIA’s Comprehensive Security Grants Training Course and the SIA Federal Grants Guide to effectively find and secure federal and state grants.

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