{"id":20832,"date":"2023-11-02T11:41:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T15:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=20832"},"modified":"2023-11-02T11:41:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T15:41:27","slug":"watch-sen-ossoff-secures-commitment-from-homeland-security-secretary-to-strengthen-security-for-religious-institutions-hbcus","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/watch-sen-ossoff-secures-commitment-from-homeland-security-secretary-to-strengthen-security-for-religious-institutions-hbcus\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Sen. Ossoff Secures Commitment from Homeland Security Secretary to Strengthen Security for Religious Institutions & HBCUs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C.<\/strong> \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is continuing his work to strengthen security at religious institutions and HBCUs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing this week, Sen. Ossoff secured a commitment from U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to work with him and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to ensure the Nonprofit Security Grant Program is allocated an appropriate level of funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FEMA\u2019s Federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program provides funding for target hardening and other physical security enhancements and activities to nonprofit organizations that are at higher risk of attacks, such as religious institutions and universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgia religious institutions, HBCUs, and other nonprofit organizations can learn more about the Nonprofit Security Grant Program aqu\u00ed<\/a>. FEMA is offering a series of webinars for eligible institutions to learn more about the Federal grant program. Eligible institutions can sign-up for those webinars here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the latest step in Sen. Ossoff\u2019s work to improve safety for Georgia\u2019s HBCUs and religious institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Ossoff called on the Justice Department<\/a> to do everything in its power to investigate the threats, ensure those responsible are held accountable, and to be available 24\/7 to Georgia\u2019s HBCUs to ensure they are protected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid a rise in hate crimes nationwide, Sen. Ossoff worked<\/a> last year with Federal law enforcement to help protect Jewish communities in Georgia and nationwide from antisemitic attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here to watch Sen. Ossoff\u2019s line of questioning<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Please find a transcript below:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEN. OSSOFF: <\/strong>\u201cSecretary Mayorkas, the Nonprofit Security Grant Program \u2014 for synagogues, for mosques for HBCUs \u2014 it\u2019s clear to me that there’s a need for more resources because we have institutions in Georgia who are applying, their applications have merit, there\u2019s a real need, the program’s oversubscribed. That\u2019s not your fault. We allocate the funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut will you please commit to working with the OMB and the Congress to try to right size that program so that there are sufficient resources for the institutions who require that additional security support?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEC. MAYORCAS: <\/strong>\u201cYes, I will, Senator.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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