Closed · DHS-21-DOD-025-00-01 · CFDA 97.025 · Discretionary
Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System Readiness Cooperative Agreement
Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of Homeland Security - FEMA, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1.2M-$1.4M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 15, 2021
- Close date
- 28
- Expected awards
The verdict
Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System Readiness Cooperative Agreement is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Homeland Security - FEMA that offered $1,236,878 -- $1,441,378 across 28 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,093 other opportunities from Department of Homeland Security - FEMA.
- $1.2M-$1.4M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 28
- expected awards
- 97.025
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 National Urban Search &… is closed (last close July 15, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Department of Homeland Security - FEMA still indexes 1,093 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed July 15, 2021
Est. Total Funding
$35,766,584
Expected Awards
28
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System (the System) provides funding for 28 national task forces staffed and equipped to assist State and local governments conduct around-the-clock search-and-rescue operations following a Presidentially declared major disaster or emergency under the Stafford Act (e.g., earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, aircraft accidents, hazardous materials spills and catastrophic structure collapses). When deployed, these task forces support State and local emergency responders' efforts to locate survivors and manage recovery operations. This program supports DHS Mission 5, Goal 5.1: "Enhance National Readiness," as provided in the DHS 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review.The objective of this Cooperative Agreement is to provide for the sustainment and readiness of the System and local jurisdictions, through the funding of: administration and management, training, equipment, and storage and maintenance.Program Priorities are as follows:1. Ensure that System Sponsoring Agency Administrative Organizations manage and administer task force affairs and activities consistent with best practices; to include making available training and exercises that enable task force personnel to safely perform assigned duties in accordance with established FEMA and System standards and guidance.2. Ensure a state of readiness and enhance operational effectiveness by acquiring and maintaining equipment and tools in accordance with the System's current approved FEMA Equipment Cache List.3. Provide leased space to meet the office, training site and storage requirements of the System.4. Optimize standby activities by making available resources to enable catastrophic event planning, mobilization exercises and technical assistance.5. Provide forums to enable FEMA and System Sponsoring Agency senior leadership coordination and discussion on System strategic issues.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DHS-21-DOD-025-00-01
Grants.gov marks Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 National Urban Search &… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Disaster Prevention and Relief (DPR). 263 other Department of Homeland Security - FEMA listings share this eligibility-code string (24% of 1,094).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
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Agency Contact
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What to do next
Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 National Urban Search &… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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