Security grants in Michigan: federal NSGP through the State Police, and what the state budget does and doesn't fund

Status on October 15, 2026

The Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division (MSP/EMHSD) is the State Administrative Agency (SAA) for FEMA's Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). It takes applications for both NSGP streams and submits Michigan's package to FEMA. Questions go to MSP-EMHSD-NSGP@michigan.gov.

Federal NSGP through MSP/EMHSD

MSP/EMHSD's FY2026 application notice required every document by 11:59 p.m. EDT on July 8, 2026, and said "Late applications will not be accepted." FEMA later moved its own deadline for SAAs to 5 p.m. ET on July 31, 2026 (Information Bulletin 579). That change gave the state more time to submit to FEMA; we found no MSP/EMHSD notice moving the nonprofit deadline. Other states' dates are on NSGP deadlines.

Which stream a site uses

NSGP has two streams: NSGP-UA (Urban Area) for sites inside a FEMA-designated urban area, and NSGP-S (State) for everyone else. The NSGP program guide explains both. Michigan's one FY2026 urban area is the Detroit Area. The MSP/EMHSD notice defines it by county:

These are total federal allocations from the FY2026 NOFO. Each includes the share of up to 5% that MSP/EMHSD may keep for management and administration (M&A), so the amounts for nonprofit projects are lower: $3,075,383 for the Detroit Area and $3,277,500 for NSGP-S. The state lookup table uses the same total-allocation basis.

The Investment Justification (IJ) asks a yes-or-no question about the six counties, and the pre-application webinar tells applicants in those counties to answer yes and select the Detroit Area. Because the state uses whole counties, the answer turns on the site's county, not on whether its mailing address says Detroit. The NOFO disqualifies an application filed in the wrong stream.

In FY2026 an organization could request up to $200,000 per site and three sites per stream, with a $600,000 combined limit in Michigan (NOFO). An organization with sites in other states could also apply through those states.

How MSP/EMHSD took FY2026 applications

Michigan used no grants portal or account registration. Applicants submitted through an online state form (Smartsheet). The notice says, "Do not submit any document via email; it will not be accepted," and the webinar says not to use Grants.gov. The form sends a confirmation email. If none arrives within two business days, the notice tells applicants to contact the NSGP inbox.

The notice lists five required documents:

1. The completed FY2026 NSGP IJ, on the state's posted template. "No other formats or previous versions will be accepted," and an altered or modified form makes the application ineligible.
2. The Contact Information sheet posted on the NSGP page.
3. The organization's mission statement.
4. The vulnerability or risk assessment for the site.
5. "A short bio and resume for each organization leader and board member (include addresses)."

The IJ file had to carry a set name: FY2026_NSGP_UA_MI_Detroit_<Nonprofit Name> for the Detroit Area or FY2026_NSGP_S_MI_<Nonprofit Name> for the state stream. The webinar says to save every document as a PDF.

The webinar also says "applications can only be submitted with a valid UEI." That is stricter than some other states, which let applicants get the identifier before the subaward. A UEI comes free from SAM.gov, and the webinar warns that scammers have tried to charge for one. The how-to-apply guide covers SAM.gov and the federal forms.

Michigan's drafting rules

The webinar sets several rules that go beyond the NOFO's text:

• No brand or company names. Describe equipment and training by function. If a brand name appears, add "or similar" so federal procurement rules can be followed. Name a training topic, such as active shooter training, not a specific course or provider.
• Guard requests need a schedule and a plan to continue. A contracted security request must say how and when guards will be used and estimate an hourly cost. It must not name a security company or say that local police will be contracted. It must also explain how the organization will keep the coverage after the grant ends. Security guard grants covers how coverage is planned and documented.
• Every project must trace to the assessment. The webinar suggests citing the assessment page number for each vulnerability. Its example: a reinforced door the assessment never mentions "will be considered an ineligible cost and will not be funded."
• M&A must be requested in the application. A subrecipient's M&A "cannot be added after award" and may not exceed 5% of the request.
• No weapons-related training. The webinar states it is prohibited.

After the window

The webinar describes NSGP in Michigan as "Reimbursement-based," with a 36-month period of performance. The organization pays its vendors first and then claims the cost, so it should plan the cash to carry each phase until MSP/EMHSD pays the claim.

Two warnings bear on the budget. The webinar says an award "will not increase," that money is awarded line by line and can be hard to move between lines, and that costs over budget will not be reimbursed. The notice adds that "requests to change the project scope after an award is made could result in the forfeiture of funds or may be denied." So build current quotes into the IJ before submission. Budget and scope changes explains the federal approval rules.

FEMA announced FY2026 awards on September 28, 2026 (FEMA). On October 15 the MSP/EMHSD NSGP page still showed the FY2026 materials and no award list. A selected organization should not sign contracts or start work before its own subaward is signed and environmental review is cleared; see after the award.

Michigan's state security appropriations

We found no state-funded security grant in Michigan that a nonprofit, house of worship or nonpublic school can apply for. The two security appropriations reviewed below direct money to named recipients.

Two line items, one named recipient each

Each line item names one recipient organization and directs that the money "must be awarded" to it. Neither creates an application, eligibility rules, a sub-grant process or award limits for anyone else.

A March 16, 2026 Michigan Public report says the money pays for private security and training. The same report describes the $4 million as set aside "in the current state budget"; the act itself places it in the supplemental article for the year that ended September 30, 2025.

We could not confirm whether the recipient re-grants this money or runs a process for other organizations to request it. We found no public page describing such a process. A Jewish organization in Michigan should ask the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity or its communal network directly. The synagogue and Jewish communal security grants guide covers the federal options.

The statutes also don't say how this money relates to NSGP. If an organization receives security funds from this source and holds an NSGP award, it should keep each cost on one funding source and disclose the other funding when an application or report asks for it.

Schools and local programs

The MSP Office of School Safety's page, updated September 21, 2026, lists no open or announced school-hardening grant round. The Grants and Community Services state grants page lists none either. The office's School Resource Officer Grant Program pays for officer staffing, not building security, and we did not confirm whether nonpublic schools qualify. Questions go to MSP-SchoolSafety@michigan.gov.

The FY2027 State Police budget in PA 21 of 2026 (Art. 14) has no nonpublic school security grant line. It does carry a one-time $5,000,000 "contracts and services" item described as "security infrastructure and services." The act doesn't define that purpose, and we could not confirm that it is a grant to outside organizations.

A nonprofit private or religious school with its own 501(c)(3) entity may fit NSGP; see private and religious school security grants. Churches and mosques will find their federal options on the church and mosque guides. We found no verifiable county or city nonprofit security grant in metro Detroit. This page doesn't cover every county, municipal or private source.

Programs compared

Official documents

If MSP/EMHSD issues a newer notice, form or instruction than these, the newer document controls.

Last checked and change log

Last checked: October 15, 2026, against the MSP/EMHSD NSGP page, FY2026 application notice and pre-application webinar; Public Acts 22 of 2025 and 21 of 2026 and the Senate Bill 878 history; the MSP Office of School Safety, state grants and School Resource Officer pages; Michigan Public's March 2026 report; and FEMA's FY2026 NOFO, Information Bulletin 579 and September 28, 2026 announcement.

• October 2026: Page published. FY2026 NSGP closed in Michigan on July 8, 2026; no Michigan award list found. The state security line items in PA 22 of 2025 ($4 million) and PA 21 of 2026 ($6 million) each name one recipient and take no applications. No open school security round found.