Fiscal Year 2026 Homeland Security National Training Program National Domestic Preparedness Consortium

The Department of Homeland Security Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Homeland Security National Training Program (HSNTP), National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC) provides funding to eligible applicants to develop and deliver training solutions to address specific national preparedness gaps related to the NDPC mission and ensure training is available and accessible to a nationwide audience. The NDPC plays an important role in the National Training and Education System (NTES), which is part of the larger National Preparedness System (the System). The System is designed to build, sustain, and deliver the core capabilities and achieve the desired outcomes identified in the National Preparedness Goal (Goal). The Goal is “a secure and resilient nation with the capabilities required across the whole community to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk.” The System provides a consistent and reliable approach to support decision making, resource allocation, and measure progress toward these outcomes. Previously developed courses are available for delivery at firstrespondertraining.gov.

•The National Center for Biomedical Research and Training, Louisiana State University. •The National Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.•The National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center, Texas A&M University. •The Security and Emergency Response Training Center, Transportation Technology Center, Incorporated.•The National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, University of Hawaii.

Refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunity for NDPC available from grants.gov for information on the Criteria for Selecting Proposals associated with NDPC.

Fiscal year 2025: NDPC is comprised of seven members possessing core competencies that span the entire homeland security enterprise domain. Projects in FY 2025 included state training, local, territorial, and tribal emergency responders/first responders in various disciplines to include fire and emergency services, emergency medical services, and law enforcement personnel. The training provided by the members prepares the receivers to respond to and mitigate incidents involving weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and all-hazard/high-consequence events.