The City of Kuttawa and Caldwell County Fiscal Court are among 50 grant recipients that will receive a portion of nearly $3 million from Kentucky’s 2018 Homeland Security Grant Program to purchase law enforcement, fire and emergency services equipment to counter threats of terrorism in the Commonwealth. Governor Matt Bevin and the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security (KOHS) made the announcement Tuesday morning after an extensive evaluation and review process.
The City of Kuttawa in Lyon County was awarded $19,000 in the category for First Responder – Detection and Caldwell County Fiscal Court was awarded $31,000 in the category for First Responder – Medical.
State officials say in a release says the 2018 grant process was extremely competitive. For the current grant cycle, the KOHS received 269 applications requesting nearly $17 million, nearly six times the available funds. The 50 grants awarded will be spread across 36 counties in the Commonwealth. State officials say a major focus of this year was increasing resources to deter, respond to and mitigate potential complex coordinated attacks to Kentucky. Many of the projects will have an anti-terrorism impact well beyond the awarded counties’ borders.
In addition to Kuttawa and Caldwell County Fiscal Court, the City of Benton was awarded $280,000 and the City of Madisonville was awarded $27,000, both in the category for First Responder – SWAT.
