Fueling Your Mission with Available Federal Dollars: Nonprofit Security Grants & ARPA

Fueling Your Mission with Available Federal Dollars: Nonprofit Security Grants & ARPA
Wednesday, April 13 | 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Webinar

Presented by: David L. Thompson, Vice President of Public Policy, and Jessica Mendieta, Policy Associate, National Council of Nonprofits (NCN) | Shendelle Hockenberry, Grant Programs Manager (NSGP), PA Emergency Management Agency (PEMA)

Offered in Partnership with: National Council of Nonprofits | PA Emergency Management Agency (PEMA)

Sponsored by: RBW Strategy

As a nonprofit in your community, you are a vehicle for doing good. Every mission requires energy for forward motion. The federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) administered by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA), or dollars made available through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) could provide that momentum – for you. Join PANO, PEMA, and the National Council of Nonprofits (NCN) on April 13, 2022, to get ideas for how you could use available federal dollars to fuel your work.

The purpose of the NSGP program is to provide funding to eligible nonprofits to implement physical security enhancements, training, and planning to increase the safety and security of the users of a facility located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that is owned or operated by a nonprofit organization. Shendelle Hockenberry, PEMA’s Grant Programs Manager, will provide an overview of potential projects and eligibility requirements.

In addition to the NSGP program, the state still has billions available in unspent ARPA funding; counties and municipalities also have billions of unspent ARPA dollars. David L. Thompson, NCN’s VP of Public Policy, and Jessica Mendieta, Policy Associate at NCN, will provide an overview of the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program and answer questions about helpful U.S. Treasury regulations on ARPA, providing examples of how nonprofits around the country are accessing these dollars.

In addition to getting registered for this April 13 session, here are two ways you can ACT NOW: 1) Sign on to PANO’s letter to state legislators, and 2) Check out PANO’s ARPA Advocacy Toolkit to start the conversation with your local officials today.

Reserve your FREE seat today to learn how federal funding could help YOU fuel YOUR mission!

Cost to Attend: FREE!
 

Terms of Participation
Your registration entitles you to a single login. Please do not share the login information with others, as it may interfere with your ability to join. If multiple individuals from your organization would like to view the webinar, please have each person sign up individually or have one person register multiple people at once.

Materials & Login/Call-In Instructions:
Materials (PowerPoint and other handouts), along with instructions on how to login and call-in, will be emailed to attendees a few days prior to the date of the webinar. PANO uses Zoom as our webinar platform; you can familiarize yourself with Zoom and/or join a test meeting prior to these sessions.

Can’t attend? All webinar registrants will receive a recording of the webinar following the live session!

About the Facilitator:

David L. Thompson, VP of Public Policy, National Council of Nonprofits (NCN)

David has served in all three sectors over the course of his career. He practiced law for 17 years, specializing in labor relations, employment law, government contracting, and subsequently directed federal and state advocacy for a government relations firm. He served in the public sector from 2001-2007 as a Senior Counsel and as Policy Director to the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, notably as Counsel to the Pension Protection Act Conference Committee. Those experiences served him well in guiding advocacy efforts for the network of the National Council of Nonprofits. He was honored as one of The NonProfit Times Power & Influence Top 50 for 2019, 2020, and 2021.

David holds a bachelor’s degree from Emory University and a law degree from the University of Georgia Law School. Learn more about David and the National Council here.

Jessica Mendieta, Policy Associate, National Council of Nonprofits (NCN)

Jessica joined NCN in September 2021 as a Policy Associate. In this role, Jessica researches and develops educational content about policies that affect the nationwide network. Her experience in nonprofit and government sectors, as well as her background in data analysis and visualization, led her to find opportunities to show trends, indicators, and policies that impact organizations and communities.

Jessica holds a master’s degree from the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, and a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College of the City University of New York. Learn more about Jessica here.

Shendelle Hockenberry, Grant Programs Manager (NSGP), PA Emergency Management Agency