Grants are up to $75,000 and were awarded mostly to synagogues and Jewish schools
Gov. Chris Christie places a rose on beams from the World Trade Center that are part of the Empty Sky memorial in Jersey City. Today, the Christie administration announced nearly $2 million in Homeland Security grant funding to more than two dozen nonprofit groups that are considered potential targets of terrorism.TRENTON — The Christie administration says 27 New Jersey nonprofit organizations — most of them synagogues and Jewish schools — have been awarded a total of more than $1.8 million in federal Homeland Security grants.
The grants of up to $75,000 each must be used for so-called "target hardening," such as the installation of security equipment and security training.
Grant criteria included whether a nonprofit is at risk of being a terrorist target or would have a role in helping recover from a terrorist attack. The state ranked applications but the federal government made the final awards.
A number of health care systems and medical centers in Bergen, Union, Monmouth, Passaic, Middlesex and Ocean counties are also among recipients of the latest round of grants.
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