Homeland Security Dept. announces $5.4 million for Rhode Island

Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge announced on Friday afternoon that $5,489,000 has been made available to the state of Rhode Island to better assist state and local public safelty and law enforcement personnel to help them prevent, prepare and respond to terrorism.

Ridge wrote to Gov. Don Carcieri on Monday, March 3 to provide program guidelines and offer instructions for filing the grant application. Once the application is submitted a review will be completed and the state will be notified of the status of the grant. When approved, funds will be available within three weeks, the Dept. of Homeland Security reported in a press release.

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