synagogues, Jewish community centers, mosques, and other "at-risk faith-based and other nonprofit institutions" in urban, suburban, and rural America are in need of extra security, and a group of senators wants the federal government to pony up $400 million to make that happen.
In a letter to FEMA, Sens.
Jacky Rosen of Nevada, Chuck Schumer of New York, and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York say the Nonprofit Security Grant Program provides "critical security resources to at-risk faith-based and other nonprofit institutions located in urban, suburban, and rural communities," per the Hill.
"Today's threat environment requires federal aid in protecting against attacks on the nonprofit sector that would disrupt the vital health, human, social, cultural, religious, and other humanitarian services and practices they provide to communities," the senators write.
They ask that the funding be increased to $400 million in the fiscal year that begins Oct.
1, 2025.
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