Community Security Initiative

Project of UJA Federation of NY and JCRC-NY

Security News

CSI Home Page. Read the latest news from the Community Security Initiative and be introduced to CSI’s Regional Security Directors and get their contact information.

Cybersecurity. CSI can provide a cybersecurity assessment as well as cybersecurity training for your entire organization.

Security Grants Update. Find CSI’s tips, guidance, tutorials and videos for the federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) and the NY State Securing Communities against Hate Crimes grant programs.

Prequalify in NY. NY nonprofits must “prequalify” before they submit for any grants administered by DHSES or DCJS. Find NYS tutorials along with CSI tips, with a special section focusing on how religious corporations (houses of worship and many schools) should reply.

Summer Camp Security Initiative. CSI expanded and now has a full-time dedicated security expert to help enhance security at summer camps in New York State to help develop Emergency Operations Plans; provide Active Threat Training and Counselor Training; serve as a liaison to local law enforcement; and provide Security Assessments for Grants.

CSI Trainings. CSI will provide a range of training opportunities for your staff, your leadership, and your constituencies.

Consultants’ Corner Archives. View past episodes of CSI’s popular Consultants Corner, focusing on topics such as Environmental and Historic Preservation (EHP) requirements, post-grant bidding, managing a security project, deep dives into security equipment and more.

NY DHSES Grant Page. The Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services administers the federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) for NY applicants and grantees. Find the Request for Applications (RFA), tutorials, grant administration materials and more at their website.

NY DCJS Grant Page. The NY State Securing Communities against Hate Crimes (SCAHC) grants are administered by the NY State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). DCJS is the final word on NY State submissions. Find the Request for Proposal and more documents at this site.

The Community Security Initiative

The greater New York City Jewish community is home to approximately 1.6 million Jews and 2,400 Jewish institutions, including synagogues, schools, camps, and other Jewish facilities. In December 2019, UJA and JCRC-NY announced the creation of the “Community Security Initiative (CSI)”, a comprehensive program to protect and enhance the security for the Jewish communities and institutions of New York City, Long Island and Westchester (recently expanded to Rockland County).

The Community Security team’s mission is to enhance security in greater NYC by:

Tracking threats to the community in the deep/dark web, via threat intelligence analysts
Responding to Antisemitic incidents in our region
Enhancing the physical security of every institution in the 9 county-region
Providing synagogue, school and JCC staff and leadership active threat training
Assisting with physical security assessments and federal and state grant applications
Fostering community connectivity with law enforcement
Supplying a real-time communications system that links the Jewish institutions in our region as part of an emergency communications system.

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The Community Security Initiative, a joint program of UJA-Federation and JCRC-NY, distributes security alerts, timely security and cybersecurity information and security grant announcements. We do not share our lists.

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