Summer Camp Security - Community Security Initiative

Security Assessment and Services Request

CSI Regional Security Directors. Please contact members of the team.

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

Post-grant Assistance. Tips for once a grant is awarded for contracting and procurement.

Summer Camp Security Initiative. CSI can enhance security at summer camps to help develop Emergency Operations Plans, among other services.

CSI Trainings. CSI provides a range of training for your staff, leadership, and constituencies.

CSI Security and Emergency Resources. Download a broad range of tips and guidance.

Consultants’ Corner Archives. Review past CSI episodes to learn next steps after you receive a grant, how to ensure your security installations achieve your goals, and how to navigate the complex process.

Cybersecurity. CSI provides a cybersecurity assessment and a cybersecurity training for your organization.

NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE 2025 SUMMER CAMP SEASON. CSI HAS FULL-TIME DEDICATED SECURITY EXPERTS TO HELP ENHANCE SECURITY AT SUMMER CAMPS IN NEW YORK STATE.

Upstate Summer Camp Security Initiative Summer 2025

CSI’s Regional Security Directors will help summer camp leaders to develop emergency operations plans, provide active threat & counselor training; serve as a liaison to local law enforcement and furnish security assessments for grants.

CAMP DIRECTORS – START PREPARING FOR SUMMER RIGHT NOW:

Connect with your CSI Regional Security Director (RSD) https://csiny.org/regional-directors/ . RSDs connect summer camps with resources to help keep them safe. Discuss your options and see how CSI can help your camp. CSI covers summer camps north of New York City all the way to Lake George and Schenectady.
Get in person Active Threat and other security related trainings. This can be arranged directly with your RSD, or here: https://csiny.org/services-requests/
Coming soon! Get incoming staff trained remotely before camp season through our partners at ARYA.
Get a Vulnerability Assessment for your camp. Assessments are required for grant application and also help inform a comprehensive security plan. Assessments can be arranged through your RSD, or here: https://csiny.org/services-requests/

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What is the Community Security Initiative (CSI)?

The greater New York City Jewish community is home to approximately 1.6 million Jews and 2,400 Jewish institutions, including synagogues, schools, summer 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, expanding to Rockland, Southwest Connecticut, and New York’s Greater Hudson Valley, including the Sullivan County Catskills, the Mohawk Valley, and the Southern Adirondacks.

CSI’s genesis came in the wake of a rising tempo of Antisemitism in the U.S., including the deadly attacks against the Tree of Life synagogue in 2018 and in Poway in 2019, as well the
significant increase in documented attacks and threats directed at Jewish schools, synagogues, agencies and individuals during 2019. These incidents included deadly attacks in Jersey City and Monsey as well as verbal harassment, anti-Jewish/anti-Israel graffiti and hate speech. Incidents have continued to increase since the October 7, 2023 attacks.