U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

 

Fiscal Year 2008 

Homeland Security Grant Program 

 
Investment Planning Worksheet 

 

This Investment planning worksheet has been provided to help applicants in drafting their Investments 
prior to the March 1, 2008, release of the IJ Submission module in the Grants Reporting Tool (GRT). 
This planning worksheet allows applicants to take advantage of spell check and character count 
functionalities. All responses completed in this Investment planning worksheet must be transferred 
into the applicant’s Investment Justification in the IJ submission module 
(https://www.reporting.odp.dhs.gov/), available March 1, 2008. 

 

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Investment Heading 

 

Investment #: 

 

 

State/Territory Name: 

 



 

FY 2008 Urban Area: 

 



 

FY 2008 HSGP Funding Request: 

 



 

Investment Name: 

 



 

Investment Phase (New or Ongoing):

 



 

I.A. Baseline – Previous HSGP Request Name and Funding 

If the Investment was included in a previous HSGP request, please provide the 
name of the Investment and the total amount of HSGP funding that was dedicated 
to this Investment, if any. (100 Char. Max for Investment Name) 

 

FY06 Investment name: 

 



 

FY06 HSGP funding: 

 



 

FY07 Investment name: 

 



 

FY07 HSGP funding: 

 



 


I.B. Baseline – Purpose Statement 

Describe, at a high level, what activities will be implemented and what will be 
accomplished by this Investment (1,000 Char. Max) 

 



 


 

I.C Baseline – Description 

Provide a summary description of the current state of this Investment, its 
objectives, and any outcomes that will be completed prior to the application of 
FY08 HSGP funds. Include in this description whether this is a new Investment or 
an Investment in maintenance/sustainment. Describe the capability gap(s) that 
this Investment is intended to address. (2,500 Char. Max) 

 




II.A. Strategy – State Preparedness Report 

Explain how this Investment supports initiatives in the State Preparedness 
Report. Please reference relevant page numbers in the State Preparedness 
Report. (Part of overall Investment 15,000 Char. Max) 

 




II.B. Strategy – Homeland Security Strategy goals and objectives: 

 



Explain how this Investment supports the State/Territory/Urban Area Homeland 
Security Strategy goals and objectives. Please reference relevant goal and 
objective numbers in the State/Territory/Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy. 
(Part of overall Investment 15,000 Char. Max)


II.C. Strategy – Target Capabilities: 

Enter one primary and up to four secondary Target Capabilities that this 
Investment supports. For the primary Target Capability selected, provide an 
explanation of how it is supported by this Investment. 

 

(Please refer to Appendix D of the FY08 HSGP Investment Justification Reference 
Guide for a list of Target Capabilities) 

Primary Target Capability 

 



 

Primary Target Capability Narrative (500 Char. Max) 

 



 

Secondary Target Capability (1) 

Secondary Target Capability (2) 

 

 

Secondary Target Capability (3) 

Secondary Target Capability (4) 

 

 



 

II.D. Strategy – National Priorities 

Enter the National Priority (ies) that this Investment supports; up to four may be 
selected. 

 

(Please refer to Appendix D of the FY08 HSGP Investment Justification Reference 
Guide for a list of National Priorities) 

National Priority (1) 

National Priority (2) 

 

 

National Priority (3) 

National Priority (4) 

 

 




III.A. Funding Plan 

Provide the total estimated cost for the FY08 HSGP period of performance for this 
Investment by completing the following table: 

• For each solution area that has an associated FY08 HSGP funds request, 
provide a brief summary of the planned expenditures (including personnel) 


• If this Investment uses other funding sources, identify the funding source and 
provide a brief summary of how those funds will be applied 




(500 char. Max per solution area) 

 

 

FY08 Homeland Security Grant Program 
Request 

FY 2008 
HSGP 
Request 
Total 

Other Funding Source 
Applied 

Grand 
Total 

SHSP 

UASI 

MMRS 

CCP 

 

 

 

 

Planning 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Organization 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equipment 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Training 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercises 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Planning (500 Char. Max) 

 



 

Organization (500 Char. Max) 

 



 

Equipment (500 Char. Max) 

 



 


 

Training (500 Char. Max) 

 



 

Exercise (500 Char. Max) 

 



 

Other Funding Source #1 (200 Char. Max) 

 



 

Other Funding Source #2 (200 Char. Max) 

 



 

Other Funding Source #3 (200 Char. Max) 

 



 

III.B. Milestones 

Provide descriptions for up to 10 milestones and the associated key activities 
that lead to the milestone event over the FY08 HSGP period of performance. Start 
dates should reflect the start of the associated key activities and end dates 
should reflect when the milestone event will occur. Sustainment Investments 
must identify at least one milestone to describe maintenance and sustainment 
activities associated with the Investment. (500 char. max per milestone) 

Milestone 1 

 



 

State Date: 

 

 

End Date: 

 




 

Milestone 2 

 



 

State Date: 

 

 

End Date: 

 



 

Milestone 3 

 



 

State Date: 

 

 

End Date: 

 



 

Milestone 4 

 



 

State Date: 

 

 

End Date: 

 



 

Milestone 5 

 



 

State Date: 

 

 

End Date: 

 



 


 

Milestone 6 

 



 

State Date: 

 

 

End Date: 

 



 

Milestone 7 

 



 

State Date: 

 

 

End Date: 

 



 

Milestone 8 

 



 

State Date: 

 

 

End Date: 

 



 

Milestone 9 

 



 

State Date: 

 

 

End Date: 

 



 


 

Milestone 10 

 



 

State Date: 

 

 

End Date: 

 



 


III.C. Project Management 

Describe the management team roles and responsibilities, governance 
structures, and subject matter expertise specifically required for this Investment. 
(Part of overall Investment 15,000 Char. Max) 

 




III.D. Investment Challenges 

List and describe up to three potential challenges to effective implementation of 
this Investment over the entire FY08 HSGP period of performance. For each 
identified challenge, provide a brief description of how the challenge will be 
mitigated, and indicate a probability of occurrence (high, medium, low), and level 
of impact should it occur (high, medium, low). (100 Char. Max per Challenge; 500 
Char. Max per Mitigation Strategy) 

 

Challenge (100 Char. 
Max) 

Probability/Impact 
(High/Med/Low) 

Mitigation Strategy (500 Char. 
Max) 

1. 

 

Probability 

 

 

Impact 

 

2. 

 

Probability 

 

 

Impact 

 

3. 

 

Probability 

 

 

Impact 

 




IV.A. Impact 

What outputs and outcomes will indicate that this Investment is successful at the 
end of the FY08 HSGP period of performance? (Part of overall Investment 15,000 
Char. Max) 

 




IV.B. Sustainability 

What is the long-term approach to sustaining the capabilities created or 
enhanced by this Investment, or explain why this Investment will not be 
sustained? (Part of overall Investment 15,000 Char. Max)