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HAVA Election Security Funds is sponsored by U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) via Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This program provides funding to states to upgrade election-related computer systems to address cyber vulnerabilities, facilitate cybersecurity training for election officials, implement established cybersecurity best practices, and fund other activities to improve election secu…
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HAVA Grant Programs | U.S. Election Assistance Commission Monday, February 23, 2026 The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) established a program to provide federal funds to states and territories to upgrade voting systems and improve the administration of federal elections. The law also mandated the creation of the Election Assistance Commission to administer HAVA grant programs. Since 2003, the EAC has administered more than $4.
35 billion in HAVA formula funding to the states and territories, including Election Security and CARES funding totaling $1. 4 billion from 2018 to 2024. The EAC provides HAVA formula grants directly to states and U.S. territories to support the administration of elections for federal office and improvements to voting and election systems.
States and territories do not compete for the funds which are distributed based on predetermined formulas and eligibility requirements. States eligible to receive HAVA funds are defined in HAVA Section 901. The Northern Mariana Islands was added through the Appropriations Law of 2020.
HAVA Section 252 provides the formula for allocation of funding appropriated to states (42 US. C. § 15402) which is based on the state's proportionate share of voting age population.
"(b) State Allocation Percentage Defined. —The “State allocation percentage “for a State is the amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to the quotient of— (1) the voting age population of the State (as reported in the most recent decennial census); and (2) the total voting age population of all States (as reported in the most recent decennial census). (c) Minimum Amount of Payment.
—The amount of a requirements payment made to a State for a year may not be less than— (1) in the case of any of the several States or the District of Columbia, one-half of 1 percent of the total amount appropriated for requirements payments for the year under section 257; or (2) in the case of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the United States Virgin Islands, one-tenth of 1 percent of such total amount."
To be eligible to receive HAVA formula funds, a state must submit a letter requesting the funds, signed terms and conditions, a program narrative describing how funds will be used, and proposed budget. States must also be in compliance with all HAVA and federal requirements for their open HAVA grants.
HAVA Formula Grant Programs 251 Requirements Payments Grants Expenditure Reports HAVA Audits and Resolutions The EAC awards discretionary grants to eligible recipients on competitive basis. Eligibility and program requirements are published on grants. gov via a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
Applications are screened for completeness and to ensure that applicants meet eligibility requirements. Eligible applications are then reviewed and scored based on the criteria outlined in the NOFO, including program design, organizational capacity, and cost effectiveness.
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) anticipates the availability of $1 million dollars in discretionary grant funding, enacted in the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act, to support the Help America Vote College Program (HAVCP) authorized in the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: State and local governments. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
HAVA Election Security Funds is funded by U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) via Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
Applications go through the funder's official portal — the Apply Now link on this page goes there directly.
FEMA's FY2026 Homeland Security Grant Program makes more than $1 billion available for terrorism prevention and preparedness — but for the first time ties eligibility to election-security measures: hand-marked paper ballots, 5% post-election audits, and citizenship verification through the SAVE system within 120 days. Local-government groups are calling it federal overreach that could divert 20% of state grants from bomb squads and active-shooter readiness. Applications are due July 24, 2026. This is the full breakdown of the conditions, the money at stake, the controversy, and how state and local applicants should navigate it.
Read articleThe FY2026 Homeland Security Grant Program puts more than $1 billion across three programs — State Homeland Security Program, Urban Area Security Initiative ($584M across 44 cities), and Operation Stonegarden — with a July 24, 2026 deadline. But the money comes fenced: 30% to National Priority Areas, 35% to law-enforcement terrorism prevention, plus new 10% border and 3% election minimums. Here is how the spending mandates actually stack, who is eligible, and how to build an Investment Justification that survives them.
Read articleOn June 24, 2026, FEMA released more than $1.5 billion across the Homeland Security Grant Program, a $300 million Nonprofit Security Grant Program, and six infrastructure-protection programs — all with an application window closing around July 24. This is the definitive breakdown: how SHSP, UASI, Operation Stonegarden, and the transit, port, Amtrak, and intercity-bus grants differ, what the new FY2026 priorities signal, why almost none of the money comes to you directly from FEMA, and the strategy for competing through your State Administrative Agency.
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