The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will receive $866,687 from the federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to counter violent extremism. 

 

UNC-Chapel is the largest recipient the first round of $10 million in grants designed to fight home-grown terrorism.  The university recieved a grant aspart of DHS's effort to "Challenging the Narrative" of extremism. 

 

"In this age of self-radicalization and terrorist-inspired acts of violence, domestic-based efforts to counter violent extremism have become a homeland security imperative. And, I know from visiting numerous communities across this country that very often the best efforts to counter violent extremism are local, tailored to a particular community. My hope is that Congress will continue to fund this type of grant activity in the future. Again, this is a homeland security imperative," DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said. 

 

Details of the UNC grant have yet to be released by the university. 

 

Developing Resilience

Police Foundation - $463,185 (Boston)

Ka Joog Nonprofit Organization – $499,998 (Minneapolis)

Heartland Democracy Center – $165,435 (Minneapolis)

Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities - $500,000 (Dearborn, Mich.)

Tuesday’s Children - $147,154 (Nationwide)

Music in Common - $159,000 (Nationwide)

Peace Catalyst International, INC - $95,000 (Nationwide)

Coptic Orthodox Charities - $150,000 (Nationwide)

 

Training and Engagement

City of Houston, Mayor’s Office of Public Safety & Homeland Security - $400,000 (Houston)

City of Arlington, Police - $47,497 (Arlington, TX)

Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority - $187,877 (Illinois)

Global Peace Foundation - $150,000 (New Jersey)

Nebraska Emergency Management Agency - $300,000 (Nebraska)

City of Dearborn Police Department - $51,521 (Dearborn, Mich.)

City of Los Angeles, Mayor’s Office of Public Safety - $400,000 (Los Angeles)

Denver Police Department - $240,000 (Denver)

National Consortium for Advanced Policing - $200,000 (Nationwide)

 

Managing Interventions

City of Los Angeles, Mayor’s Office of Public Safety - $425,000 (Los Angeles)

Crisis Intervention of Houston, Inc. - $400,000 (Houston)

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department - $425,000 (Las Vegas)

Life After Hate Inc. - $400,000 (Nationwide)

Muslim Public Affairs Council Foundation - $393,800 (Nationwide)

 

Challenging the Narrative

Project Help Nevada, Inc. - $150,000 (Reno, Nev.)

Unity Productions Foundation - $396,585 (Nationwide)

America Abroad Media - $647,546 (Nationwide)

Rochester Institute of Technology - $149,955 (Nationwide)

Masjid Muhammad, Inc. - $450,000 (Nationwide)

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - $866,687 (Nationwide)

Muslim American Leadership Alliance - $40,000 (Nationwide)

 

Building Capacity

Counter Extremism Project - $298,760 (New York)

Claremont School of Theology - $800,000 (Los Angeles)