The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) engages with mission driven organizations to share reliable information about DHS programs and policies.
The Faith-Based Security Advisory Council (FBSAC) provides organizationally independent, strategic, timely, specific, and actionable advice to the Secretary through the Assistant Secretary for Partnership and Engagement who also serves as the DHS Faith-Based Organization Security Coordinator (FBO). The FBSAC provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary and other senior leadership on matters related to protecting houses of worship, preparedness, and enhanced coordination with the faith community.
DHS maintains numerous relationships with members of the academic community and directly engages with academic associations, school administrators, faculty, and students on a range of homeland security matters and policies that intersect with academia. Visit the Academic Engagement page for more information.
Homeland Security Partnership Council
The Homeland Security Academic Partnership Council (HSAPC) provides organizationally independent, strategic, timely, specific, and actionable recommendations to the Secretary on key issues across the homeland security enterprise as they relate to the intersection of education and academia and the DHS mission.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Partnerships team developed the following comprehensive resource guides, leveraging resources across the federal government to equip mission driven organizations, community leaders and members, and organizations serving a variety of communities with the necessary tools and information to enhance their security posture while ensuring the safety and resilience of their operations and communities. Within the Guide are cybersecurity, physical security, and targeted violence prevention resources as well as information on grant opportunities.
The Partnerships Resource Guide contains a consolidated list of resources while the Faith-Based, Academic and Youth-Serving, and LGBTQI+ Communities include specific security considerations for that community.
For the latest updates, please visit the DHS Office of Public Affairs' (OPA) press release web page. Subscribe to OPA's press release announcements.
Send an email to Partnerships@hq.dhs.gov specifying "Sign Up" in the subject line and provide your name, organization, and email address.