The University of the District of Columbia was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security National Training Program (HSNTP) and the Competitive Training Grant Program (CTGP). Conducting a Legal Needs Assessment and the National Legal Preparedness Training Program and its Legal Issues and Disasters instructor-led online courses are funded through this grant.
The National Training Education Division (NTED) of the Department of Homeland Security serves the nation's first responder community, offering more than 150 courses to help build critical skills that responders need to function effectively in mass consequence events. NTED primarily serves state, local, and tribal entities in 10 professional disciplines, but has expanded to serve private sector and citizens in recognition of their significant role in domestic preparedness. To date, NTED has delivered training and broadcast information to over 2 million first responders.
The University of the District of Columbia, the nation's only urban land-grant institution of higher education, is a Historically Black University. The University is a comprehensive public institution offering quality, affordable, post-secondary education to District of Columbia residents, public sector, and local and federal agencies headquartered in the Nation's Capital at the certificate, associates, baccalaureate, and graduate levels.
The Institute for Public Safety and Justice (IPSJ) is a central part of the Criminal Justice Program at UDC. The IPSJ seeks to meet the training needs of criminal justice, public safety, and other emergency management and response agencies. To this end, it has the capacity to provide an analysis of an agency's training needs and to design a program to meet those specific needs. The institute also works with community and faith-based groups to strengthen their organizational capacity.