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Preventing Terrorism

Protecting the American people from terrorist threats is the reason DHS was created, and remains our highest priority.

  • TVTP Grantee Resources, Tools, curriculums

    Below please find examples of grantee resources, tools, and curriculums for community use.

  • Archived TVTP Grantee Stories

    Archived Grantee Stories

  • TVTP Grantee Evaluation Reports

    Please find evaluations of TVTP grantee project results and implementation.

  • TVTP FY 23 Grant Forecast Recording

    Please watch a presentation of the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Fiscal Year 2023 Grant Forecast.

  • FY22 TVTP Grant Applications

    Please see Fiscal Year 2022 Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Applications of successful applicants. 

  • Fusion Center Assessments

    Each Fusion Center Assessment evaluates fusion centers' adherence to selected performance measures, ensuring functional consistency across the National Network.

  • Threat Evaluation and Reporting Course One-Pager

    The Threat Evaluation and Reporting Course (TERC) is a three-day course that will teach participants how to apply Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) best practices to assist in preventing acts of targeted violence, such as, but not limited to, terrorism, school shootings, or mass attacks in public spaces, by identifying those threats or observable behaviors that may indicate the potential for violence.

    The TERC teaches students to utilize a four-step BTAM model to identify, investigate, assess, and manage individuals who display threats or observable behaviors that may concern others.

  • Basic Threat Evaluation and Reporting Course One-Pager

    The Basic Threat Evaluation and Reporting Course (B-TERC) is a one-day training that teaches participants how to help assist in preventing acts of targeted violence, such as, but not limited to, terrorism, school shootings, or mass attacks in public spaces by identifying those threats or observable behaviors that may indicate the potential for violence.

    Participants are equipped with the tools to identify and report threats or observable behaviors that may concern others, as well as recognize intervention strategies to move individuals off of a pathway to violence. 

  • Master Trainer Certification Roadmap

    The National Threat Evaluation and Reporting (NTER) Master Trainer Program (MTP) certifies individuals as Master Trainers in the instruction of Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) techniques and best practices.

    To obtain certification as a Master Trainer, candidates must successfully complete each component of the Roadmap below.