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State Threat Assessment Center

The State Threat Assessment Center (STAC) serves as California’s information sharing clearinghouse of strategic threat analysis and situational awareness reporting to statewide leadership and the public safety community in support of efforts to prevent, prepare for, mitigate and respond to all crimes and all hazards impacting California citizens and critical infrastructure, while preserving civil liberties, individual privacy, and constitutional rights.
The State Threat Assessment Center (STAC) is California’s state primary fusion center, as designated by the Governor of California, and is operated by the California Highway Patrol (CHP), the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), and the California Department of Justice (Cal DOJ).

The STAC Consists of three teams:

  • Awareness Response (ART ) Team
    The ART Team is the center’s hub for sharing information concerning ongoing events.
  • Strategic Analysis (STRAT) Team
    The STRAT Team analyzes trends in homeland secuirty.
  • Critical Infrastructure (CIP) Team
    The CIP Team coordinates state efforts to identify, prioritize and protect critical infrastructure.
The State Threat Assessment System (STAS) helps safeguard the communities of California by serving as a dynamic security nexus comprised of the State, four Regional and a major urban area Fusion Center.  The STAS assists in the detection, prevention, investigation and response to criminal and terrorist activity, disseminates intelligence and facilitates communications between state, local, federal, tribal agencies and private sector partners, to help them take action on threats and public safety issues. The STAS is a key component of California’s Homeland Security Strategy.
The CIP unit assesses risk to California’s critical infrastructure. The unit identifies, prioritizes, and helps protect California’s critical assets from natural hazards, technological hazards and human-caused threats. CIP and its partner such as regional fusion centers, the California Cybersecurity Integration Center, and the Department of Homeland Security provide infrastructure owners and operators with threat information, risk reduction options, and other support to help manage risk to their assets and systems.

Contact the California State Threat Assessment Center at STAC@CalOES.ca.gov 

or by phone M – F, 8 am – 5 pm at (916) 636-2900

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Infrastructure Protection Grants

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Workshops & Webinars

Please visit our Memos page for any previous and upcoming workshops and important information relating to the program.

Vulnerability Assessment

Vulnerability Assessment Resources (revised 01/24) – PDF

Federal NOFOs/FOAs

FY 2024 NSGP Documents

  • FY 2024 NSGP Application Webinar 4.25.2024
  • FEMA FY 2024 NSGP Investment Justification Form
    FY 2024 IJ Form Download Instructions: 1.Click the “Next Step” button at the bottom of the page; 2. Click the “Next Step” button at the bottom of the page again; 3. Under the “Prepare Subapplication Materials” section, fourth bullet; click the hyperlink “Investment Justification”; A message “Please wait…” will appear; 4. Save a copy of the FY 2024 NSGP IJ Form to your computer before attempting to open it with Adobe. (right click to save or select “save” button at the top right corner)

FY 2024 NSGP-National Security Supplemental (NSS) Documents

FY 2023 NSGP Documents

FY 2022 NSGP Documents

FY 2021 NSGP Documents

FY 2020 NSGP Documents

California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program (CSNSGP) Documents

California Health Center Security Grant Program (CHCSGP)

School Communications Interoperability Grant Program (SCIGP)

Find out more

For more information on how our teams works with homeland security partners, contact the California State Threat Assessment Center at STAC@caloes.ca.gov.

State Threat Assessment Center Facts

  • The California State Threat Assessment Center was opened as a direct result of the events of 9/11 with the goal of helping to fix issues with information sharing across the nation.
  • In 2004, the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), formerly the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security (OHS), adopted a homeland security strategy which included opening six fusion centers to establish the State Threat Assessment System (STAS).
  • The STAC serves as the state-level partner to regional and urban fusion centers in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego which are locally organized and directed.
  • In 2009, the STAC formalized its membership through a Memorandum of Understanding creating a partnership between California Department of Justice, Cal OES, and California Highway Patrol; the latter vested with the day-to-day command and management of the STAC.
  • The California National Guard, the California Police Chiefs Association, the California Sheriffs Association and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation joined the STAC’s Governance Board in 2013.