Fifteen South Florida nonprofit agencies will build fences, erect barriers and add lights and security cameras with more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The grants, which pay for equipment and training but not additional staff, were part of $24 million the federal agency awarded recently to nonprofits. To get the grants, each group had to prove it is at risk of attack and how it would help South Florida recover from a traumatic incident, according to Homeland Security’s Web site.

About 80 percent, or 251 of the 308 nonprofit agencies that won the grants nationally, were Jewish organizations.

In South Florida, that includes four Jewish federations, two Jewish community centers, three yeshivas, a nursing home and a Shul.

(Source: Sun Sentinel)