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NATCHEZ — U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., has directed $150,000 to Alcorn State University Foundation from the Nonprofit Security Grant Program of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The program awarded in total $4,950,623 to Mississippi. The state received $247,531 for management and administration. The second congressional district, which Thompson serves, includes Natchez and Adams County. The district received $1.912 million for nonprofit organizations.