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May 31, 2006

DHS releases FY 2006 grant information

Filed under: Budgets and Spending,State and Local HLS — by Christian Beckner on May 31, 2006
Below are links to summary charts with information on the FY 2006 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) program and the FY 2006 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP): FY06 UASI Allocations FY06 HSGP Allocations Here's the full UASI allocation list: Urban Area Allocation AZ - Phoenix Area* $3,920,000 CA - Anaheim/Santa Ana Area $11,980,000 CA - Bay Area $28,320,000 CA - Los Angeles/Long Beach Area $80,610,000 CA - Sacramento Area* $7,390,000 CA - San Diego Area* $7,990,000 CO - Denver Area $4,380,000 DC - National Capital Region $46,470,000 FL - Ft. Lauderdale Area $9,980,000 FL - Jacksonville Area $9,270,000 FL - Miami Area $15,980,000 FL - Orlando Area $9,440,000 FL - Tampa Area* $8,800,000 GA - Atlanta Area $18,660,000 HI - Honolulu Area $4,760,000 IL - Chicago Area $52,260,000 IN - Indianapolis Area $4,370,000 KY - Louisville Area* $8,520,000 LA - Baton Rouge Area* $3,740,000 LA - New Orleans Area $4,690,000 MA - Boston Area $18,210,000 MD - Baltimore $9,670,000 MI - Detroit $18,630,000 MN - Twin Cities Area $4,310,000 MO - Kansas City Area $9,240,000 MO - St. Louis Area $9,200,000 NC - Charlotte Area $8,970,000 NE - Omaha Area* $8,330,000 NJ - Jersey City/Newark Area $34,330,000 NV - Las Vegas Area* $7,750,000 NY - Buffalo Area* $3,710,000 NY - New York City $124,450,000 OH - Cincinnati Area $4,660,000 OH - Cleveland Area $4,730,000 OH - Columbus Area $4,320,000 OH - Toledo Area* $3,850,000 OK - Oklahoma City Area* $4,102,000 OR - Portland Area $9,360,000 PA - Philadelphia Area $19,520,000 PA - Pittsburgh Area $4,870,000 TN - Memphis Area $4,200,000 TX - Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington Area $13,830,000 TX - Houston Area $16,670,000 TX - San Antonio Area $4,460,000 WA - Seattle Area $9,150,000 WI - Milwaukee Area $8,570,000 *Sustainment Urban Area At first glance, this list is certain to generate some controversy. For example, why did Seattle get less money than its much smaller neighbor to the south, Portland, Oregon? And why did cities like Omaha, Jacksonville, Louisville, and Kansas City all get more funding than Las Vegas? Why did the DC region take such a huge hit, from $77.5 million last year down to $46.47 million? I know that part of the answer to these questions is that "some cities are now better prepared," but still, I'm curious as to the thinking behind these decisions. Update (5/31): Here's the DHS press release on the announcement.

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May 31, 2006 @ 2:33 pm

[...] DHS releases FY 2006 grant information [...]

Comment by Justin Kates

May 31, 2006 @ 3:54 pm

Is there a place on the DHS site to get more information about what each grant had in it?

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May 31, 2006 @ 6:33 pm

[...] The Department of Homeland Security moved from a distribution of money based strictly on population to one which was based more on assessment of local risks. At least in theory. The numbers by themselves don’t suggest one way or the other whether that money is going to things which will actually improve security or to more useless pork-barrel type spending which won’t do anything for anyone but the Member of Congress who got it pushed through. [...]

Comment by Christian Beckner

May 31, 2006 @ 7:08 pm

Justin:

The proposals that states and cities have submitted to DHS should have spending plans, which preview what they will spend the money on. But to the best of my knowledge, these are not typically released publicly.

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