Assessing Grant Allocation Methods for Federal Homeland Security Urban Area Assistance Funding

Abstract

Federal grant assistance from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is critical for building and sustaining preparedness in urban areas. According to the 9/11 Commission Report, "Throughout the government, nothing has been harder for officials-executive or legislative-than to set priorities, making hard choices in allocating limited resources." The purpose of this thesis is to explore other viable options for allocating grant assistance to urban areas to reduce risk. A case study of the United Kingdoms grant allocation approach provides a comparative analysis for DHS funding. Components of the UKs allocation model, such as directly funding public safety and assessing relative need, could be applied in the United States as a pilot study. Similar to the Department of Justices direct-funded, community-oriented policing program, DHS funding could be allocated to metropolitan statistical areas to address specific national threat priorities, thereby aligning funding with risk, enhancing regional collaboration, and leveraging limited resources.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1009169

Entities

People

  • Craig Mohar

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Case Studies
  • Congress
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Emergency Response
  • Federal Budgets
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Public Administration
  • Public Policy
  • Risk Analysis
  • Terrorism
  • United States
  • Urban Areas

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