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Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation

University of Kentucky

2013

Federal Homeland Security Funding

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Homeland Security Grant Program: An Analysis Of The Determinants Of Federal Homeland Security Funding To States, Michaela Miles Jan 2013

Homeland Security Grant Program: An Analysis Of The Determinants Of Federal Homeland Security Funding To States, Michaela Miles

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Ever since the devastating attacks of 9/11, America has made terrorism prevention a top priority, and the Department of Homeland Security has transferred billions of dollars to states in Domestic Preparedness and Anti-Terrorism programs. However, there has been much debate on how these funds are allocated, many speculating that some states receive more funding than others as “pork.”

Basing an analysis of funding on a variety of determinants, it can be concluded that this speculation might very well be the case. An analysis of allocation of federal Homeland Security funds to states was conducted, hypothesizing the following variables were determinants …