Nearly $7 billion going to states and cities.The Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States plans to issue $6.9 billion in grants to state and local governments in fiscal year 2004, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report by INPUT, a consulting service based in Reston, Va. That's half a billion dollars less than the $7.4 billion that the department provided in 2003, INPUT said. More than half of the 2004 money--$3.7 billion--will be distributed through four major DHS DHS Department of Homeland Security (USA) DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) programs. These include State Homeland Security Grants I and II, Assistance to Firefighters and the Urban Areas Security Initiative. The SHSG programs provide month for states to buy first-responder equipment, including: * Personal protective gear. * Medical and pharmaceutical supplies. * Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive-detection and decontamination decontamination /de·con·tam·i·na·tion/ (de?kon-tam-i-na´shun) the freeing of a person or object of some contaminating substance, e.g., war gas, radioactive material, etc. de·con·tam·i·na·tion n. equipment. * Software and other technologies that improve abilities to deter or respond to terrorist attacks. The 10 states receiving the most funding in 2003 were: California, $259 million; New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , $170 million; Texas, $137.3 million; Florida, $135.9 million; Illinois, $108.9 million; Pennsylvania, $107.3 million; Ohio, $101.1 million; Michigan, $91.9 million; Georgia, $89.3 million, and New Jersey, $82 million. Almost all of the $750 million allocated for assistance to firefighters in 2003 has been awarded to more than 8,500 local fire departments around the country. While awards continue to be made on the 2003 program, the department has begun receiving applications for the 2004 program. The firefighters assistance is designed to provide aid to fire departments in four major areas--fire operations and fire safety, fire prevention, emergency medical services An Emergency medical service (abbreviated to initialism "EMS" in many countries) is a service providing out-of-hospital acute care and transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient believes constitutes a medical emergency. and acquisition of fire-fighting vehicles. The UASI UASI Urban Area Security Initiative UASI Urban Areas Security Initiative (US Department of Homeland Security Office for Domestic Preparedness) is a two-part grant program aimed at the development and support of homeland security strategies for heavily populated cities. The initiative's goal is to help large urban areas address their specific planning, training and equipment needs in order to prepare for and respond to terrorist acts. The initiative awarded $730 million in April of 2003 and another $550 million in July. An additional $725 million is available for 2004. A total of 80 percent of the amount awarded to the states must be passed on to localities within 60 days. The 10 cities receiving the most funds in 2003 were: New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , $175 million; Chicago, $58 million; Houston, $38.4 million; Los Angeles, $31.3 million; Seattle, $29.4 million; San Francisco, $29 million; Boston, $16.7 million; Denver, $15.6 million; Philadelphia, $14.2 million, and Miami, $13.2 million. |
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