Reduced Funding for AFG Program Proposed
It looks like the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program could take another funding hit for 2007 (from Firehouse.com).
The Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program in the FY 2007 Budget Request released Monday by the White House, is again seeking funding at less than the appropriation in FY 2006.President Bush's request for the Department of Homeland Security where the grant program resides, includes just $293 million for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (FIRE Act) down from the $545 million appropriated by Congress last year.
If I remember correctly, this is what usually happens: First, the budget proposal comes out with funding cuts to the AFG program. Then there is a bunch of arguing and wrangling which results in more funding than the initial budget proposal, but less funding than the prior year.
We'll see what happens this year.
