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Based upon the research results obtained regarding policy issues of how funding of grants is obtained and the policy processes that are in place. There are areas of these said policies that are being reformed after going through a process called, lessons learned. These lessons are learned from prior disasters/incidents through a hazard mitigation process that is always going on before, during, and after an incident. In past incidents some policies are not existent and need to be produced through the use of policy tools from the support of the private sector and government agencies collaborates with one another to build a new policy such as FEMA grants for use by state and local governments. The grant funding process is important to the†¦show more content†¦For example, it is up to each State to request federal grant funding through FEMA. If the grant request is approved by FEMA then a state will get funding in the amount requested or a lower amount of funding will be disper sed by FEMA to the grant recipient. One of the main policy alternative involves the Congress and the funding amount to DHS then to FEMA. The current funding programs under the SAFER grant are not a permeant and long term, by making up a new funding policy for Congressional to pass in the near future will allow citizens to be safer. (FEMA, 2015, p.1). The most recent media coverage regarding the funding problems of the Department of homeland security that directly affects FEMA’s grant funding programs. Congress was threating to delay or possibly cut some funding to DHS due to the two political parties of Congress, the republicans and the democrats fighting each other for control of power. For example, there are supposed to be Values set by Congress. By having a lack of mortality, their values are non-existent. As based upon the readings from the Policy Paradox. (Stone, 2002, p.24). The lack of having one hundred percent security and equity regarding every citizen’s safety in the United States and to prevent them from being injured or even death. The DHS department heads find this to be the main causation of the current funding problem. (Nather and Kim, 2015, p.1) For stakeholders,