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<br />APPENDIX B - INVESTMENT JUSTIFICATION <br /> <br />A. OVERVIEW <br /> <br />The Investment Justification is broken out into four (4) high-level sections. Each section has <br />questions that must be completed. The high-level sections are: Background; Regionalization; <br />Impact; and Funding and Implementation Plan. All questions in each section must be addressed <br />in order for the Investment Justification to be considered complete. Additionally, an Investment <br />Justification Summary Sheet will summarize the individual Investments and FY 2006 HSGP <br />funding requests. <br /> <br />States and Urban Areas should develop an Investment Justification to request FY 2006 HSGP <br />funding for those areas from the Enhancement Plan they have identified as priorities in the near- <br />term. The application ofFY 2006 HSGP funding towards the achievement of an Initiative(s) <br />from the Enhancement Plan is called the Investment. States may propose up to 15 Investments <br />for which they wish to utilize FY 2006 HSGP funds in the achievement and progress against the <br />Initiatives from their Enhancement Plan. Additionally, Urban Areas may also propose up to 15 <br />Investments, in addition to those proposed by the State. However, the Urban Area Investments <br />must also support the achievement of an Initiative from their respective State's Enhancement <br />Plan. Urban Area funding requests must be included as part of the State application submission. <br />While States and Urban Areas will develop their own Investments, the Urban Area Investment <br />Justifications must be included as part of the overall State application submission. States <br />and Urban Areas are strongly encouraged to coordinate with each other to present an application <br />that represents a collaborative, integrated approach, and to avoid duplication of efforts. <br /> <br />B. CONTEXT <br /> <br />Investments proposed in the Investment Justification must relate directly to Initiatives in the <br />Enhancement Plan, which in turn is related to the homeland security strategy goals and <br />objectives. The following graphic provides an illustrative example of the relationship between <br />Strategy goals and objectives, Enhancement Plan Initiatives, Investments, and projects: <br /> <br />B-1 <br /> <br />