09.30.22

Grant Roundup: Senator Murkowski Announces Federal Grants Heading to Alaska

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced the following grants to organizations, Tribal entities, and communities in Alaska. Grants also include funding announced for Alaska from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: $14 million for recreation infrastructure within the Tongass and Chugach National Forests, $3.3 million to bolster wildfire resilience across nearly 8,000 acres of land across the state, and $1 million for watershed restoration in Interior Alaska.

Statewide

  • Alaska – Statewide: $580,000 to the Alaska Department of Public Safety from the Department of Justice to provide financial assistance to victims of crime.
  • Alaska – Statewide: $337,000 to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation from the Environmental Protection Agency for costs associated with the planning, design, and construction of eligible water quality improvement and protection projects.
  • Alaska – Statewide: $4 million to the Alaska State Department of Health Social Services from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for Alaska State Opioid Response Program.
  • Alaska – Statewide: $1 million to Anchorage Community Mental Health Services, Inc. from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Mental Health for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics.
  • Alaska – Statewide: $547,316 to the Alaska Department of Public Safety from the Department of Justice to provide financial assistance to victims of crime.

Far North

  • Allakaket: $347,240 to Alatna Tribal Council from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Barrow: $200,000 to Ilisagivik College from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support workforce as well as social and youth development.
  • Buckland: $347,240 to Native Village of Buckland from the Department of Justice, to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Huslia: $347,240 to Huslia Village from the Department of Justice, to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Huslia: $1.7 million to Huslia Tribal Council from the Economic Development Administration for Indigenous Communities Program – Huslia Power Project.
  • Huslia: $300,000 to Hulsia Village from the Department of Justice, for public safety programs that meet community needs.
  • Kiana: $295,599 to Kiana from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Kiana Governance, sustainability, marketing and outreach.
  • Kotzebue: $500,000 to Maniilaq Health Center from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for the Tribal Opioid Response Program.
  • Kotzebue: $1.5 million to Maniilaq Association from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Selawik: $410,246 to the Native Village of Selawik from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Venetie: $346,930 to the Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.

Southwest

  • Akiachak: $347,240 to Akiachak from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association: $2.8 million to Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, Inc. from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Aniak: $347,240 to Village of Aniak from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Akiak: $249,999 to Akiak Native Community from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for the Tribal Opioid Response Program.
  • Bethel: $14,170 to the City of Bethel from the Department of Justice for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.
  • Bethel: $825,000 to the Yukon-Kuskokwin Health Corporation from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for the Tribal Opioid Response Program.
  • Chefornak: $300,000 to Village of Chefornak from the Department of Justice for Tribal alcohol law enforcement.
  • Eklutna: $347,240 to Eklutna Native Village from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Igiugig: $347,240 to Igiugig Village from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Kaltag: $347,240 to the Village of Kaltag from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Kasigluk: $347,240 to Kasigluk Traditional Elders Council from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Kipnuk: $410,246 to Native Village of Kipnuk from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Kongiganak: $347,240 to the Native Village of Kongiganak from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Kodiak: $2 million to Kodiak Area Native Association from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Kodiak: $896,782 to Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak from the Department of Justice for the Inter-Tribal Justice System providing neutral legal review.
  • Kongiganak: $400,000 to Native Village of Kongiganak from the Department of Justice for establishing a Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court for the Tribe.
  • Kotlik: $347,240 to Village of Kotlik from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Kwigillingok: $347,240 to Native Village of Kwigillngok from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Grayling: $347,240 to Village of Grayling from the Department of Justice, to improve services for victims of crime.
  • New Stuyahok: $410,246 to New Stuyahok Village from the Department of Justice, to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Nikolai: $347,240 to Nikolai Village from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Nondalton: $347,240 to Nondalton Village from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Tunukak: $300,000 to Native Village of Tunukak from the Department of Justice for Tribal Justice Program to support tribal efforts to prevent crime.
  • Tununkak: $347,240 to Native Village of Tununkak from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Port Heiden: $347,240 to the Native Village of Port Heiden from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Saint Marys: $347,240 to Algaaciq Native Village from the Department of Justice, to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Saint Paul Island: $882,077 to the Aleut Community of Saint Paul Island from the Department of Justice for enhancing programming for tribal members incarcerated or diverted to tribal or local correctional facilities or under community supervision to reduce their risks for reoffending.
  • Saint Paul Island: $173,248 to the Aleut Community of Saint Paul Island from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for strengthening food security through enhancing local growing on St. Paul Island.
  • Saint Paul Island: $410,246 to Aleut Community of Saint Paul Island from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Unalaska: $342,565 Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska from the Department of Justice for the Victims of Crime Act, to Indian tribes to improve services for victims of crime.

Interior

  • Delta Junction: $347,240 to Dot Lake Village Council from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Fairbanks: $19.7 million to the University of Alaska Fairbanks from the National Science Foundation for Toolik Field Station Base.
  • Fairbanks: $149,634 to Dena’ Nena’ Henash from the Department of Justice, for designing a strategic plan for the TCC’s Tribal Justice growth of the Tribes in the TCC region.
  • Fairbanks: $347,240 to Healy Lake Village from the Department of Justice to Indian tribes to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Fairbanks: $609,751 to Fairbanks Native Association from the Department of Justice to Indian tribes to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Fairbanks: $30,805 to the City of Fairbanks from the Department of Justice for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.
  • Fairbanks: $498,057 to the Fairbanks Native Association from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for the Tribal Opioid Response Program.
  • Fairbanks: $1 million to Fairbanks from the Bureau of Land Management for watershed restoration, made possible from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, of which Senator Murkowski was a lead author.
  • Tanana: $410,246 to Native Village of Tanana from the Department of Justice, to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Tanana: $475,000 to Tanana Chiefs Conference, Inc from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for the Tribal Opioid Response Program.

Southcentral

  • Anchorage: $900,000 to Chugachmiut from the Department of Justice, for providing viable treatment options for addicted tribal members to Tribal Courts within the region.
  • Anchorage: $478,660 to the Municipality of Anchorage from the Department of Justice for the Edward Byme Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.
  • Anchorage: $1 million to the Rural Alaska Community Action Profram, Inc. from the Department of Justice for the Alaska Native Youth Training and Technical Assistance Project.
  • Anchorage: $360,000 to Covenant House of Alaska from the Department of Health and Human Services for the Covenant House Alaska Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking and Street Outreach Project.
  • Anchorage: $450,000 to the Alaska Native Justice Center Inc. from the Department of Justice for the expansion of the Alaska Native Unit.
  • Anchorage: $1.1 million to the Alaska Native Justice Center Inc. from the Department of Justice, to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Anchorage: $250,000 to Aleutian-Pribilof Island Association from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for Opioid Response.
  • Anchorage: $1.9 to the Southcentral Foundation from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for Tribal Opioid Response.
  • Anchorage: $1 million to the Anchorage Community Mental Health Services Inc. from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Mental Health Services for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics.
  • Anchorage: $1.9 million to Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for the Tribal Opioid Response Program.
  • Anchorage: $1.2 million to Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Anchorage: $81,150 to Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Lower Yukon Youth Agriculture Project.
  • Anchorage: $2.4 million to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Epidemiology and Disease Prevention.
  • Anchorage: $900,000 to the Alaska Native Justice Center Inc. from the Department of Justice for the Restorative Justice Adult Services Program.
  • Anchorage: $1 million to the Alaska Native Heritage Center from the Economic Development Administration for the Travel, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Program.
  • Chickaloon: $250,000 to Chickaloon Native Village from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for the Tribal Opioid Response Program.
  • Cordova: $347,240 to Native Village of Eyak from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Gokona: $249,400 to Mount Sanford Tribal Consortium from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for the Tribal Opioid Response Program.
  • Glennallen: $439,350 to Walks with Thunder LLC from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for the Tribal Opioid Response Program.
  • Kenai: $499,002 to Kenaitze Indian Tribe from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for the Tribal Opioid Response Program.
  • Kotlik: $322,908 to Village of Kotlik from the Department of Justice, to help young people with substance use disorders achieve sustained recovery and avoid reoffending.
  • Ninilchick: $249,972 to Ninilchik Village from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for the Tribal Opioid Response Program.
  • Palmer: $606,751 to the Knik Tribe from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Palmer: $144,602 to Chickaloon Native Village from the Department of Justice for hiring to assist the police with strategic planning.
  • Seward: $85,408 to the Qutekcak Native Tribe from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for updating technology infrastructure at the Qutekcak Native Tribe tribal office.
  • Tyonek: $250,000 to Native Village of Tyonek from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for the Tribal Opioid Response Program.
  • Valdez: $347,240 to Valdez Native Tribe from the Department of Justice, to improve services for victims of crime.

Southeast

  • Angoon: $347,240 to Angoon Community Association from the Department, to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Craig: $148,000 to Craig Tribal Association from the Department of Justice for tribal citizens residing in Craig, Alaska struggling with violence, substance misuse, incarceration, recidivism and many other behaviors from complex trauma.
  • Craig: $1 million to H.O.P.E. (Helping Ourselves Prevent Emergencies) from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Hoonah: $410,246 to the Hoonah Indian Association from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Juneau: $918,594 to Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska from the Department of Justice to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Juneau: $881,184 to Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska from the Department of Justice to provide justice services to its 33,000 Tlingit & Haida Tribal citizens in Alaska and beyond, and deepen partnerships between the many branches of the tribal justice system.
  • Juneau: $37,362 to the City and Borough of Juneau from the Department of Justice for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.
  • Juneau: $475,000 to Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for the Opioid Response Program.
  • Ketchikan: $719,669 to Ketchikan Indian Community from the Department of Justice, to improve services for victims of crime.
  • Sitka: $802,170 to Sitka Tribe of Alaska from the Department of Justice for Sitka’s Tribal Court.