Senator Murkowski Announces Federal Grants Heading to Alaska

10.14.22

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:

Statewide

• Alaska – Statewide: $339,500 to the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development from the Environmental Protection Agency for the Alaska Pesticide Program.
• Alaska – Statewide: $1 million to the Alaska Energy Authority from the Environmental Protection Agency for the Alaska Clean Diesel Project.
• Alaska – Statewide: $2 million to the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development from the Environmental Protection Agency for the Rural Utility Business Advisor Program.
• Alaska – Statewide: $520,321 to the Alaska Department of Public Safety from the Department of Justice for analyzing forensic materials associated with criminal investigations statewide.
• Alaska – Statewide: $1.4 million to the Department of Transportation – South coast Region from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for repairs/replacement of roads and culverts damages as a result of sever storm.
• Alaska – Statewide: $550,000 to the Alaska Native Justice Center Inc. from the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women for the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking Program.
• Alaska – Statewide: $30 million to the State of Alaska from the Denali Commission’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act program grants.

Interior

• Fairbanks: $1.9 million to the University of Alaska Fairbanks from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the Place-Based Solutions for Alaska Native Food & Energy Sovereignty project.
• Regional: $123,587 to the Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission from the Environmental Protection Agency for the Indian Environmental Assistance Program.
• Regional: $335,755 to the Healing Native Hearts Coalition from the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women for the Sexual Assault Coalitions Program.

North Slope

• North Slope: $30 million to the North Slope Borough from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 476 people, 15 businesses and a public school to high-speed internet in North Slope Borough, Alaska.
• Utqia?vik: $17,471 to the North Slope Borough from the Department of Justice for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.

Southcentral

• Anchorage: $1 million to the Anchorage School District from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the Eagle River Elementary School for building repairs caused by earthquake damage.
• Anchorage: $386,183 to the Abused Women’s Aid in Crisis Inc. from the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women for the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking Program.
• Denali: $91,820 to the Denali Borough from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development to fund the installation of street signs in the Denali Borough.
• Homer: $7,395 to Homer Soil and Water Conservation Services from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide training for agricultural producers who will sell their products on the Alaska Food Hub.
• Port Lions: $29.3 million to the Native Village of Port Loins from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.
• Regional: $449,661 to the Copper River Region from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the Copper River Watershed Project.

Southeast

• Haines: $178,620 to the Takshanuk Watershed Council from the Bureau of Reclamation for Greater Chikat Watershed Working Group.
• Juneau: $40,000 to Juneau Economic Development Council from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand the local frequency shopping rewards program.
• Metlakatla: $75,000 to the Metlakatla Indian Community from the Department of Transportation to initiate a new fixed-route service between the Metlakatla Municipal Building and the Annette Islands Ferry Terminal.
• Regional: $33 million to Alaska Power & Telephone from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to connect 211 people and five businesses to high-speed internet in Haines, Skagway, and Klukwan.
• Skagway: $19,605 to the Skagway Development Corporation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide financial and technical assistance to create an industry and infrastructure report that includes asset and transportation network map for Skagway.

Southwest and Western

• Bethel: $42.3 to the Bethel Native Corporation from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.
• Bristol Bay: $60,000 to the City of New Stuyahok from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prepare preliminary engineering and environmental reports for community municipal solid waste projects. 
• Emmonak: $25,000 to the Emmonak Village from the Department of Transportation to develop a transit plan.
• Dillingham: $824,990 to the Bristol Bay Campus from the United States Department of Education for the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions Program.
• Georgetown: $199,996 to the Native Village of Georgetown from the Bureau of Reclamation for the Development of a Middle and Upper Kuskokwim Watershed Council.
• Igiugig: $187,168 to the Igiugig Village from the Department of Transportation to initiate a tribal program and to buy a new, accessible vehicle.
• Norton Bay: $182,831 to Norton Bay Inter-Tribal Watershed Council from the Bureau of Reclamation for the Norton Bay Watershed Restoration Program.
• Regional: $52.5 million to the Calista Corporation from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.
• Regional: $31 million to Atmautluak, Kasigluk, Nunapitchuk, Quinhagak, and Tuntutuliak from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Utility Services program.
• Regional: $29.5 million to the Choggiung Limited from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.
• Regional: $335,755 to the Yup’ik Women’s Coalition from the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women for the Sexual Assault Coalitions Program.
• Tooksok Bay: $187,168 to the Nunakauyarmiut Tribe from the Department of Transportation to develop and operate a transit program and buy a new access vehicle.
• Tununak: $187,168 to the Native Village of Tununak from the Department of Transportation to develop a transit plan, buy a vehicle, and operate a new transit system.
• Unalakleet: $1.6 million to the Native Village of Unalakleet from the Department of Transportation to build a bus garage and maintenance facility.