12.02.22

Grant Roundup: Senator Murkowski Announces Federal Grants Heading to Alaska

Over $24 million in federal funds to benefit and strengthen Alaska’s communities and economy

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: $8.7 million to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the Alaska Public Health Infrastructure, Workforce and Data Systems Project.
  • Alaska – Statewide: $21,100 to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration for the Maternal and Child Health Bureau State Systems Development Initiative Program.

Aleutians 

  • St. Paul Island: $254,850 to the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island Tribal Government from the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinator Program, to help residents of Public and Indian Housing make progress toward economic and housing self-sufficiency.

Bering Straits

  • Nome: $2.3 million to the Norton Sound Health Corporation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, for the Health Center Cluster Program.

Kodiak

  • Kodiak: $224,548 to the Kodiak Island Housing Authority from the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinator Program, to help residents of Public and Indian Housing make progress toward economic and housing self-sufficiency.

Southcentral

  • Anchorage: $255,750 to the Cook Inlet Housing Authority from the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinator Program, to help residents of Public and Indian Housing make progress toward economic and housing self-sufficiency.
  • Anchorage: $1.2 million to the Anchorage Community Mental Health Services, Inc, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Mental Health Services for the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative, Category II Treatment and Service Adaptation Centers.
  • Anchorage: $100,876 to the University of Alaska Anchorage from the National Science Foundation to help advance microgrid related initiatives as well as to improve the reliability of microgrids operating in harsh climates such as Alaska.
  • Anchorage: $2.9 million to the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Health Center Cluster Program.
  • Eyak: $1.3 million to the Native Village of Eyak from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, for the Health Center Cluster Program.
  • Kenai: $1.1 million to the Kenaitze Indian Tribe from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Head Start for the American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start and Early Head Start Program.

Southeast

  • Ketchikan: $1.9 million to the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Mental Health Services for the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District Trauma-informed, Culturally Responsive Support Services for Students.
  • Sitka: $255,750 to the Baranof Island Housing Authority from the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinator Program, to help residents of Public and Indian Housing make progress toward economic and housing self-sufficiency.
  • Southcoast Region: $1.5 million to the Department of Transportation Southcoast Region from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency for repairs of roads and culverts damaged as a result of severe storms.

Southwest and Western

  • Bethel: $1.3 million to the Bethel Family Clinic from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, for the Health Center Cluster Program.
  • Bethel: $1.4 million to the Association of Village Council Presidents, Inc. from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Head Start for the American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Program.