12.09.22

Grant Roundup: Senator Murkowski Announces Federal Grants Heading to Alaska

Over $9 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: $1.4 million to the Alaska Conservation Foundation from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to identify coastal resilience challenges in remote communities and identify nature-based solutions through regional workshops that will ultimately benefit Native Villages in Alaska.

Bering Strait

  • Shaktoolik: $121,593 to the Native Village of Shaktoolik from the Environmental Protection Agency for the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program, for building capacity and developing programs to protect the tribal environment and health such as solid waste management and scrap metal/appliance/vehicle mitigation.

Bristol Bay

  • Dillingham: $88,465 to the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Service Administration for expanding COVID-19 vaccination.
  • Naknek: $58,306 to the Borough of Bristol Bay from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Service Administration for expanding COVID-19 vaccination.

Interior

  • Fairbanks: $200,000 to the University of Alaska Fairbanks from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development to improve economic conditions in rural Alaska by establishing and strengthening new cooperatives.
  • Fairbanks: $93,541 to the Dena’ Nena’ Henash from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Service Administration for expanding COVID-19 vaccination.
  • Fort Yukon: $61,555 to the Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments, Inc. from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Service Administration for expanding COVID-19 vaccination.

North Slope

  • Point Hope: $934,600 to Point Hope from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to design and permit a dynamic revetment and reinforcement dune system along the Chukchi Sea shoreline.

Southcentral

  • Anchorage: $150,781 to the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Service Administration for expanding COVID-19 vaccination.
  • Anchorage: $63,094 to the Eastern Aleutian Tribes, Inc. from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Service Administration for expanding COVID-19 vaccination.
  • Eyak: $117,458 to the Native Village of Eyak from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Service Administration for expanding COVID-19 vaccination.
  • Cooper Center: $61,366 to the Ahtna’ T’Aene Nene’ from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Service Administration for expanding COVID-19 vaccination.
  • Glennallen: $74,911 to the Cross Road Health Ministries, Inc. from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Service Administration for expanding COVID-19 vaccination.
  • Seward: $22,054 to the City of Seward from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Service Administration for expanding COVID-19 vaccination.

Southeast

  • Klukwan: $669,600 to the Chilkat Indian Village from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to restore Chinook salmon spawning habitat that was lost due to river flooding and bank erosion.

Southwest

  • Alakanuk: $125,000 to the Village of Alakanuk from the Environmental Protection Agency for the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program, for developing administrative capacity for the tribe, water quality and environmental monitoring, solid and hazardous waste improvements, and addressing potential Brownfield Sites.
  • Bethel: $62,833 to the Bethel Family Clinic from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Service Administration for expanding COVID-19 vaccination.
  • Hooper Bay: $250,000 to Alaska Wildlife Alliance from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to engage community members through onsite workshops and listening sessions to identify potential nature-based solutions that will address flood vulnerabilities in the Asqinaq, or Hooper Bay Region.
  • Kotlik: $3.9 million to the Village of Kotlik from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to restore coastal wetlands in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta to protect the rearing habitat of forty-four specifics of fish and sixty species of birds.