11.18.22
Over $178 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: $2 million to State of Alaska from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development replace the septic tank effluent pumping system’s tanks, demolish and properly dispose of the used tanks, purchase a new pumper truck, add solar-powered surface mixers and miscellaneous yard improvements at the treatment plant, and improve the blower house’s electrical, HVAC, and piping equipment.
Southcentral
- Anchorage: $11.7 million to Anchorage from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the COVID-19 pandemic emergency, health, and safety measures.
- Anchorage: $3.4 million to the Launch Alaska from the Department of Energy for three large scale energy projects in collaboration with Alaska communities, Alaska Native regional corporations, and others.
- Kenai: $7 million to the Kenaitze Indian Tribe from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, of which Senator Murkowski was a lead author.
- Knik: $330,000 to the Knik Tribal Council from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to support pollution prevention outreach and technical assistance efforts at businesses located in rural and underserved Alaska communities and tribal villages.
- Seldovia: $1.6 million to the Seldovia Village Tribe from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Health Center Cluster Program which helps support the costs of operating health centers that serve medically underserved populations.
- Seward: $10 million to the Chugachmiut from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development to construct a regional health center which will serve as a regional hub providing medical, dental, and behavioral health services for Alaskans in rural medically underserved areas.
- Seward: $1 million to the Chugachmiut from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development to construct a tribally-owned and operated regional hospital.
- Soldotna: $2.3 million to the Peninsula Community Health Services of Alaska, Inc. from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Health Center Cluster Program which helps support the costs of operating health centers that serve medically underserved populations.
Interior
- Fairbanks: $35,483 to the University of Alaska Fairbanks from the National Science Foundation for its permafrost and infrastructure symposium: merging science, engineering and community-based knowledge.
- Rampart: $1.2 million to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development to provide well and wastewater treatment systems.
- Rampart: $67,500 to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development to develop a preliminary engineering report and environmental report for a new landfill.
- Ruby: $66,375 to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development to complete preliminary engineering and environmental reports to explore options for a new solid waste facility.
- Tanacross: $66,375 to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development to complete preliminary engineering and environmental reports for a community landfill.
North Slope
- Kotzebue: $68.4 million to the NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, of which Senator Murkowski was a lead author.
Southeast
- Juneau: $630,700 to the Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition from the U.S. Department of the Interior for restoring salmon watersheds on tribal homelands and the Tongass National Forest.
- Juneau: $5 million to the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program.
- Juneau: $49.8 million to the Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, of which Senator Murkowski was a lead author.
- Metlakatla: $10.4 million to the Metlakatla Power and Light from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, of which Senator Murkowski was a lead author.
Southwest and Western
- Bristol Bay: $1 million to the Bristol Bay Native Corporation from the U.S. Department of the Interior for mapping millions of acres of ecologically, economically, and culturally important wetlands in Bristol Bay and to improve region-wide prioritization and management for sockeye salmon and salmon habitat.
- Dillingham: $824,990 to the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Bristol Bay Campus from the U.S. Department of Education for the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions Program.
- Igiugig: $339,900 to the Igiugig Village Council from the U.S. Department of the Interior to assist with climate resilience and adaptation planning efforts for six rural Indigenous communities in the Lake Iliamna region.
- Kodiak: $1.4 million to the Kodiak Island Health Care Foundation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Health Center Cluster Program which helps support the costs of operating health centers that serve medically underserved populations.
