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Delegation Announces $7.9 Million in Grants to Alaska Programs

Washington, D.C. - The Alaska Congressional Delegation is pleased to announce the following grants:

U.S. Department of Labor

Indian Community Development Block Grant Program:

·         $51,092 grant to fund health and safety programs for miners and contract employees working at small often remotely located mining operations. 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

·         $149, 970 grant to the University of Alaska Fairbanks for Regional Assessments of Vulnerability and Environmental Security (RAVENS)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

·         $1,349,604 grant to the Aleutian Pribilof Island Association for a Health Center Cluster

·         $500,000 grant to the Alaska Island Community Services for the Afordable Care Act (ACA) for Capital Development in Health Centers

·         $128,196 grant to the Kenaitze Indian Tribe for their Integrated Health Information Management System project

·         $380,000 grant to MAT-SU Health Services, Inc. for Affordable Care Act (ACA) for Capital Development in Health Centers

·         $410,405 grant to Seldovia Village Tribe for Affordable Care Act (ACA) for Capital Development in Health Centers

·         $150,000 grant to the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium for SEARHC - Health Management Structure

·         $2,100,000 grant to the Tanana Chiefs Conference for Capital Development

·         $496,326 grant to the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation

U.S. Department of Education

·         $720,000 to the University of Alaska Fairbanks for the Upward Bound Program which provides motivational programs geared towards students from low income backgrounds and first-generation college students to prompt them to complete secondary and postsecondary education programs.

U.S. Department of Transportation

·         $1,500,000 grant to the Municipality of Anchorage to rehabilitate the Quebec Taxiway