# Next Generation Warning System Grant Program (97.138)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/97-138-next-generation-warning-system-grant-program/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Next Generation Warning System Grant Program is run by Department of Homeland Security. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $176 million in 16 grants, about $11.0 million per award.

## Objectives

Goal: The goal of this grant is to enhance alert and warning capabilities and improve resiliency of emergency alert and warning systems through effective services, solutions, and technology to improve the timely delivery of public safety information. The grant will explore and embrace currently available and emerging technology with audio and visual capabilities across all platforms to enable interactive and actionable emergency communications to the public. Objectives: In coordination with the FEMA Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Division, the grant recipients will pursue the following objectives: 1) integrate effective, reliable, available, and timely alert and warning capabilities to enhance public emergency communications; 2) test and deploy proven common-sense tools, pathways, and technologies that support advanced visual and audio alerts; and 3) coordinate and execute whole-community public warning field training, testing, exercise, and evaluation in collaboration with IPAWS, federal, state, local, tribal, and private sector partners, including broadcasters and wireless carriers, to support the development of alert and warning governance, policies, plans, and procedures while improving cross jurisdictional coordination before, during, and after incidents.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $0 | 0 |
| 2022 | $40.0 million | 1 |
| 2023 | $56.0 million | 1 |
| 2024 | $40.0 million | 1 |
| 2025 | $39.9 million | 13 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Corporation for Public Broadcasting | District of Columbia | $136 million |
| North Carolina Department of Public Safety | North Carolina | $8.0 million |
| Cherokee Nation | Oklahoma | $8.0 million |
| Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency | Georgia | $7.0 million |
| Guam Office of Homeland Secur Ity/ Office of Civil Defense | Guam | $5.8 million |
| New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety | New Jersey | $3.3 million |
| Office of Emergency Services | California | $2.6 million |
| Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake | California | $2.2 million |
| Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation | Montana | $1.4 million |
| Nevada Office of Emergency Management | Nevada | $908,256 |
| Quapaw Nation | Oklahoma | $399,840 |
| Indiana Dept of Homeland Security | Indiana | $157,895 |
| Metlakatla Indian Community | Alaska | $156,464 |
| OK Dept of Emergency Mgmt | Oklahoma | $21,053 |