Federal grants to Alaska Department of Public Safety
Alaska Department of Public Safety in Anchorage, Alaska received $48.7 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 63 awards. Its largest program was High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, with $11.4 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $3.9 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$48.7 million
- Awards63
- Awarded in FY 2025$3.9 million
- Largest award$3.3 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 11 | $6.1 million |
| FY 2022 | 20 | $15.0 million |
| FY 2023 | 13 | $12.6 million |
| FY 2024 | 14 | $11.1 million |
| FY 2025 | 7 | $3.9 million |
Programs that fund Alaska Department of Public Safety
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program | 5 | $11.4 million |
| National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) | 5 | $8.4 million |
| Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | 2 | $6.3 million |
| Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program | 9 | $6.2 million |
| NICS Act Record Improvement Program | 5 | $4.2 million |
| DNA Backlog Reduction Program | 6 | $3.6 million |
| Crime Victim Compensation | 7 | $3.1 million |
| Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program | 5 | $1.5 million |
| Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation | 1 | $938,000 |
| Assistance to Firefighters Grant | 2 | $678,727 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Justice | 48 | $29.7 million |
| Executive Office of the President | 5 | $11.4 million |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 2 | $6.3 million |
| Department of Homeland Security | 7 | $1.1 million |
| Consumer Product Safety Commission | 1 | $100,000 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose: economic development initiative, community project funding/congressional directed spending awards are authorized under the consolidated appropriations act, 2022 public law 117-328 and the explanatory statement for division l of that act. Projects selected for community project funding/congr | Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | August 20, 2024 | $3.3 million |
| Economic development initiative, community project funding, and miscellaneous grants | Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | August 4, 2023 | $3.0 million |
| The hidta program reduces illicit drug supply by aiding federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement. Performance is measured by dismantling/disrupting drug trafficking and money laundering organizations and improving effectiveness of the initiatives. | High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program | March 10, 2023 | $2.6 million |
| The hidta program reduces illicit drug supply by aiding federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement. Performance is measured by dismantling/disrupting drug trafficking and money laundering organizations and improving effectiveness of the initiatives. | High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program | May 3, 2022 | $2.5 million |
| The hidta program reduces illicit drug supply by aiding federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement. Performance is measured by dismantling/disrupting drug trafficking and money laundering organizations and improving effectiveness of the initiatives. | High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program | April 29, 2024 | $2.5 million |
| The Alaska department of public safety (DPS) requests funding for two criminal justice technicians to consolidate duplicate state identification records that prevent submissions to the interstate identification index (III) and the national instant criminal background check system (NICS) and to resea | National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) | August 31, 2022 | $2.4 million |
| Alaska FY 2021 nchip | National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) | October 12, 2021 | $2.3 million |
| High intensity drug trafficking areas hidta program fiscal year FY 2025 grant award | High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program | May 23, 2025 | $2.2 million |
| The hidta program reduces illicit drug supply by aiding federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement. Performance is measured by dismantling/disrupting drug trafficking and money laundering organizations and improving effectiveness of the initiatives. | High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program | March 1, 2021 | $2.0 million |
| The Alaska department of public safety (DPS) will use funds for six criminal justice technicians (CJTS) and one criminal justice specialist to research misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence (MCDV) convictions for submission into the nics indices and the III. Each conviction will be assessed to det | NICS Act Record Improvement Program | September 18, 2023 | $1.8 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Alaska Department of Public Safety get?
$48.7 million in 63 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Alaska Department of Public Safety the most?
The Department of Justice, with $29.7 million in 48 awards. The Executive Office of the President and the Department of Housing and Urban Development follow.
What is Alaska Department of Public Safety's largest federal grant?
$3.3 million under Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants, with its first action in the period on August 20, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Alaska Department of Public Safety?
Its largest are High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) and Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants.
Other grant recipients in Anchorage
- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
- Alaska Energy Authority
- Alaska Railroad Corporation
- Anchorage, Municipality of (Inc)
- University of Alaska Anchorage
- Cook Inlet Housing Authority
- Alaska Housing Finance Corp
- Southcentral Foundation
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