Federal grants to Dept of Pub Safety
Dept of Pub Safety in Des Moines, Iowa received $103 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 118 awards. Its largest program was State and Community Highway Safety, with $24.9 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $21.1 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$103 million
- Awards118
- Awarded in FY 2025$21.1 million
- Largest award$7.2 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 17 | $13.7 million |
| FY 2022 | 30 | $19.3 million |
| FY 2023 | 32 | $26.0 million |
| FY 2024 | 29 | $22.5 million |
| FY 2025 | 17 | $21.1 million |
Programs that fund Dept of Pub Safety
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| State and Community Highway Safety | 9 | $24.9 million |
| National Priority Safety Programs | 43 | $17.9 million |
| Motor Carrier Safety Assistance | 2 | $14.3 million |
| Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program | 8 | $12.1 million |
| High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program | 6 | $11.4 million |
| National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) | 4 | $3.4 million |
| Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants | 4 | $3.2 million |
| DNA Backlog Reduction Program | 3 | $2.1 million |
| Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Rural Emergency Medical Communications Demonstration Project | 1 | $1.9 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Transportation | 55 | $59.1 million |
| Department of Justice | 46 | $28.7 million |
| Executive Office of the President | 6 | $11.4 million |
| Department of Homeland Security | 9 | $3.2 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 2 | $300,262 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Award purpose: the purpose of the motor carrier safety assistance program (MCSAP) is to ensure the federal motor carrier safety administration (FMCSA) and states work in partnership to establish programs to improve motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle (CMV), and driver safety to support a safe and | Motor Carrier Safety Assistance | April 23, 2025 | $7.2 million |
| The purpose of the motor carrier safety assistance program (MCSAP) is to ensure the federal motor carrier safety administration (FMCSA) and states work in partnership to establish programs to improve motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle (CMV), and driver safety to support a safe and efficient tra | Motor Carrier Safety Assistance | June 12, 2024 | $7.1 million |
| Section 402 state and community highway safety grant (23 c.f.r. Subpart b to part 1300; 23 u.s.c. & 402) - grant to conduct highway safety programs under the state's approved highway safety plan. | State and Community Highway Safety | November 30, 2022 | $5.1 million |
| Section 402 state and community highway safety grant (23 c.f.r. Subpart b to part 1300; 23 u.s.c. § 402) ― grant to conduct highway safety programs under the state’s approved highway safety plan.section 402 funding facilitates a coordinated national highway safety program to reduce traffic crashes, | State and Community Highway Safety | November 25, 2024 | $5.0 million |
| Section 402 state and community highway safety grant | State and Community Highway Safety | December 15, 2021 | $5.0 million |
| Section 402 state and community highway safety grant (23 c.f.r. Subpart b to part 1300; 23 u.s.c. & 402) - grant to conduct highway safety programs under the state's approved triennial highway safety plan. Section 402 funding facilitates a coordinated national highway safety program to reduce traffi | State and Community Highway Safety | November 27, 2023 | $4.9 million |
| Section 402 state and community highway safety grant | State and Community Highway Safety | November 10, 2020 | $3.9 million |
| Section 405(d) impaired driving countermeasures grant (23 c.f.r. § 1300.23; 23 u.s.c. § 405(d)) ― grant to support certain costs of state impaired driving countermeasures programs consistent with 23 c.f.r. § 1300.23(j). 405(d) funding is used for impaired driving countermeasures. Qualifying states m | National Priority Safety Programs | November 25, 2024 | $2.8 million |
| Section 405(d) impaired driving countermeasures grant (23 c.f.r. & 1300.23; 23 u.s.c. & 405(d)) - grant to support certain costs of state alcohol-impaired driving programs consistent with 23 c.f.r. & 1300.23(j). | National Priority Safety Programs | November 30, 2022 | $2.5 million |
| The governor’s office of drug control policy will direct scip grant funding to state and local units of government to support program activities outlined in bja’s state crisis intervention program formula solicitation. At the writing of this application, the 2022/2023 program plan and funding priori | Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program | February 13, 2023 | $2.5 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Dept of Pub Safety get?
$103 million in 118 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Dept of Pub Safety the most?
The Department of Transportation, with $59.1 million in 55 awards. The Department of Justice and the Executive Office of the President follow.
What is Dept of Pub Safety's largest federal grant?
$7.2 million under Motor Carrier Safety Assistance, with its first action in the period on April 23, 2025. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Dept of Pub Safety?
Its largest are State and Community Highway Safety, National Priority Safety Programs and Motor Carrier Safety Assistance.
Other grant recipients in Des Moines
- IA Department of Human Services
- Department of Education Iowa
- Iowa Department of Public Health
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- Iowa Department Management
- Economic Development Authority Iowa
- Department of Human Rights Iowa
- Workforce Development Center
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