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Federal grants to Nevada Department of Public Safety

Carson City, Nevada · State and local governments · UEI WL32S1SVSWP7

Nevada Department of Public Safety in Carson City, Nevada received $41.8 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 79 awards. Its largest program was State and Community Highway Safety, with $19.1 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $9.6 million.

From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.

By year

Federal grants to Nevada Department of Public Safety by fiscal year
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 202110$6.9 million
FY 202215$9.6 million
FY 202314$8.8 million
FY 202423$7.0 million
FY 202518$9.6 million

An award funded in several years counts in each of them, so yearly awards add up to more than the five-year total.

Programs that fund Nevada Department of Public Safety

Every program, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
State and Community Highway Safety 20.60010$19.1 million
National Priority Safety Programs 20.61657$11.2 million
Minimum Penalties for Repeat Offenders for Driving While Intoxicated 20.6084$8.2 million
Incentive Grant Program to Prohibit Racial Profiling 20.6114$1.9 million
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) 97.0831$779,981
Assistance to Firefighters Grant 97.0442$509,430
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Discretionary Safety Grants and Cooperative Agreements 20.6141$57,000

Awarding agencies

AgencyAwardsAmount
Department of Transportation76$40.6 million
Department of Homeland Security3$1.3 million

Largest awards

The 10 largest awards by money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025
AwardProgramFirst actionAmount
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.
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State and Community Highway SafetyNovember 30, 2022$3.5 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,
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State and Community Highway SafetyNovember 25, 2024$3.4 million
Section 402 state and community highway safety grant
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State and Community Highway SafetyDecember 15, 2021$3.4 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
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State and Community Highway SafetyNovember 27, 2023$3.4 million
Section 402 state and community highway safety grant
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State and Community Highway SafetyNovember 10, 2020$2.5 million
Section 164 transfer program: repeat intoxicated driver (23 c.f.r. Part 1275; 23 u.s.c. § 164) €• penalty transfer funds to support alcohol and drug-impaired driving countermeasures in states that fail to enact and enforce conforming repeat alcohol-intoxicated driver laws. Under section 164, to av
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Minimum Penalties for Repeat Offenders for Driving While IntoxicatedMay 14, 2025$2.2 million
Section 164 transfer program: repeat intoxicated driver (23 c.f.r. Part 1275; 23 u.s.c. % 164) - penalty transfer funds to support alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures in states that fail to enact and enforce conforming repeat intoxicated driver laws.
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Minimum Penalties for Repeat Offenders for Driving While IntoxicatedAugust 3, 2022$2.1 million
Al-bil 164 transfer funds
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State and Community Highway SafetyApril 30, 2024$2.1 million
Section 164 transfer program: repeat intoxicated driver (23 c.f.r. Part 1275; 23 u.s.c. & 164) - penalty transfer funds to support alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures in states that fail to enact and enforce conforming repeat intoxicated driver laws.
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Minimum Penalties for Repeat Offenders for Driving While IntoxicatedFebruary 14, 2023$2.1 million
Section 164 repeat intoxicated driver laws penalty transfer funds
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Minimum Penalties for Repeat Offenders for Driving While IntoxicatedJanuary 19, 2021$1.8 million

Amounts are net obligations: money committed, minus any amounts taken back. They are not payments. See how our data works.

Questions people ask

How much federal grant money does Nevada Department of Public Safety get?

$41.8 million in 79 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.

Which agency gives Nevada Department of Public Safety the most?

The Department of Transportation, with $40.6 million in 76 awards. The Department of Homeland Security follow.

What is Nevada Department of Public Safety's largest federal grant?

$3.5 million under State and Community Highway Safety, with its first action in the period on November 30, 2022. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.

Which federal programs fund Nevada Department of Public Safety?

Its largest are State and Community Highway Safety, National Priority Safety Programs and Minimum Penalties for Repeat Offenders for Driving While Intoxicated.

Other grant recipients in Carson City

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