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Alaska Delegation Announces Grants and Awards

Washington, D.C., Feb 12 -

Alaska Congressman Don Young and Sens. Ted Stevens and Frank Murkowski said today that agencies have issued grants and awards worth $8.1 million in recent weeks. The grants and awards include:

Department of Health and Human Services

• The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services received a grant of $414,491 for a campaign to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
   
  
• The State of Alaska, Department of Administration Division of Senior Services received a grant of $10,719 for the Information and Referral for Medicare Beneficiaries Project.
   
  
• The Child Development Division of the Rural Alaska Community Action Program received a grant of $1,176,884 for the Early Head Start program.
   

Department of Housing and Urban Development

• The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation received funding in the amount of $45,000 to provide the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation with a Section 8 Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program Coordinator for one year.
   
  
• The Gastineau Human Services Corporation received a grant of $30,321 for the Juneau Transitional Housing program to help serve the homeless.
   
  
• The Fairbanks Native Association received a grant of $48,577 for the Family Focus Transitional Living Program Expansion to help serve the homeless.
   
  
• The Arc of Anchorage received a grant of $96,308 for The Arc of Anchorage Transitional Housing program to help serve the homeless.
   

Department of Education

• The state of Alaska received a grant of $358,768 as funding for the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program to provide incentives for schools to raise academic standards.
   
  
• The Lower Kuskowim School District of Bethel received a grant of $1,174,572 for the Twenty-First Century Community Learning Center Program.
   
  
• The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District received a grant of $394,010 for the Twenty-First Century Community Learning Center Program.
   
  
• The Sitka School District received a grant of $102,244 for the Twenty-First Century Community Learning Center Program.
   

Department of Justice

• The city of Petersburg received a grant of $18,222 for the Local Law Enforcement Block Grants Program to reduce crime and improve public safety.
   
  
• The state of Alaska received federal funds in the amount of $1,420,652 to help pay the costs of incarcerating undocumented aliens who have committed serious crimes in the United States.
   
  
• The city of Fairbanks received a grant of $41,567 as part of the COPS MORE ‘98 program to add more police officers to community streets.
   
  
• The city of Kenai will receive grants from the COPS Universal Hiring Program to pay for 75% of the salary of additional officers hired to patrol the streets.
   

Department of Commerce

• The Kenai River Cooperative Education Project received a grant of $26,000 to rehabilitate and upgrade the two existing sites and provide signs for the newly constructed stop.
   
  
• The North Pacific Fishery Management Council received a grant of $1,979,227 to support its management of the fisheries in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone off the coast of Alaska.
   

National Endowment for the Humanities

• The Anchorage Concert Association received a grant of $40,000 to support the presentation of the Pacific Northwest Ballet.
   
  
• The Anchorage Museum Association received a grant of $10,500 to support the Museum’s “Light Art Festival” during the winter of 1999-2000.
   
  
• Juneau Jazz & Classics received a grant of $7,500 to support the production and presentation of a 10-day festival of classical and jazz music.
   
  
• The Sitka Summer Music Festival received a grant of $10,000 to support the presentation of professional chamber music through touring concerts in urban and rural communities of Alaska.
   
  
• The University of Alaska at Anchorage received a grant of $7,000 to support publication expenses and related costs for a special issue of Alaska Quarterly Review.
   
  
• The Perseverance Theater received a grant of $30,000 from the Nathan Cummings Foundation to develop a New Theater Education and Integration Program.
   
  
• The Perseverance Theater received a grant of $100,000 from M.J Murdock Charitable Trust for a three-year sponsorship of KING ISLAND CHRISTMAS.
   
  
• The state of Alaska received $602,909 to provide support for library services under the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996.