The purpose of the state recreational boating safety program is to encourage greater state participation and uniformity in boating safety efforts, and particularly to permit the states to assume the…

The Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard awarded the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks $1,159,344 under the Boating Safety Financial Assistance program (CFDA 97.012) on October 1, 2025, for a period of performance ending September 30, 2028.

Funding supports recreational boating safety activities in Kansas, including provision of facilities, equipment, and supplies for boating safety education and law enforcement; training personnel in boating safety and enforcement; public boating safety education through programs, lectures, and school system outreach; acquisition, construction, or repair of public recreational boating access sites; boating safety inspections and marine casualty investigations; establishment and maintenance of emergency and search-and-rescue facilities and services; waterway markers and navigation aids; and state recreational vessel numbering and titling programs. The Boating Safety Financial Assistance program is structured as a cooperative agreement between the Coast Guard and designated state agencies to minimize loss of life, personal injury, and property damage in recreational boating.

The purpose of the state recreational boating safety program is to encourage greater state participation and uniformity in boating safety efforts, and particularly to permit the states to assume the greater share of boating safety education, assistance, and enforcement activities. Federal funds provided for a state's boating safety program may be used for any of the following expenses. 1. Providing facilities, equipment, and supplies for boating safety education and law enforcement, including purchase, operation, maintenance, and repair. 2. Training personnel in skills related to boating safety and to the enforcement of boating safety laws and regulations. 3. Providing public boating safety education, including educational programs and lectures, to the boating community and the public school system. 4. Acquiring, constructing, or repairing public access sites used primarily by recreational boaters. 5. Conducting boating safety inspections and marine casualty investigations. 6. Establishing and maintaining emergency or search and rescue facilities, and providing emergency or search and rescue assistance. 7. Establishing and maintaining waterway markers and other appropriate aids to navigation. 8. Providing state recreational vessel numbering and titling programs.