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 U.S. Coast Guard awarded the New Hampshire Department of Safety $1.781 million under the State Recreational Boating Safety Program (CFDA 97.012) on October 1, 2025, for the period of performance October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028.

The award funds boating safety activities in New Hampshire, including facilities, equipment, and supplies for boating safety education and law enforcement; training personnel in boating safety skills and enforcement of boating safety laws; public boating safety education programs and lectures to the boating community and public schools; acquisition, construction, or repair of public access sites used primarily by recreational boaters; boating safety inspections and marine casualty investigations; establishment and maintenance of emergency and search-and-rescue facilities and assistance; waterway markers and aids to navigation; and state recreational vessel numbering and titling programs.

This is a formula grant with an obligated amount of $1.781 million. The New Hampshire Department of Safety, doing business as Emergency Medical Services, administers the award from its principal office in Concord, New Hampshire.

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.