Safe house development

The Native Village of Unalakleet received a $700,000 Project Grant from the Denali Commission (CFDA 90.100) for Safe House Development, with an award date of October 1, 2025, and an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2027. The project will be implemented in Unalakleet, Alaska, and focuses on developing safe house infrastructure to address critical community needs in this remote Alaska Native community. The Denali Commission Program provides federal funding for essential infrastructure and community development throughout rural Alaska, with particular emphasis on distressed and environmentally threatened communities, evaluating projects on a case-by-case basis according to documented community need and feasibility.

As a federally recognized tribal government with extensive experience managing federal grants across multiple domains, the Native Village of Unalakleet will utilize this funding to construct or enhance safe house facilities that will serve the community. The safe house infrastructure represents a critical public safety and community development initiative aligned with the Denali Commission's mandate to address essential services in rural Alaskan communities. The project performance period of approximately two years reflects the typical project duration for Denali Commission infrastructure awards and demonstrates the organization's demonstrated capacity to implement complex community development initiatives in challenging environmental settings.