The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $3,967,740 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to the Government of the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD). This grant funding is intended to support the hiring and/or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers to increase VIPD's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts across the U.S. Virgin...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard awarded $748,556 under the Boating Safety Financial Assistance (CFDA 97.012) federal formula grant program to the Government of the Virgin Islands' Division of Fish & Wildlife for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The funding will support the State Recreational Boating Safety Program, which aims to reduce accidents, injuries, and deaths on domestic waterways through boating safety education, assistance, and...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard awarded an $811,719 Formula Grant to the Government of the Virgin Islands' Division of Fish & Wildlife under the Boating Safety Financial Assistance (CFDA 97.012) federal grant program. The three-year award running from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025 will support the State Recreational Boating Safety Program. As outlined in the program description, funding will assist the territory in developing, carrying out, and financing...
This Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program funded community policing initiatives through $2.2 million in funding to the Government of the Virgin Islands Police Department from September 1, 2015 through November 30, 2021. The funding supported the official federal grant program titled "Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants" (CFDA 16.710), which provides assistance to state, local, and tribal law...
The US Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program awarded $657,649.33 under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program to the Government of the Virgin Islands Police Department from September 1, 2016 to February 28, 2021. This project grant funding supported the Government of the Virgin Islands Police Department in enhancing public safety and building community trust through collaborative community policing...
This Project Grant award of $199,004.42 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 under the Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act (CFDA 15.622) will allow the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Planning & Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife to engage in planning and maintenance activities for over 604 square miles of boating infrastructure, representing over 80% of the USVI's jurisdiction. The strategic marine conservation plan will assess...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $182,646 Project Grant to the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning & Natural Resources Division of Fish and Wildlife on October 1, 2024 through the Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act (CFDA 15.622) program. The grant funding will support the planning and maintenance of boating infrastructure across the U.S. Virgin Islands, which encompasses over 604 square miles and 94% recreational boating. The grant aims to...
This $114,986 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) is for the obligation of ferry boat program formula funds to support transportation services of St. John Inc. in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The award date is August 13, 2024. The grant recipient is the Virgin Islands Department of Public Works, which serves as the official state transportation department for the territory....
This Project Grant award in the amount of $168,710.00 was made on August 13, 2024 by the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) to the Executive Office of the Government of the Virgin Islands, through its Office of Highway Engineering Division (doing business as the Virgin Islands Department of Public Works). The funding will support transportation services and infrastructure projects on the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Specific...
This $406,673 federal Project Grant award, issued on December 11, 2024 by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs, supports the "Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories" program (CFDA 15.875). The grant funds will be used by the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) Division of the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands to deliver biosecurity and invasive species management programs over the award period ending on September 30, 2029....