Deadline: 1-Mar-22
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced Marine Safety Grants Program.
Objective
- To promote safety in the use of recreational watercraft through law enforcement and education.
Funding Information
- Reimbursement with state funds is up to 75 percent of actual expenditures, but not to exceed the grant allocation. Reimbursement with federal funds is up to 100 percent of actual expenditures, not to exceed the grant allocation.
Eligibility Criteria
- All counties in the State of Michigan are eligible to apply. Expenses applied to patrol time and law enforcement work, instruction of boating safety classes, administering proctored boating safety exams for approved on-line safety courses, inspection of boat liveries, operating costs, and purchase of equipment necessary for patrol and law enforcement work are eligible for reimbursement, dependent on availability of funding.
Criteria
- Grant funding is made available to county sheriff departments within the State of Michigan and is dependent on such factors as the area of public waters to be patrolled, the number of law enforcement personnel available for marine patrol, the number of boat livery inspections to be conducted and the extent of the county’s boating safety education program. Total marine safety program expenditures and past operating grant histories (grants provided and usage) are also considered in arriving at the final grant awards for each community.
For more information, visit https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-350-79134_81684_81828_81837—,00.html