FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR NON-PROFIT AGENCIES

Beginning on May 1, 2012, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough will be soliciting applications from non-profit agencies for the FY13 Human Services Community Matching Grant Program.  The application for FY13 funding will be significantly different than in previous years.  The primary change is the application will be an electronic submission through the United Way's Grant portal.  The Borough anticipates receiving funding from the State of Alaska in the amount of $318,299.  The award of grant funds is subject to receipt of funding from the State of Alaska and acceptance and appropriation by the Borough Assembly.  Allocation of grant funds will also depend upon the number and quality of proposals received. The amount that may be requested for this program is limited to $35,000 per agency. Applicants should be prepared to accept fewer dollars than requested.

The goal of the HSMG program is to provide high quality, cost efficient and community-driven health and human services to residents of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.  Grant funds may only be used for services which are necessary to prevent or alleviate serious mental or physical hardship. 

All grant funds must be expended before June 30, 2013.    The FY13 application will be an electronic submission through the United Way's Grant portal accessed here:  MSB HSCMG APPLICATION  Proposals must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, 2012. 

For additional information please contact the Planning Division at (907) 745-9833; by fax at (907) 745-9876; or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough (MSB) faces a challenge which is unique to Alaska.  Currently there is only one road between rural MSB and the Municipality of Anchorage (MOA), Alaska's most populated area.  Drivers traveling between the MSB and MOA are restricted to a single thoroushfare known as the Glann Highway.  This lone transportation artery becomes heavily congested at peak travel hours, and, seasonally, winter road conditions can bring traffic to a standstill. 

The MSB, working with the office of Navel Research, has secured a revolutionary ferry, the M/V Susitna, that will be the flagship of the newly created Cook Inlet Ferry System, the remaining piece of this vital system is the landing at Port MacKenzie.

The Borough is submitting an application for funding under the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT) Tiger Discretionary Grant Program for construction of the Ferry Landing at Port MacKenzie.

 Lists of documents that are referenced in the TIGER III Grant application:

• Final Grant Narrative
• Benefit Cost Analysis
• Ridership Study
• NEPA Documentation 
  • Knik Arm Ferry Final EA - 2003
    • FONSI
    • Appendia A-Scoping Summary
    • Appendix B-Feasibility Study
    • Appendix C-Socioeconomic Impacts
    • Appendix D-Essential Fish Habitat Assessment
    • Appendix E-Sect 106 Assessment
    • Errata
  • Supplemental EA 2006
  • EA Re-Evaluation 2007
• Wage Certification
• Authorization for Grant Submittal

For additional information on the M/V Susitna Ferry and the Cook Inlet Ferry System please visit www.matsugov.us/ferry.

For additional Information on this grant application please contact Pamela Graham, Grants and Projects Coordinator, at (907) 745-9525 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it