Grant Awards

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The City of Richland actively pursues grant funding throughout the year to support a wide range of community priorities and projects. These grants help enhance city services, improve infrastructure, promote public safety, and invest in long-term sustainability. To maintain transparency and keep our community informed, we provide a regularly updated list of all grants awarded to the City each year.

2025

Council Acceptance Date	Requesting Department	Grant Type	Agency	Purpose	Award Amount
1/21/2025	Public Works	State	Washington State Transportation Improvement Board, Urban Arterial Program	Duportail Street Improvements Project - Duportail Street/Kennedy Road Intersection Improvements, Duportail Street/Driveway Intersection Improvements, and Queensgate Drive and Duportail Street Intersection Improvements Project	$1,572,686
1/21/2025	Public Works	State	Washington State Transportation Improvement Board, Active Transportation Program	George Washington Way Sidewalk Improvements Project - from Comstock Street to Bradley Boulevard	$850,000
1/21/2025	Development Services		Hanford Area Economic Investment Fund Advisory Committee Grant	NACEP sewer extension project	$462,530
1/21/2025	Public Works	Federal Pass Through	U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway System Asset Management Program , Washington State Department of Transportation	George Washington Way Pavement Preservation - from Columbia Point Drive to Bradley Boulevard ($1,307,000) and from Bradley Boulevard to Guyer Avenue ($1,024,000)	$2,331,000
1/21/2025	Development Services	Federal Direct	U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Planning and Development, Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants	HUD - CDBG Grants	$295,000
1/21/2025	Development Services	Federal Direct	U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Planning and Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program	HUD - HOME Grants	$652,569
2/4/2025	Public Works	State	Washington State Department of Transportation, Move Ahead Washington Program	Engineering design and environmental review for SR240/Aaron Drive Interchange Improvements	$1,000,000
2/28/2025	Public Works	Local	Benton County Rural Capital Fund	Funding for design, right-of-way acquisition and construction	$1,500,000
3/18/2025	Police	Federal Pass Through	U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs Missing Children's Assistance , Seattle Police Department, Internet Crimes Against Children	Approve funding for forensic hardware, software, and training used in ICAC investigations	$75,000
3/18/2025	Fire & Emergency Services	Local	The Dickey Foundation	Provide three (3) 20x30 electric vehicle (EV) fire suppression blankets and three (3) 6x6 EV fire suppression blankets
3/18/2025	Fire & Emergency Services	Local	Wildhorse Foundation	Rescue tools essential for accessing patients trapped in vehicle accidents	$15,900
5/6/2025	Public Works	State	Washington State Department of Transportation Active Transportation Assistance Program (ATAP)	Pedestrian and bicycle improvements at various locations in central Richland	$100,000

2024

Council Acceptance Date	Requesting Department	Grant Type	Agency	Purpose	Award Amount
12/3/2024	Parks & Public Facilities	Federal Pass Through	The Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington State Library, Library Services and Technology Act - Professional Development Grants	Conferences & Workshops with Professional Library Organizations for Library Personnel	$6,000
12/3/2024	Development Services	State	Washington State Department of Commerce	Funding to assist the COR with planning work for the completion the Growth Management Act (GMA) requirement to review and revise the comprehensive plan and development regulations	$87,500
12/3/2024	Development Services	State	Washington State Department of Commerce	Partial funding the 2026 Comprehensive Land Use Plan and development regulations periodic update	$115,000
11/5/2024	Public Works	State	Washington State Department of Ecology	Funding for the stormwater scope of work project to improve water quality in the Columbia River through the design of stormwater treatment facilities to treat runoff generated in the downtown corridor	$46,933
11/5/2024	Police	Federal Pass Through	U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Edward Byrne JAG Program	Purchase mobile radios for the school resource officers (SRO)	$10,326
11/5/2024	Police	Federal Pass Through	U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington Traffic Safety Commission	Funding to support collaborative efforts to conduct overtime high visibility enforcement throughout Washington	$19,000
10/1/2024	Police	State	WA Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC), Washington Auto Theft Prevention Authority (WATPA)	Modular Surveillance System including Pole Mounted Cameras & Recording Software	$17,678
10/1/2024	Administrative Services	Federal Pass Through	U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington State Military Department, State & Local Cyber Security Grant Program (SLCGP)	City wide implementation of multi-factor & a virtual CISO project	$132,500
9/17/2024	Development Services	State	Washington State Department of Commerce	Funding to address specific site development North Horn Rapids and branded as the Northwest Advanced Clean Energy Park (NACEP) needs faced by local governments	$200,000
9/3/2024	Police		Washington Traffic Safety Commission	Funding will allow the RPD to continue its emphasis on traffic safety and enforcement	$ 0,000
8/20/2024	Public Works	Federal Pass Through	U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington State Military Department	Funding to complete the project of install standby generators at the three critical water facilities to enable continued water treatment and delivery during a large-scale power outage and reduce the financial burden on the City’s Water Fund	$191,000
8/7/2024	Energy Services	State	Washington State Department of Commerce, Washington Families Clean Energy Credits Grant	Energy Assistance for Low-and-Moderate-Income Households from State Climate Commitment Act	$1,011,293
7/2/2024	Parks & Public Facilities	Federal Pass Through	National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington State Library, Humanities Washington - Prime Time Family Reading Program	Funding for events to increase family reading time, influenced positive changes in attitudes towards reading, increased library usage, and improved critical thinking skills	$8,300
5/21/2024	Public Works	State	Washington State Department of Transportation Active Transportation Assistance Program (ATAP)	Pedestrian and bicycle improvements at various locations in central Richland	$54,000
4/2/2024	Police	State	Washington State Department of Commerce, Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention	Funding to purchase two (2) U.S.-based drones and equipment to assist local law enforcement in vehicle pursuit mitigation	$97,883