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Funding

The resources in this section identify funding solutions to maintaining interoperable networks.

2015 SAFECOM Grant Guidance
This annual document provides recommendations to grantees seeking funding for interoperable emergency communications projects, including allowable costs, items to consider when funding emergency communications projects, grants management best practices for emergency communications grants, and information on standards that ensure greater interoperability.

Fiscal Year 2015 Emergency Communications Financial Assistance Program
Provides a list detailing Federal financial assistance opportunities that support emergency communications.

Federal Interoperability Assistance Support- Funding Strategy Best Practice Report - Public Safety Wireless Network (PSWN)
This 2002 report from the PSWN captures key findings from interoperability assistance efforts in Alaska, Arizona, and Wyoming.

Interoperability Business Case: An Introduction to Ongoing Local Funding
Advises the public safety community on the elements needed to build a strong business case to demonstrate the needs for funding interoperable communications

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