WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs has released a total of $1.3 million to Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge and the Iowa Department of Public Health in Des Moines.
"These funds will help provide necessary training to first responders to help keep our communities safe," Grassley said.
The U.S. Department of Justice will distribute the funds as shown below.
· Iowa Central Community College will receive $450,000 to help develop and sustain the Iowa Central Homeland Security Training Center. Iowa Central Community College will provide basic, intermediate and advanced levels of homeland security training for local first responders and related public agencies.
· Iowa Department of Public Health will receive $850,000 to help the Iowa Jail-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Project deliver and evaluate substance abuse treatment services to selected offenders during incarceration and after release from four of Iowa's county jails.