Costs & Funding

This guide by the Emergency Communications Preparedness Center provides recommendations and resources for federal program managers of emergency communications funding in 2016.

The objective of this GAO report is to review states' collection and use of 911 funds.

The following table lists federal financial assistance programs for emergency communications during FY 2019.

This webpage provides an overview of the US Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and their shared responsibility with NHTSA for the 911 Implementation and Coordination Office (ICO).

This is the 2019 annual report by the Office of Emergency Communications to provide guidance for State, local, tribal, and territorial grantees on eligible activities and equipment standards that may be applicable to Federal grants funding emergency communications projects.

This SAFECOM webpage lists a variety of resources that identify funding solutions to maintain interoperable networks, including emergency communications grant guidance and funding methods to sustain public safety communications systems.

This report is the result of the request for TFOPA to "develop a funding sustainment model that can be used by state and 911 authorities to calculate their financial needs to support a transitional NG911 implementation."

This document by the Blue Ribbon Panel on 911 Funding is the 2013 final report to the National 911 Program on the future of 911 funding options.

This is a business case conducted in 2013 for the State of Oregon's Office of Emergency Management, 911 Program. This business case identifies gaps with the current 911 system in Oregon and provides recommended solutions to prepare Oregon for NG911. This study is specific to one state and may or may not be applicable to other states.

This is a white paper by the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, presenting a cost study on the network connectivity and call routing portion of the nationwide NG911 network.

This webpage provides a record of the FCC's annual reports to Congress on the collection and distribution of 911 and Enhanced 911 fees and charges by the states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and Tribal Nations.

This document is a letter written in 2001 from the FCC to King County, Washington in response to financial responsibility of funding database and network components of E911 Phase I.

This is a historical study prepared in 2014 by Texas A&M for the Industry Council on Emergency Response Technologies (iCERT). This study was intended to provide a clearer understanding of the state of the nation’s transition from legacy 911 systems to NG911.

This white paper outlines the thinking of NASNA on how states might ensure sustainable funding for NG911.

This document by the National 911 Program and Blue Ribbon Panel on 911 Funding provides an overview of the state of 911 funding in 2013.

This document by the National 911 Program is the final report for the E911 Grant Program in 2013.

This NENA document published in 2007 provides an overview of NG911 funding model options for consideration.

This report, submitted to Congress in October 2018, provides a cost estimate to migrate existing legacy 911 systems to NG911 across the country. It describes three different implementation scenarios and a cost range.

This document submitted to Congress by NHTSA and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) provides guidance on how to manage the NG911 grant program following the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012.

This article describes the federal funding gaps between FirstNet and NG911.

This joint Final Rule under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) implements the E–911 grant program authorized under the ENHANCE Act of 2004

The following summarizes the final legislation in 2009 for the Enhanced 911 Grant Program.

This action from September 2017 proposes revised implementing regulations for the 911 Grant Program, as a result of the enactment of the Next Generation 911 (NG911) Advancement Act of 2012. The 911 Grant Program provides grants to improve 911 services, E-911 services, and NG911 services and applications.

This opinion by the Tennessee Attorney General from 2009 concluded that diverting fees collected for 911 purposes violated the NET 911 Improvement Act.