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Illinois NG9-1-1 GIS Grants announced for FY2025

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Illinois NG9-1-1 GIS Grants announced for FY2025

The Illinois Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator has released information for  FY2025. There is $12 million available for funding GIS projects with a submission deadline of February 20th, 2024. The grant now covers the creation of indoor school (K-12) map data layers, while still supporting projects for required GIS data layers. The state’s prioritization of Indoor school mapping is an exciting development that Cloudpoint fully supports. Cloudpoint has already developed incredible Indoor data for schools and we are ready to assist Illinois PSAPs in vastly improving their school building emergency data.

Help for the Helpers: NG9-1-1 GIS Grants

Help for the Helpers: NG9-1-1 GIS Grants

Funding Updates

So much goes into transitioning a 911 system to NG911, from changing state policies to buying appropriate equipment to updating GIS data. This upgrade comes with a large price tag. There are a lot of variables and scenarios were calculated in the report to Congress, but we’re talking in the ballpark of $14 billion dollars nation-wide. Available funding varies widely by state, but…