The Missouri 911 Service Board recently approved nearly $16.6 million in grant funding for 911 improvement projects across the state with Howell County receiving over a quarter of a million dollars.
Carter, Ripley, Shannon, Oregon, Wayne and Clark Counties, with only a basic level of 911 services, to Next Generation 911 (NG911) and Text-to-911 services.
Currently, these counties do not have 911 answering equipment, which means calls during emergencies go to seven-digit lines where call-takers do not receive any information on the caller or their location, requiring the citizen to describe those details verbally.
These grants will help bring Missouri’s 911 service in these counties up to standards seen around the country.
In conjunction with the Missouri 911 Service Board’s historic grant awards to bring the last of Missouri’s counties up to 911, the Board has funded 35 Geospatial Information System grants to create the maps and data needed to implement and deploy Next Generation 911.
Allowable uses for funding as well as the funding mechanism, was created by the passage of HB 1456 passed by the Missouri General Assembly and signed by Gov. Parson in 2018.
The Missouri 911 Service Board has a grant funding cycle open until all funds have been expended, or additional funds become available.
The funds are five-year grants with Howell County getting $269,041.92 for NG911
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