There's so much that it makes a difference because we're able to
leverage more state money and more local money with the
federal money, that sometimes the federal grant can plant a
seed, give someone an opportunity, and then there's so
much more they can do.
We've been able to give people the opportunity to go to a
conference with the federal money, and then they come back
and tell the local government, this is where I need to go.
This is something that helps me do my job.
And if we weren't able to plant those seeds, then they wouldn't
get it able to continue to do even more.
It feels like it's not just the local partnership and it's not
just the federal partnership, It's not just flowing through
US, it's we're all in partnership together.
When I'm Alaska, come to do a site visit, all of the people in
our counties and communities are so excited that they're there
and to be able to share that with them is just a great
opportunity to showcase our state and everything we're
doing.