I don't see either P25 capable, or P25 required listed anywhere in the grant. I just worked the PSIC grant, which in my county was about a half-million for PD and FD, and none of the radios had to be P25 or P25-compatible.
http://www.firegrantsupport.com/docs/2009AFGguidance.pdf
Individual communications equipment (portable radios) and mobile communications
equipment (including mobile repeaters) are eligible, but telephones and cell phones are
not eligible. Under the AFG, DHS will limit funding for portable radios to the number of
seated positions based on the applicant’s firefighting vehicle fleet unless otherwise
justified in the narrative, and will only fund the number of mobile radios required to equip
the vehicle inventory listed in the application. We will not fund mobile radios for
personally owned vehicles, with the exception of the chief fire officer’s personal vehicle if
adequately justified in the application. Mobile data systems (MDTs) are eligible.
Integrated communications systems such as base stations, computer-aided dispatch,
fixed-site repeaters, and wireless and broadband mobile data systems are eligible under
this activity.
The purchase of any communications systems or equipment under this activity should
have the intent or goal of solving interoperability problems, as applicable. Each State will
have the opportunity to review requests for communications equipment, with respect to
conformity with the State Communications Interoperability Plan (SCIP). The State
representative will certify that such requests are consistent with the State Homeland
Security Strategy and do not duplicate or conflict with assistance already provided or
imminent. If a State representative determines that an application is either inconsistent
with the State strategy or duplicates the State’s assistance, that portion of the AFG
application will not be funded. Further, applicants within States that have not submitted
their SCIP to DHS for review and approval will not be eligible for interoperable
communications funding. Any applicant seeking funding for eligible equipment should
provide details in the narrative section of the application regarding their local plan to
enable or enhance interoperable communications within their jurisdiction as well as their
efforts to ensure consistency with their State’s interoperability plan.