Tribal Goverment

THESE are the funding sources AVAILABLE TO QUALIFIED TRIBES AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS UNDER THE CARES-ACT:

• Indian Health Service (IHS)
• Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
• Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)
• HUD Office of Native American Programs
• Food Distribution Program for Indian Reservations
• Older Americans Act Tribal Nutrition
• Indian Child Care Development Block Grant

APPROPRIATIONS BY THE NUMBERS:

• $100m+ for FDPIR ($50m food purchase + $50m construction)
  
  

• $1.03b for IHS (broad use authority with no less than $450m for Tribal 638 and Urban facilities + $65m for electronic health record modernization)
• $69m+ for BIE (K-12 + TCUs)
• $453m+ for BIA “TPA” like fund/operation of Indian Programs
• $78,000 to IAIA for COVID response
  

• $15m+ for Tribes and Urban facilities through HRSA for telehealth/rural health activities
• $15m+ for Tribes and Urban facilities through the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund for essential medical resources to respond to coronavirus
• $120m+ for CDC grants to Tribes and Urban Indian health organizations
• Ed Stabilization Funding:
  
  • 0.5% set-aside for programs operated or funded by BIE.
  • TCUs are applicable for general higher education funding structure, based on the structure of 75% for Pell student enrollment and 25% for non-Pell students. Along with that, TCUs will qualify for the Minority Serving Institutions set-aside (7.5% of the overall higher ed. set-aside). Additionally, TCUs and other MSIs will have flexibility through a statutory waiver to use prior HEA-MSI award money for COVID- related response efforts.
    
• Student Loan/Aid –AIAN students will get the same benefits as all other students with fed loans.
• $50m+ for Institute of Museum and Library Services (includes Tribal grantees) to “expand digital network access, purchase internet accessible devices, and provide technical support services”.
• $900m+ Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) supplement for all eligible households, including those covered by Tribal LIHEAP.
• $20m+ for Older American Act Tribal Nutrition activities for the delivery of nutrition services to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiian elders.
• $96m+ for Indian Child Care Development Block Grant for COVID-19 costs and to provide child-care services for health care and emergency workers.
  

• $300m+ for NAHASDA & ICDBG; $200m through NAHASDA formula (but only for COVID-needs) and $100m through the Indian Country Development Block grant (ICDBG)
• $100 million for the Re-connect program (Broadband Loan and Grant Program authorized by Sec. 779 of the Consolidate Appropriations Act, 2018).
• $25 million for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program. Funding goes toward initial capital assets for equipment (e.g., video conferencing equipment, computers) that operate via telecommunications to rural end-users of telemedicine and distance learning. Broadband facilities (if owned by the applicant) are also eligible. Federally recognized tribes are eligible to apply for DLT grants.