Funding

Funding Opportunity Title: for Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA): Native American and Alaska Native Children in School (NAM) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.365C

Deadline: Apr 25, 2023

Funding Opportunity: ED-GRANTS-020923-001

Program Office: Institute of Museum and Library Services

Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.

For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022.

Purpose of Program: The purpose of the NAM program is to award grants to eligible entities to develop and enhance capacity to provide effective instruction and support to Native American and Alaska Native students, including Native Hawaiian and Native American Pacific Islander students, who are identified as English learners (ELs). The goal of this program is to support the teaching, learning, and studying of Native American languages while also increasing the English language proficiency and academic achievement of students served.

Link to Additional Information: Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA): Native American and Alaska Native Children in School (NAM) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.365C; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Julius C Cotton, ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin.

Phone: 202-245-6288  | Email: julius.cotton@ed.gov

Celeste McLaughlin, Program Manager

Phone: 202- 245-7693 | Email: NAM@ed.gov

Funding Opportunity Title: FY 2023 AmeriCorps State and National Native Nation Grants

Deadline: Apr 05, 2023 

Funding Opportunity # AC-08-19-22

Program Office: AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. AmeriCorps brings people together to tackle some of the country’s most pressing challenges through national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve with organizations dedicated to the improvement of communities and those serving. AmeriCorps helps make service a cornerstone of our national culture.

AmeriCorps is committed to working on a Nation-to-Nation basis with Native Nations and upholding the federal government’s Tribal trust responsibility.

AmeriCorps grants are awarded to eligible organizations (See Section C. 1 Eligible Applicants) proposing to engage AmeriCorps members in interventions/practices to strengthen communities. An AmeriCorps member is an individual who engages in community service through an approved national service position. Members may receive a living allowance and other benefits while serving. Upon successful completion of their service, members earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award that they can use to pay for higher education expenses or apply to qualified student loans.

Link to Additional Information: See Related Documents

Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: (202) 606-7508

Funding Opportunity Title: FY 2023 AmeriCorps Seniors Native Nations and Indigenous Elders Senior Demonstration Program

Deadline: Apr 05, 2023 

Funding Opportunity # AC-12-09-22

Program Office: AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. AmeriCorps brings people together to tackle some of the country’s most pressing challenges through national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve with organizations dedicated to the improvement of communities and those serving.

AmeriCorps helps make service a cornerstone of our national culture.AmeriCorps Seniors is publishing this funding notice for the purpose of creating the “FY 2023 AmeriCorps Seniors Native Nations and Indigenous Elders Senior Demonstration Program” to invest in projects focused on underserved Indigenous and Native communities, advancing opportunities for older adults to make an impact, through their time and experience. Through the Native Nations and Indigenous Elders SDP funding opportunity, applicants must demonstrate how they will engage adults ages 55 and older to address one or more of the Native Nations & Indigenous Elders SDP priorities.

Link to Additional Information: Full competition information and resources

Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: For more information, call 1-800-942-2677 or email For more information, call 1-800-942-2677 or email AmeriCorpsSeniors@cns.gov.

Funding Opportunity Title: Addressing Dementia in Indian Country: Models of Care

Deadline: June 27, 2023 

Funding Opportunity #HHS-2023-IHS-ALZ-0001

Program Office: Indian Health Service

The purpose of this program is to support the development of models of comprehensive and sustainable dementia care and services in Tribal and Urban Indian communities that are responsive to the needs of persons living with dementia and their caregivers. Recipients will:

1.   Plan and implement a comprehensive approach to care and services for persons living with dementia and their caregivers that addresses awareness and recognition, accurate and timely diagnosis, interdisciplinary assessment, management and referral, and support for caregivers.

2.   Develop, in collaboration with the IHS Alzheimer’s Grant Program, best and promising practices to include tools, resources, reports, and presentations accessible to Federal, Tribal, and Urban Indian health programs as they plan and implement their own programs.

3.   Identify and implement reimbursement and funding streams that will support service delivery and facilitate sustainability

Link to Additional Information: Full competition information and resources

Grantor Contact Information:

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Division of Grants Management
Phone 301-443-5204

Funding Opportunity Title: FY 2023 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Tribal Transit Program

Deadline: June 26, 2023 

Funding Opportunity #FTA-2023-010-TPM-TRIBAL

Program Office: DOT/Federal Transit Administration

Description:

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the opportunity to apply for $8,935,753 in competitive grants for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Public Transportation on Indian Reservations (Tribal Transit) Program.

Link to Additional Information: FTA NOFO Website

Grantor Contact Information:

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Elan Flippin Office of Program Management at 202-366-3800.

FTA Office of Program Management

Funding Opportunity Title: CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT ON TRIBAL LANDS

Full Application Submission Deadline: 5/16/2023 5:00 PM ET

Description:

Under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the DOE Office of Indian Energy is soliciting applications from Indian Tribes, which include Alaska Native Regional Corporations and Village Corporations, Intertribal Organizations, and Tribal Energy Development Organizations to:

(1) Install clean energy generating system(s) and energy efficiency measure(s) for Tribal Building(s) (Topic Area 1); or,

(2) Deploy community-scale clean energy generating system(s) or energy storage on Tribal Lands (Topic Area 2); or,

(3) Install integrated energy system(s) for autonomous operation (independent of the traditional centralized electric power grid) to power a single or multiple Essential Tribal Buildings during emergency situations or for tribal community resilience (Topic Area 3); or,

(4) Provide electric power to unelectrified tribal buildings (Topic Area 4).

See Section III.A. of the FOA for eligibility information and Appendix A for the definitions.

Unless DOE approves a requested cost share reduction to 10%, a 20% cost share of the total allowable costs of the project (i.e., the sum of the DOE share, and the Recipient share of allowable costs equals the total allowable cost of the project) is required. If requested by the Applicant as part of its application, a cost share reduction of 10% may be considered, based on poverty rate and median household income of the tribal community relative to the statewide median household income (see Section III.B.2. of the FOA and ‘Application Forms and Templates’ for this FOA on IE-Exchange).

DOE expects to make approximately $50 million of federal funding available for new awards under this FOA, subject to the availability of appropriated funds. The actual level of funding, if any, depends on Congressional appropriations. DOE anticipates making approximately 10 to 25 awards under this FOA. DOE may issue awards in one, multiple, or none of the aforementioned Topic Areas.

See the FOA document for full description.

CONTACT INFORMATION
TribalGrants@hq.doe.gov
Questions about this FOA
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Funding Opportunity Title: Tribal Court Improvement Program

Deadline: Jun 15, 2023

Funding Opportunity # HHS-2023-ACF-ACYF-CS-0053

Program Office: Administration for Children and Families – ACYF/CB

This NOFO is modified. Changes are made to Sections IV.1 and IV.7 correcting the address for LCG. The Administration for Children and Families, Children’s Bureau announces the availability of awards to provide tribes and tribal consortia the opportunity to compete for grants to enable tribal courts to design and implement projects and/or activities to assess, expand, or enhance the effectiveness of tribal courts and/or legal representation in cases related to child welfare, family preservation, family reunification, guardianship, and adoption. In doing this work, grantees are required to engage in and demonstrate “meaningful, ongoing collaboration” with the tribal social service agencies.The funding is intended for tribal courts to:(1) Conduct assessments of how courts handle child welfare proceedings;(2) Implement changes to address the results of court assessments;(3) Ensure that the safety, permanency, and well-being needs of children are met in a timely and complete manner; and(4) Continuously improve the quality of court hearings and legal representation, including engagement of parties.

Link to Additional Information: Full competition information and resources

Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Scott Trowbridge
scott.trowbridge@acf.hhs.gov

Funding Opportunity Title: Advancing Aging Network Capacity to Recognize and Support Family, Kinship and Tribal Caregivers

Deadline: Jun 26, 2023

Funding Opportunity # HHS-2023-ACL-AOA-CGPS-0058

Program Office: Administration for Community Living

Using the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers (the Strategy) as a road map, ACL will fund up to five (5) new cooperative agreements to eligible entities to work on a national level to further advance the development of state, community and tribal family caregiver support programs funded under the National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP), Title III-E and VI-C of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. This new initiative is intended to advance NFCSP/NACSP development to more closely align it with the principles and concepts contained in the Strategy, thus better positioning the program to more effectively recognize, assist, includes, support and engage family caregivers and better meet the challenges and opportunities associated with supporting them.Five (5), four-year cooperative agreements, to eligible entities and their partners to develop, test, and disseminate new approaches for technical assistance, capacity building and other best practices in family caregiver support will be awarded. One (1) grant will be awarded in each of the five Priority/Goals in the Strategy: (1) increasing awareness and outreach; (2) advancing partnerships and engagement with care teams; (3) advancing services and supports; (4) strengthening financial and workplace security; and (5) solidifying a family caregiver national research and data collection agenda. No entity will receive more than one grant under this new initiative. Applicants to each priority area should be those well-positioned and with the requisite experience and capacity to address the respective issues and foster national advancements in those areas.The grantees will be expected to closely collaborate all activities and to align approaches with the concepts contained in the Strategy and its companion document First Principles: Cross-Cutting Considerations for Family Caregiver Support. Under these cooperative agreements, grantees will be working in very close coordination with the ACL Program Officer and a new Technical Assistance and Coordinating Center for Family Caregiver Support & Best Practices that is being established concurrently. Grantees will also be expected to work with other ACL-funded technical assistance centers as appropriate, and other collaborative initiatives as funding permits.

Link to Additional Information

Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Greg Link
greg.link@acl.hhs.gov

Funding Opportunity Title: Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program
Program Office: USDA – Rural Development
Deadline: Ongoing

This program provides affordable funding to develop essential community facilities in rural areas. An essential community facility is defined as a facility that provides an essential service to the local community for the orderly development of the community in a primarily rural area and does not include private, commercial or business undertakings.
How do we get started?

• Contact your local office to discuss your specific project
• Applications for this program are accepted year round
• Program resources are available online (includes forms needed, guidance, certifications)
• Request a Data Universal Number System (DUNS) number if your organization doesn’t already have one. It should not take more than a few business days to get your number.
• Register your organization with the System for Award Management (SAM) if you aren’t already registered. The registration is free, but you need to complete several steps.

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Funding Opportunity Title: Mutual Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance Grants
Program Office: USDA – Rural Development
Deadline: Ongoing

The USDA is accepting applications for their Mutual Self Help Housing program. This program provides grants to qualified organizations to help them carry out local self-help housing construction projects. Grant recipients supervise groups of very-low- and low-income individuals and families as they construct their own homes in rural areas. The group members provide most of the construction labor on each other’s homes, with technical assistance from the organization overseeing the project. There is no deadline, applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

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Funding Opportunity Title: Individual Water & Wastewater Grants
Deadline: Ongoing
Program Office: USDA – Rural Development

This program provides funds to households in an area recognized as a Colonia before October 1, 1989. Grant funds may be used to connect service lines to a residence, pay utility hook-up fees, install plumbing and related fixtures, e.g., bathroom sink, bathtub or shower, commode, kitchen sink, water heater, outside spigot, or bathroom.
These grants are only available in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. The Colonia must be located in a rural area i.e., unincorporated areas and any city or town with a population of 10,000 or less) and is identified as a community designated in writing by the state or county in which it is located; determined to be a Colonia on the basis of objective criteria including lack of: potable water supply, adequate sewage systems, decent, safe and sanitary housing, or have inadequate roads and drainage.

Applications for this program are accepted year round. Please apply through your local Rural Development office.

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Opportunity Title: Rural Broadband Loans & Loan Guarantees
Organization/Agency: USDA – Rural Utility Service (RUS)
Deadline: Ongoing

Broadband Program furnishes loans and loan guarantees to provide funds for the costs of construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment needed to provide service at the broadband lending speed in eligible rural areas. For information about the broadband pilot program (ReConnect Program) authorized in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 please log into:  https://reconnect.usda.gov

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Opportunity Title: FEMA Public Assistance Program: COVID-19 Response
Organization/Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Deadline: Ongoing

The Federal Emergency Management Agency Provides reimbursement to eligible state, territorial, tribal, and local government entities, and certain nonprofit organizations for emergency protective measures in response to COVID-19 National Emergency Declarations.

FEMA funds may be used for:

• Management, control and reduction of immediate threats to public health and safety:
  • Emergency Operation Center costs
  • Training specific to the declared event
  • Disinfection of eligible public facilities
  • Technical assistance to state, tribal, territorial or local governments on emergency management and control of immediate threats to public health and safety
• Emergency medical care:
• Non‐deferrable medical treatment of infected persons in a shelter or temporary medical facility
• Related medical facility services and supplies
• Temporary medical facilities and/or enhanced medical/hospital capacity
• Use of specialized medical equipment
• Medical waste disposal
• Emergency medical transport
• Medical sheltering
• Household pet sheltering and containment actions related to household pets in accordance with CDC guidelines
• Purchase and distribution of food, water, ice, medicine, and other consumable supplies, to include personal protective equipment and hazardous material suits and the movement of supplies and persons
• Security and law enforcement
• Communications of general health and safety information to the public
• Search and rescue to locate and recover members of the population requiring assistance
• Reimbursement for state, tribe, territory, and/or local government force account overtime costs

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Opportunity Title: Rural and Tribal Passenger Transportation Technical Assistance
Organization/Agency: Community Transportation Association of America
Deadline: Ongoing

The Rural and Tribal Passenger Transportation Technical Assistance program provides technical assistance for tribes and rural communities of less than 50,000 people to plan system start-up, transit service improvements, facility development, marketing, transportation coordination, and staff training.

CTAA is particularly interested in requests to address issues during recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Opportunity Title: Stabilization Grants for Native-Owned Small Businesses Impacted by Coronavirus Pandemic
Organization/Agency: National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
Deadline: Ongoing

Native-owned small businesses serve as the lifeblood of many tribal communities across the country, providing critical jobs and income to tribal citizens and their families while simultaneously enriching the quality of community life by providing goods and services to local residents and the public at-large.

NCAI is offering business stabilization grants in the amount of $5,000 each to a total of 28 selected Native-owned small businesses that have been severely impacted by the curtailing of commercial activity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Awarded applicants can use the funds to address their most urgent needs to remain in business and become more resilient, such as (but not limited to):

·       making monthly payments on small business loans that have lapsed due to declining business revenues;

·       keeping employees employed;

·       paying their vendors; and/or

·       purchasing equipment/software to transition or grow their businesses online.

GRANT AMOUNT: $5,000

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Rolling application process; application window will remain open until all funds are exhausted.

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