The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $14,957,811 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant to the Cherokee Nation, a federally recognized Native American tribal government, for the period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The TANF Block Grant program provides federal funding to support low-income families with children through a range of social services, including cash assistance, employment training, child...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $181,944 to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians under the Tribal Work Grants program (CFDA 93.594) for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. This Block Grant funding will allow the tribe to operate a program making work activities and job readiness support available to Native Americans. Specifically, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will use the funds to provide work-related activities...
The Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families awarded a $2,845,671 block grant to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians under the Foster Care Title IV-E (CFDA 93.658) program. The grant will fund a range of child welfare services from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, including foster care maintenance payments, administrative expenses, training for staff and foster parents, and support for foster care case management systems. As a federally...
The Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families awarded the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians a $3,160,778.71 FY 2025 Comprehensive Tribal Child Support Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.563). This grant supports the tribe's efforts to enforce child support obligations, locate absent parents, establish paternity, and obtain child, spousal, and medical support orders. As a federally recognized tribal government, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will leverage...
This $7,451,530.00 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.558) will support the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians in providing a range of social services to low-income families with children in northern Minnesota. The funding, awarded on October 1, 2024 for the period through September 30, 2025, will enable the tribe to deliver programs and assistance such as cash...
This $2,043,588.40 federal Block Grant award to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program (CFDA 93.558). The funding will support a comprehensive range of social services and assistance programs for low-income families with children in the tribal communities, including cash aid, employment training, child care, nutrition support,...
The FY 2023 Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Child Support Program was awarded $2,487,048.02 as a Block Grant by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. This funding supports the Child Support Services program (CFDA #93.563) to enforce child support obligations, locate absent parents, establish paternity, and obtain child, spousal and medical support for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. The grant period is from October 1,...
The federal Block Grant award of $7,261,356.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families under the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) program. The award was granted to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), a federally recognized Native American tribe, to support a range of child care services and early childhood education initiatives. The funding will be utilized over a 3-year period from October 2024 to...
This federal Block Grant award of $404,299.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program (CFDA 93.558). The funding will support the Coeur D'Alene Tribe in northern Idaho to provide a range of social services and assistance to low-income families with children, with the goal of enabling children to be cared for in their own homes or the homes of relatives while...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families has awarded a $4,113,895 Block Grant to the Cherokee Nation under the Child Support Services program (CFDA 93.563). This funding will support the tribe's comprehensive tribal child support services for FY 2025, with an award period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The program aims to enforce child support obligations, locate absent parents, establish paternity, and obtain child, spousal, and...