Block Grant A12AV00037

The Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council was awarded a $221,821.68 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.939 - Safe Streets and Roads for All) on June 29, 2023. The grant funding will be used to implement an action plan to improve roadway safety and significantly reduce fatalities and serious injuries involving pedestrians, bicyclists, public transit users, and motorists on the Bois Forte reservation in Minnesota. As the grant recipient, the...

The Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council received a $545,528 block grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Family Violence Prevention and Services/Domestic Violence Shelter and Supportive Services program (CFDA 93.671). The award, issued on October 1, 2021 for a four-year period concluding September 30, 2025, will support the Tribal Council's efforts to increase awareness and prevention of family violence through primary...

The Bois Forte Band of Chippewa received a $172,482 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 15.032). The funding will support the Tribe's Ojibwe Language Revitalization Project to preserve the unique Bois Forte dialect and develop a long-range strategic plan to revitalize the language. Key deliverables include collecting audio recordings of remaining fluent elder speakers to archive the...

This $9,514,984 Formula Grant awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the National Infrastructure Investments (CFDA 20.933) program supports the Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council's project to complete the engineering design and construction of the Big Woods Transit Facility. The project will construct a 12,000 square foot transit facility with precast concrete walls, a heavy timber canopy roof, and four 16x18 overhead doors. It will also extend utilities and build a paved...

The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will provide civil legal assistance and court navigation services through a $309,007 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. Funded under the Justice System Infrastructure Program for Indian Tribes (CFDA 16.596), which aims to strengthen tribal justice systems, key deliverables include hiring a public defender to represent Band members in civil and criminal matters in state and tribal...

The Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council was awarded a $375,952 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750). The grant funds will be used to support the Tribal Council's probation/SORNA officer position to carry out duties and maintain compliance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) program over a 3-year project period from October 1, 2023 to September...

The Bois Forte Band of Chippewa received a $150,000 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Tribal Youth Program (CFDA 16.731) to develop a comprehensive tribal justice systems strategic plan from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2026. The funding will support Bois Forte Judicial Services to coordinate stakeholder collaboration and produce a strategic plan to improve public safety, address issues like substance abuse...

The Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council was awarded a $596,719 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant funding will be used by the Tribal Council to procure basic equipment, technology, and training to increase the jurisdiction's community policing capacity and prevent/disrupt crime and violence. The award has a performance period of...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded a $175,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program (CFDA 20.943) to the Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council to support a feasibility study and planning activities for envisioning a secondary evacuation route for the Nett Lake community. This funding will enable the Tribal Council to conduct a study to identify a resilient pathway to provide secondary access and evacuation capabilities for Nett Lake...

The Bois Forte Band of Chippewa received a $359,675 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The grant period runs from March 19, 2021 through March 8, 2022. The Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program aims to improve, initiate, or continue public transportation services in nonurbanized areas and tribal lands. For this award, the Bois Forte...