Block Grant DESC0003946

FEDERAL GRANT AWARD SUMMARY The Department of the Treasury Departmental Offices awarded $288,304 in Project Grant funding on June 11, 2025, through the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Technical Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 21.031). The Penobscot Indian Nation serves as the administrative agent for four federally recognized tribal governments: Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians ($77,639), Mi'kmaq Nation ($75,098), Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point ($53,954), and Penobscot...

Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Penobscot Indian Nation received a FY2026 Tribal Child Support Comprehensive Grant of $1,111,246.71 from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families through the Child Support Services program (CFDA 93.563). The award, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, funds comprehensive child support enforcement operations serving the Penobscot Nation's tribal members in Maine. Under this block grant, the...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Penobscot Indian Nation received a $210,283 project grant from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Native American Employment and Training Program (CFDA 17.265) for the performance period of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. The grant supports employment and training services designed to develop academic, occupational, and literacy skills among unemployed, underemployed, and low-income American Indian,...

Block Grant Award Summary The Maine Department of Health and Human Services received a $1,881,685 Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CFDA 93.959) awarded October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2027. This formula-based block grant supports comprehensive substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery services across Maine,...

Federal Grant Award Summary: Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) The Maine Department of Health and Human Services received a Community Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.569) award of $1,367,897 from the Office of Community Services, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This formula grant funds comprehensive anti-poverty and community development initiatives designed to reduce poverty, revitalize low-income communities, and empower low-income individuals and families to achieve...

The Penobscot Indian Nation received a formula grant award of $109,120.00 from the Administration on Aging under the Special Programs for the Aging, Title VI, Part A, Grants to Indian Tribes program (CFDA 93.047). The award, effective April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2029, supports the delivery of supportive services, nutrition services, and caregiver services to American Indian elders aged 60 and older within the Penobscot Nation community in Maine. These services are designed to be...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Penobscot Indian Nation received a $510,400 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Transitional Housing Assistance for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking program (CFDA 16.736), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. The award funds a transitional housing services project in Old Town, Maine, operated in collaboration with the Wabanaki Womens Coalition. The...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 awarded $486,303 to the Penobscot Indian Nation under the Performance Partnership Grants program (CFDA 66.605) on October 1, 2025, with a completion date of December 1, 2028. This award includes $125,000 in competitive Clean Water Act Section 319 funding and supports the tribe's continuing environmental protection programs focused on water quality, land management, and data quality across the Penobscot Reservation...

This $535,310.60 Tribal Child Support Services Block Grant, awarded on October 1, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.563 Child Support Services), provides funding to the Penobscot Indian Nation (also known as Penobscot Nation) to enforce child support obligations, locate absent parents, establish paternity, and obtain child, spousal, and medical support payments. As a federally recognized tribal government, the Penobscot...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 awarded $340,000 to the Penobscot Indian Nation under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) for the period of October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This project grant enhances the Penobscot Indian Nation's brownfields response program capacity to address environmental contamination across Maine. The recipient will conduct timely surveys and inventories of brownfield sites—properties...