The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs has awarded a $1,518,818.81 Cooperative Agreement to The National Center For American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED), a non-profit, minority-owned, and Native American-owned organization located in Mesa, Arizona. This award is funded through the Indian Economic Development Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.032), which supports economic development initiatives for federally recognized Native American tribes. The award will...
The Native American Employment and Training grant award of $481,556 from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration will support employment and training services for Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian individuals. The grant recipient, Native American Indian Association of TE, will deliver career services to prepare individuals to enter, reenter, or retain unsubsidized employment leading to self-sufficiency. Follow-up services including counseling and...
The American Indian Center of Indiana, Inc. was awarded a $530,762 Project Grant from the Department of Labor's Native American Employment and Training program. The grant will support employment and training services for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. Specifically, the grantee will provide career services, follow-up services for up to 12 months after program exit, and training services as outlined in the Workforce Innovation and...
The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,013,044 project grant to The Institute For Indian Development Inc., doing business as Inter-Tribal Council of Louisiana, to provide supplemental employment and training services to low-income Native American youth living on or near Indian reservations and in Oklahoma, Alaska, and Hawaii. The grant funds the Native American Employment and Training program (CFDA 17.265) and will support services through June 2025 to...
The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded a $169,349 Project Grant to the North American Indian Association Of Detroit, Inc., a minority-owned, Native American non-profit organization, under the Native American Employment and Training program (CFDA 17.265). This 3-year grant, effective July 1, 2023, supports the organization's provision of employment and training services to unemployed, underemployed, and low-income American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian...
This $400,000 Project Grant was awarded by the Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund under the Native Initiatives program (CFDA 21.012). The grant will support the Arizona Native Asset Coalition Corporation, a Native CDFI, in its efforts to deliver affordable financial products and services to underserved rural and urban low-income Native populations in the United States. The funding will enable the organization to build its organizational...
This $900,000 federal Project Grant award from the Administration for Native Americans' Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) supports the expansion of arts and culture resources for the Oglala Lakota creative community in South Dakota. The grant recipient, First Peoples Fund, is an American Indian-owned non-profit organization dedicated to sustaining and enhancing indigenous creative expression, traditional practices, and community resilience. This three-year project, running from September...
This $385,997 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration under the Native American Employment and Training program (CFDA 17.265) supports employment and training services for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian individuals. The award recipient, Native American Community Services of Erie & Niagara Counties, Inc., provides a range of services directly to the target population, including career services, follow-up counseling, and...
This Project Grant award from the Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund under the Native Initiatives federal grant program (CFDA 21.012) provides $619,500 to Bank of Cherokee County to promote economic revitalization and community development in Native communities through December 2024. The funding will support financial products, services, development services, loan loss reserves, and capital reserves provided by the awardee to eligible Native American...
This Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Project Grant award of $494,362 provides employment and training services to Native American individuals and youth through June 2025. Funded by the Native American Employment and Training program under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the award supports Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos Inc. in delivering services that develop academic and occupational skills, promote entrepreneurship, and economic development for American...