Project Grant 3505EMOKA00000001

This federal Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards provides $359,340.27 in funding to the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma to support emergency protective measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant is funded through the Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters) program (CFDA 97.036), which assists state, local, territorial, and tribal governments, as well as eligible private non-profit organizations, in responding to and recovering from the effects of disasters. The grant funding covers a range of emergency protective measures, including management, control, and reduction of immediate threats to public health and safety, emergency medical care, medical sheltering, administration and distribution of vaccines, and community engagement and information dissemination. This funding will help the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma address the public health and safety needs of its community during the ongoing pandemic.