Project Grant 90NA8174

The Denver Indian Family Resource Center (DIFRC) received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Title II Grants program. The grant period runs from November 15, 2023 to November 14, 2025. DIFRC, a non-profit organization serving the Denver metro area, will use the funding to provide comprehensive ICWA services to preserve American Indian and Alaska Native families. Key activities include family...

The Project Grant award of $200,000 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Title II Grants program supports the Minneapolis American Indian Center (MAIC) in delivering tribal liaison services. Through this funding, MAIC will provide assistance to approximately 75 families per year who have children involved in the child welfare system and are members or eligible for membership in out-of-state tribes. The tribal liaisons will...

The Fort Independence Indian Community received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) program (CFDA 45.311). The two-year grant will support literacy skills, educational resources, and culturally influential activities in the tribe's rural Inyo County, California community. Key project activities include: Administering surveys to evaluate the educational needs of the...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration program (CFDA 93.648) to the Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI), a Native American-owned non-profit organization based in West Hollywood, California. This 4-year grant supports TLPI's efforts to improve child welfare practices, particularly for American Indian and Alaska Native children and families, through...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $1.7 million block grant to the Inter-Tribal Council of Louisiana, doing business as the Institute For Indian Development Inc., from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The grant funding supports the Family Violence Prevention and Services/Domestic Violence Shelter and Supportive Services program (CFDA 93.671), which aims to increase awareness and support primary and secondary prevention of...

This $750,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women under the Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments (CFDA 16.587) program supports the Southern Indian Health Council, a consortium of federally recognized tribes in Southern California, in delivering comprehensive victim services and community education to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking impacting...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Southern Ute Indian Tribe $545,528 under the Family Violence Prevention and Services/Domestic Violence Shelter and Supportive Services (CFDA 93.671) Block Grant for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The grant funding will support the Tribe's efforts to increase awareness of and provide services related to the prevention of family violence and domestic violence through...

The La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians received a $114,974 Formula 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 two-year award running from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023 will support the Tribe's efforts to increase public awareness and provide primary and secondary prevention services related to family...

This federal Project Grant award of $271,218 from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Title II Grants program (CFDA 15.144) supports the Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Tucson, Arizona to operate a range of child and family service programs. The funding will enable the Tribe to provide services such as foster care and adoption support, counseling and treatment for families, family assistance programs, and legal representation in child custody...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office awarded a $318,182 Project Grant to Ileihno Bopachemihn Inc. of Sacramento, California on September 30, 2021 with a completion date of September 30, 2024. The grant falls under the Indian Child Welfare Act Title II Grants program (CFDA 15.144), which aims to promote stability and security for American Indian tribes and families by protecting American Indian children and preventing separation of families. Under this award,...