Project Grant 90NA8426

The Navajo Nation Tribal Government received a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments program (CFDA 16.587). The funding will enable the Navajo Nation to: 1) increase capacity for prevention education and awareness, 2) provide crisis intervention services, 3) offer advocacy services, 4) conduct MMIP (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons) education and...

The Navajo Nation Tribal Government received a $11.996 million 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), effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. The grant supports comprehensive employment and training services for unemployed, underemployed, and low-income American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian individuals within the Navajo Nation's service area in Arizona...

The Navajo Nation Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services received a $1.89 million project grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services to provide vocational rehabilitation services to American Indians with disabilities residing on the Navajo Nation reservation in Window Rock, Arizona. The grant funding will support the period from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. Under the American Indian Vocational...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $1,752,666 Tribal Work Grants program (CFDA 93.594) block grant to the Navajo Nation Tribal Government on July 1, 2024. This funding will enable the Navajo Nation to develop and implement workforce development initiatives to enhance employment opportunities for Native Americans across its 27,000 square mile territory spanning Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. The grant supports comprehensive...

The Navajo Nation Tribal Government received a $927,314 Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service under the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011), effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. This award funds the 2026-27 program year and represents a $216,000 increase to the program's baseline funding, bringing total baseline funding to $834,581. The grant supports an intergenerational volunteer service program that engages seniors aged 55...

The Navajo Nation Tribal Government will receive $477,482 under a Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation to preserve cultural and historic sites and artifacts related to the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. The Navajo Nation Heritage and Historic Preservation Department will hire one full-time archaeologist to oversee cultural resources aspects of the project and ensure compliance with Navajo Nation laws and policies for the protection of cultural...

The Navajo Nation Tribal Government received a $492,863 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the agency's Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046). The funding will support the Navajo Nation in developing or enhancing climate action plans to establish near-term and long-term greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction goals and strategies across their highest priority sectors. Key deliverables include a Priority Climate Action...

The Navajo Nation Tribal Government received a $395,231.69 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education under the Tribal Courts program (CFDA 15.029), awarded on September 24, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2030. Based on the program description and related recent awards, this funding supports judicial branch operations and tribal court administration services for the Navajo Nation, with the federal dollars obligated...

The Navajo Nation Tribal Government received a $62.3 million block grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The award was provided through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF, CFDA #93.558), which provides grants to states, territories, the District of Columbia and tribes to assist needy families with children so they can be cared for in their own homes...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $3.5 million Block Grant to the Navajo Nation Tribal Government from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 under the Tribal Work Grants program (CFDA #93.594). The grant enables the Navajo Nation to operate a program providing work activities, work-related support for job readiness, placement and retention for Native Americans. The funding will allow job opportunities and skills development for tribal...