The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe was awarded a $485,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Tribal Youth Program (CFDA 16.731). This 5-year grant, effective October 1, 2023, will fund the "Guiding Youth to a Better Path" initiative to increase cultural awareness and connection, decrease chronic absenteeism, and improve attendance at court appearances and counseling services for tribal youth in Lower Brule, South Dakota. The project...
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe received a $147,293 project grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office under the Indian Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 15.032). The funding will support Rosebud Economic Development Corp to conduct a feasibility study and business plan for deploying high-speed internet through wireless and fiber connections across 1,907 square miles of unserved tribal lands. This technical assistance will help the Tribe...
The Lower Brule Community Development Enterprise LLC received a $400,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund on December 8, 2021 to promote economic revitalization and community development. Through the award's completion date of December 31, 2024, Lower Brule will provide financial products, financial services, development services, loan loss reserves, and capital reserves to eligible markets and its approved target market....
The Lummi Indian Business Council, also known as the Lummi Tribe of Lummi Reservation, will use a $104,835 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs to expand broadband infrastructure and internet services across the Lummi Reservation. Funded through the Indian Economic Development program administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs under Assistance Listing Number 15.032, the grant will support the Tribe's goal of establishing a tribally-owned internet...
This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $360,353.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service under the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (CFDA 10.567). The award will fund the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe's administration of food distribution sites and delivery of culturally appropriate USDA food packages to eligible low-income Native American households living on or near the Lower Brule Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The...
The Department of Labor's Native American Employment and Training grant of $157,566 awarded to the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe will support employment and training services for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians from April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. The grant funds career services, follow-up services for up to 12 months after exiting the program, and training services defined in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to develop the academic, occupational and literacy...
The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Sault Tribe) was awarded $156,026.06 under the Indian Economic Development program (CFDA 15.032) administered by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office. Through this two-year project grant awarded May 16, 2023, the Sault Tribe will develop a broadband feasibility study across its seven-county service area in Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula. Key products and services to be delivered include conducting technical...
The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe (LBST) received a $100,000 project grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS) through the Farm to School Grant Program (CFDA 10.575). The grant period runs from July 18, 2022 through June 30, 2023. The Farm to School Grant Program aims to improve access to local foods in USDA child nutrition programs. Under this award, LBST will work to assist eligible entities in implementing farm to school programs and...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office awarded Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians $175,000 under the Indian Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 15.032) to conduct a broadband infrastructure study for its Southern Reservation located near Coachella, California. The study will assess the feasibility and costs associated with deploying broadband infrastructure to the reservation from May 2023 to May 2025. The Indian Economic Development program...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe a $3.676 million project grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) program. The grant will support the Tribe in addressing local and regional needs for access to healthy food, economic diversification, and development of core infrastructure in Lower Brule, South Dakota. Specifically, grant funds will be used to establish a grocery store that will create new workforce...