This $330,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce's Economic Adjustment Assistance program will fund the Seneca Nation of Indians' "Economic Accelerator and Recovery" initiative. The Seneca Nation will use the funding to establish a Visitor Economy Management Office and develop a waterfront development feasibility study. These efforts aim to increase the Seneca Nation's capacity for sustainable tourism, attract more visitors to the region, and make the local economy more...
This federal Project Grant award of $100,000.00 was provided by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) to the Seneca Nation of Indians. The funding supports a comprehensive transportation program for FY 2025, including a range of infrastructure development, preservation, and improvement initiatives across the tribe's territories in New York. The grant will enable the Seneca Nation to deliver a variety of...
The Seneca Nation of Indians received a $486,424 project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration on September 8, 2022. The funding supports the Highbanks Campground Improvements Project under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program. The project aims to improve tourism in the Cattaraugus Territory region of New York by enhancing facilities at the existing campground. Campground upgrades funded through this award are expected to boost socioeconomic...
The Seneca Nation of Indians, a federally recognized tribal government, received a $167,504 Formula Grant award on May 26, 2023 from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (CFDA 21.029). This funding will enable the tribe to carry out critical capital projects that directly support work, education, and health monitoring capabilities, including remote options, in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The grant will fund investments in eligible...
This federal Project Grant award of $133,751.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service under the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (CFDA 10.567), will support the Seneca Nation of Indians in operating food distribution sites and delivering nutrition education services to low-income Native American households living on or near the Seneca Nation's reservation in Salamanca, New York. The award period runs from October 1, 2024, to September...
This federal Project Grant award, with an obligated amount of $497,078.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). The grant supports a landscape-scale restoration initiative led by the Seneca Nation of Indians in New York to create biodiversity through indigenous methods of prescribed fire. The Seneca Nation, a federally recognized tribal government, will utilize the funding to develop genetically...
The Seneca Nation of Indians was awarded a $1,282,060.56 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS) program (CFDA 84.250). The grant will support the Seneca Nation Vocational Rehabilitation Project, providing vocational rehabilitation services to American Indians with disabilities residing on or near the Seneca Nation's federal and state reservations. The...
The Seneca Nation of Indians was awarded a $1,406,523.35 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration on February 28, 2022 under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205). This funding will support tribal transportation programs and services. As a Formula Grant under the Highway Planning and Construction program, the funding can be used for construction, preservation, and improvement of highways. Given that the place of performance...
The Seneca Nation of Indians Economic Development Company (Sniedc) was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) under the Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program (CDFI RRP, CFDA #21.024). The two-year grant will support Sniedc's ability to respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic by providing financial and technical assistance services to communities and...
This $500,000 Project Grant awarded on August 13, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development under the Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251) will fund economic development and community development activities to be performed by Greenforce Training, Inc., a non-profit organization located in Buffalo, NY. The full scope of the project activities is...