Project Grant B94ST700001

The Office of Insular Affairs within the Department of the Interior will provide $130,623 through September 2025 under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program (CFDA 15.875) to support invasive species coordination activities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The CNMI Department of Lands and Natural Resources will continue assisting the local community through established sightings of the invasive Mucuna pruriens plant...

The Office of the Governor in the Northern Mariana Islands received a $180,669 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Insular Affairs on June 26, 2022 to support activities concluding on September 30, 2025. The funding is provided through the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875), which aims to bolster healthcare capacity, strengthen island economies, and fulfill U.S. Compact obligations in U.S. territories. With this award, the...

The Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands will receive $885,000 through September 2027 from the Department of the Interior Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program. Services provided under this Project Grant award include preparing for the single audit, ensuring financial records comply with federal regulations by completing an FMIS implementation, and training staff on best practices for...

The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded $306,600 under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program to support the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Election Commission's CNMI Energy Task Force Renewables Technical Development Program. The two-year project grant, awarded on September 1, 2022 and concluding on September 30, 2024, will fund the development of technical expertise to advance renewable energy...

The Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $113,290 Project Grant to the Office of the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands on August 6, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The grant funding will support economic, social, and political development activities in the Northern Mariana Islands under the Department of the Interior's Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875). Specifically, the Office of the Governor will execute projects that bolster healthcare...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $644,900 Project Grant under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) to the Prior Service Trust Fund Administration on April 3, 2024. This grant funding enables the Prior Service Trust Fund Administration, a U.S. state government entity, to continue administering healthcare and supplemental benefits to eligible residents of the Northern Mariana Islands under the terms of the...

The Office of Insular Affairs awarded $152,625 under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program (CFDA 15.875) on June 26, 2022 to the Office of the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands. The project grant will fund grant writers and managers through September 30, 2025 to prepare competitive grant applications and ensure compliance and reporting for awarded grants. Focus areas for grant applications include rebuilding energy capacity to address...

The Department of the Interior Insular Affairs awarded $551,612 to the Office of the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands through the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories grant program (CFDA 15.875) to support the Commonwealth's digital transformation efforts from June 2022 through September 2025. Specifically, the funding will be used to bolster the CNMI government's digital capacity as it pursues activities aligned with OIA's mission of strengthening island...

The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875). The grant aims to support planning and improvement activities for business process improvements in the areas of recruitment, retention, and other essential human resources functions for the Department of Public Health and Social Services...

The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) awarded a $207,217 Project Grant under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) to the Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The funding will be used to establish a team to effectively manage the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Planning Initiative (SCORPI) and cover administrative costs for implementation and execution. This...