The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe received a $2 million Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on July 26, 2021 to provide water and waste disposal facilities and services under the Water and Waste Grants and Loans and Loan Guarantees program (CFDA 10.770). This funding will support delivering water and waste disposal infrastructure and associated services to low-income rural communities in Colorado facing significant health risks. The grant aims to address...
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe received a $474,673 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.760). The grant funding will support the development and improvement of water infrastructure in the tribe's rural community, including the construction, upgrade, and repair of drinking water systems, wastewater treatment facilities, solid waste management systems, and stormwater...
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe received a $3.2 million project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Investments for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities program (CFDA 11.300) on December 22, 2021. The funding will support the construction of a middle mile fiber network in Towaoc, Colorado and surrounding communities in Montezuma County. Once completed, the broadband infrastructure project will provide critical connectivity to...
The $3,054,327 federal Project Grant award was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Water and Waste Grants and Loans and Loan Guarantees (Section 306C) program (CFDA 10.770). The funding will enable the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe to develop, construct, and improve water treatment facilities, distribution systems, and waste disposal infrastructure in the tribe's low-income rural communities facing significant health risks. This project grant aims...
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe was awarded a $709,056 Project Grant from the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program. The grant will fund four primary programs focused on improving health, wellness and economic well-being for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe through food and agriculture initiatives. This includes developing a new grocery store, native food hall and food entrepreneur incubation/business training...
This federal Project Grant award of $119,148 was made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (CFDA 10.567). The funding will support the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe in operating food distribution sites, delivering nutrition education services, and providing culturally appropriate food assistance to low-income Native American households living on or near the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation. The project period runs...
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe received a $2.17 million project grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519). The grant will support the Tribe's Farm and Ranch Enterprise division in conducting drought response field management activities from November 2021 through December 2024. The Bureau of Reclamation aims through this program to increase opportunities for Indian tribes to...
The United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) received a $175,448 project grant award from the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Community Facilities on July 30, 2021 to support community facilities through July 30, 2024. The grant funding will support UTTC's provision of essential services to rural residents through construction, enlargement, extension, or improvement of community facilities, as outlined in the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). As the...
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe received a two-year, $221,703 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The grant funds the Tribe's operation of the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) through September 2024. FDPIR provides nutrition assistance to Indian reservations, approved areas near reservations, and approved tribal organizations. Through this award, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe will operate the FDPIR on its reservation in Towaoc,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) awarded $352,000.00 to United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) on Sep 25, 2023. This Project Grant will support the construction, enlargement, extension, or other improvement of community facilities providing essential services to rural residents. UTTC, a minority-serving, tribally owned educational institution designated as a 1994 Land Grant College, will use the funding to carry out its mission of...