Community project grants congressionally delegated

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Pueblo of Isleta nine hundred thousand dollars on May 1, 2026, under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) to develop essential community facility infrastructure in the rural Isleta Village area of New Mexico. The award funds a project grant with performance through May 1, 2028, and place of performance at Isleta Village Proper, NM 87022. Pueblo of Isleta, a federally recognized Native American tribe headquartered in Isleta Village Proper and serving approximately 5,003 enrolled tribal members across 329 square miles in Bernalillo and Valencia counties, operates as a direct federal grant recipient delivering community and tribal government services. The Community Facilities Loans and Grants program provides affordable funding to develop essential community facilities in rural areas for nonprofits, public bodies, and federally recognized tribes, where an essential community facility provides an essential service to the local community for orderly development and does not include private, commercial, or business undertakings.