Project Grant R01ES027793

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control awarded a $1,833,082 Lead Hazard Reduction Grant to the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing Authority on April 15, 2024. The grant supports a comprehensive effort to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in privately-owned low-income housing within the Northern Cheyenne reservation in Lame Deer, Montana. Key activities include lead inspections, risk assessments, interim controls, and...

Climate Smart Missoula will receive $150,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 under the Environmental Justice Small Grant Program (CFDA 66.604) to address negative health outcomes from wildfire smoke through community outreach and preparedness initiatives from July 2022 to December 2023. The recipient will partner with local organizations including All Nations Health Center to host planning meetings, focus groups, and pop-up events to survey 200 community members and...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 awarded a $406,482 Project Grant to The Keya Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization, under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The funding will be used to conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants, including particulate matter (PM2.5) and mercury vapor, in the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal communities in South Dakota over a...

Western South Dakota Community Action, Inc. received a $1,998,096 Project Grant award dated May 15, 2025, from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control under the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction (LHR) Grant Program (CFDA 14.900). The grant funds a comprehensive lead hazard identification and control initiative serving low- and very-low-income families with children under six years of age in western South Dakota through November 15,...

Summary: White Earth Band Air Quality Monitoring and Community Preparedness Initiative The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe - White Earth Band effective April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2028, under CFDA 66.038 (Training, Investigations, and Special Purpose Activities of Federally-Recognized Indian Tribes Consistent With the Clean Air Act). The grant funds air quality monitoring and community resilience efforts...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $5.14 million block grant to the Oglala Sioux Tribe of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025 under the Family Violence Prevention and Services/Domestic Violence Shelter and Supportive Services (CFDA 93.671) program. The purpose of the funding is to support primary and secondary prevention of family violence through increasing public awareness and providing shelter and...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Air and Radiation under CFDA 66.044 - Wildfire Smoke Preparedness in Community Buildings Grant Program, will fund the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) to enhance community wildfire smoke preparedness. Key activities include: Engaging partners to increase wildfire smoke awareness and create a clean air shelter recognition program in six communities Developing...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 awarded the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska a $101,020 Formula Grant under the Training, Investigations, and Special Purpose Activities of Federally-Recognized Indian Tribes Consistent With the Clean Air Act (CAA), Tribal Sovereignty and the Protection and Management of Air Quality program (CFDA 66.038). The funding supports the Tribe's efforts to conduct indoor air quality testing, strategic energy planning, efficiency monitoring, and tribal education and...

The Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based Program (CFDA 16.838). The grant will enable the OST's Circles of Care Program and Justice Programs to collaboratively develop a comprehensive strategic plan to promote wellness, addiction recovery, and reduce criminal recidivism on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation using the Sequential...

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe received a $389,664 block grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Family Violence Prevention and Services/Domestic Violence Shelter and Supportive Services program (CFDA 93.671). The purpose of this award is to support the Tribe's efforts to increase public awareness of and provide primary and secondary prevention services related to family violence through September 2025. Specifically,...