The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin received a $3,458,985.14 FY 2025 Block Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families under the Child Support Services program (CFDA 93.563). This funding will support the tribe's comprehensive child support services, which aim to locate absent parents, establish paternity, and obtain child, spousal, and medical support orders to ensure children receive...
The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin was awarded a $710,234 Block Grant under the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) program administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families. The award, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027, will support the tribe's delivery of child care subsidies, quality improvement initiatives, workforce development, and early childhood...
The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin received a $205,567 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Native American Employment and Training (CFDA 17.265) program. The grant is intended to support employment and training services for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian individuals to develop their academic, occupational, and literacy skills, enhance their workforce competitiveness, and...
The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin received a $272,089 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside (CFDA 16.841) program. The grant will be used to implement comprehensive victim services for the tribe's members and surrounding community that align with their cultural values and traditions. Funded activities may include direct assistance, outreach, training, and capacity...
The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians received a $273,658 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.596 Tribal Justice Assistance) to enhance the physical infrastructure of their tribal court system. The funding will be used to create restricted access areas for court staff, install bulletproof exterior windows and doors, and implement soundproofing measures to improve the overall security and confidentiality of court...
The U.S. Department of the Treasury awarded a $2,045,000 Project Grant under the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Investing in America Small Business Opportunity Program (CFDA 21.034). The grant funds will be used to provide technical assistance, including legal, accounting, and financial advisory services, to very small and underserved small businesses applying for SSBCI capital programs or other federal and state small business support initiatives. The goal is to enhance small...
The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of WI (LCO Tribal Government) was awarded a $442,734 project grant from the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration under the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (CFDA 11.029). The grant will support four key activities to expand broadband access and adoption on Tribal lands: 1) technical and engineering feasibility assessments and design for potential Tribal broadband infrastructure; 2)...
The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians received a $559,250 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585). The funding will enhance the Tribe's post-adjudication Healing to Wellness Court by opening eligibility to tribal descendants and shortening admission time through acquiring a diagnostic assessment tool. Specifically, the Tribe will obtain...
The U.S. Department of the Treasury Departmental Offices awarded the Chickasaw Nation a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Technical Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 21.031). The grant funds will support the provision of technical assistance, including legal, accounting, and financial advisory services, to qualifying very small and underserved small businesses. The goal is to help these small businesses successfully navigate the application process...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $1,058,823.54 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families under the Child Support Services program (CFDA 93.563) will support the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin in delivering child support enforcement services. The award, effective September 30, 2024 through September 29, 2029, will enable the tribe to locate absent parents, establish paternity, and obtain...