The Institute For Indian Development Inc.

The Institute For Indian Development Inc., doing business as Inter-Tribal Council Of Louisiana, is a Native American-owned, tax-exempt nonprofit based in Houma, Louisiana that serves as a federal grant recipient (94% of recent awards as prime recipient) for employment and training, aging services, and community development programs targeting American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian populations. The organization operates as a prime recipient on formula and project grants, with subordinate sub-recipient roles in disaster relief and human trafficking victim services.

Inter-Tribal Council of Louisiana receives grants from four principal federal agencies accounting for 82% of its award volume. The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration funds 30 awards across Native American employment and training programs (CFDA 17.265), Supplemental Youth Services, and Senior Community Service Employment (SCSEP) grants serving participants aged 55 and over in part-time community service roles. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living funds aging-services grants including Title VI Grants to Native Americans for supportive and nutrition services (CFDA 93.047), Title VI Part C for Native American caregiver support, and the Nutrition Services Incentive Program for Native Americans (OANT). The HHS Administration for Children and Families funds Community Services Block Grants (CSBG, CFDA 93.569) and Family Violence Prevention and Services grants, with Inter-Tribal Council distributing CSBG funds to five tribal sub-recipients including Clifton Choctaw Tribal Reservation, United Houma Nation, Jena Band Of Choctaw Indians, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe, and Coushatta Tribe. The HHS Administration for Community Living also funds a block grant for expanding the public health workforce within the aging network.

Representative prime grant work includes a $509,053 Native American Employment and Training grant (CFDA 17.265) awarded by DOL's Employment and Training Administration in July 2023 through June 2026, delivering career services, follow-up counseling, and workforce training to unemployed and underemployed American Indian and Native Hawaiian adults in Louisiana; a $614,475 Community Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.569) awarded in October 2025 through September 2027 for poverty reduction and self-sufficiency services distributed across tribal sub-recipients; and a $136,000 Older Americans Act Title VI Part A grant (CFDA 93.047) awarded April 2026 through March 2029 for supportive and nutrition services to Native American elders. Inter-Tribal Council also holds active grants under the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker programs (NFJP), career and technical education programs (OCTAE), tribal crime victim services (TVSSA, CFDA 16.017), and MIPPA grants to Title VI Native Americans.

In its sub-recipient role, Inter-Tribal Council receives federal disaster relief allocations from Homeland Security & Emergency Management for emergency protective measures and facility recovery related to United Houma Nation properties, with five sub-awards dated between May 2025 and August 2026. The organization also serves as a sub-grantee under an Office for Victims of Crime Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking grant administered by Covenant House New Orleans, providing comprehensive case management and victim services for trafficking survivors.

Activity has declined in the past two years, from eight awards in 2022 to six in 2026, with only three awards (combined duration through 2027 or 2028) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and facing recompete. Inter-Tribal Council operates with no federal contract prime awards or government-wide acquisition vehicles; its footprint is entirely grant-funded and concentrated in workforce development, aging services, and community safety programming for Native American populations in Louisiana.