[PCA] NCAI FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT: Disaster Relief Microgrants (deadline Oct. 31) -- for federally or state recognized Indian tribes

[De Angelis, Patricia]

Funding that could support restoration with native plants...

October 4, 2019
NCAI Announces the Availability of Disaster Relief Microgrants

Deadline: Thursday, October 31, 2019

Natural disasters have become more frequent in Indian Country over the past
several years. However, the avenues for tribal nations to access federal
disaster relief funding are becoming even more constricted. Today, the
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is announcing a limited
availability of NCAI Disaster Relief Microgrants to flexibly meet the needs
of tribal nations and/or tribal citizens (who live near their nations) that
have been impacted by recent natural disasters. Microgrant funds can be
used to repair or recover property damaged during natural disasters that
have occurred within the last 180 days. NCAI has a total of $70,000
available for grants. Individual grant awards will be capped at
$10,000. This micro-grant program will conclude once the $70,000 has been
fully obligated.

Eligibility
In order to be eligible for this NCAI microgrant, the applicant must meet
following criteria:
 Be a federally recognized Indian tribe or state recognized Indian tribe.
 Be a current NCAI member in good standing.
 The proposed project(s) aims to repair or recover property damaged during
a natural disaster that occurred within the last 180 days;
 The property damaged by the disaster was located on or near tribal lands
or tribal property and/or was the property of an enrolled citizen of the
tribal nation who resides near their tribal nation’s lands
or property.
 Damages to the property have rendered it uninhabitable, unusable, or it
poses a significant safety risk.
 Funds must be obligated within six months.
 A selected tribal nation must submit a follow up report to NCAI.

The application for the NCAI Disaster Relief Microgrants can be downloaded
here: http://www.ncai.org/NCAI_Disaster_Relief_Microgrant_Application.pdf
The mission statement, which provides examples of disasters and allowable
projects, can be downloaded here:
http://www.ncai.org/NCAI_Disaster_Relief_Microgrant_Mission_Statement.pdf

Applications must be submitted to NCAI by Thursday, October 31, 2019. NCAI
will consider all applications that are submitted by eligible applicants by
the deadline, and which are complete and conform to the application
guidelines.

NCAI Contact: Kelbie Kennedy, Policy Counsel, kkennedy at ncai.org

National Congress of American Indians | Embassy of Tribal Nations, 1516 P
Street NW, Washington, DC 20005
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