<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_3028412419211935831WordSection1"><div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The Bureau of Indian Affairs is pleased to announce the availability of funding through the Tribal Resilience Program (Program). The Program will provide funding for tribal activities
that support tribal resilience and/or and ocean and coastal management planning as tribes incorporate the science (including Traditional Knowledge) and technical information to prepare for extreme events and harmful environmental trends that impact tribal
treaty and trust resources, economies, infrastructure, and human health and welfare.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><br></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Two solicitations are available: </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The <span style="color:black">solicitation for </span>federally-recognized tribes<span style="color:black"> is available on <a href="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=BIA-2019-TR-0001" target="_blank">grants.gov,named
BIA-TR-2019-0001</a>. It is also linked <a href="https://www.bia.gov/sites/bia.gov/files/assets/bia/ots/tcrp/FY19RFP_TRP_Tribes.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> on the BIA Tribal Resilience site. </span></span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The solicitation for </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">not-for-profit, non-governmental tribal organizations and associations, and tribally-controlled colleges and universities (TCUs),
referred to as “tribal organization(s)” is available on <a href="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=BIA-2019-TR-0001" target="_blank">grants.gov, named </a><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=BIA-2019-TR-0001" target="_blank">BIA-TR-2019-0002</a>. </span></span> <span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">It
is also linked <a href="https://www.bia.gov/sites/bia.gov/files/assets/bia/ots/tcrp/FY19RFP_TRP_Orgs.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> on the BIA Tribal Resilience site. </span><u></u><u></u></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Tribal applications will receive priority. Please see the </span><a href="https://www.bia.gov/bia/ots/tribal-resilience-program" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BIA
Tribal Resilience webpage </span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">for more information (fillable coversheets, fillable application forms for Categories 3,5, and 6, FAQs, helpful contacts, a summary of previous awards, etc.)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Additional details, including evaluation criteria, are enclosed in the Notice of Funding.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Proposal Deadline: <b>June 10, 2019, by 5:00 p.m. Alaska Time/9 p.m. Eastern Time</b>. Send completed proposals to <a href="mailto:resilience.funding@bia.gov" target="_blank">resilience.funding@bia.gov</a> or
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Ms. Jo Ann Metcalfe, Attention: Tribal Resilience</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Reston, VA 20191</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you or your staff have questions on the application process, please contact Ms. Jo Ann Metcalfe: </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:jo.metcalfe@bia.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">jo.metcalfe@bia.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
or </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:resilience.funding@bia.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">resilience.funding@bia.gov</span></a></span><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">,</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (703)
390-6410. For questions about the BIA’s Tribal Resilience Program, please contact Rachael Novak, (505) 563-5253 or </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:rachael.novak@bia.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">rachael.novak@bia.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ahe'hee' and best wishes in your work!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rachael M. Novak <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">work: (505) 563-5253<u></u><u></u></p>
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