BILJA Grant Program Tracker

The BILJA Grant Program Tracker has been created to assist Tribal Nations with BIIJA programs. Program information will be updated as new information becomes available. If you need assistance, please contact us.

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	Agency	Category	Name of Program	New or Existing Program	Type	Latest Actions / Upcoming Milestones	Tribes Eligible?	Workforce Funding Eligible Use?
	USDOT - NHTSA	Safety	Highway Safety Research and Development	Existing	Competitive		Yes
Description: Research and development activities with respect to (1) highway and traffic safety systems and conditions, (2) human behavioral factors and their effect on highway and traffic safety, (3) evaluation of the effectiveness of countermeasures to increase highway and traffic safety, (4) development of technologies to detect drug impaired drivers, (5) driver education programs, State laws on highway and traffic safety; Cooperative research and evaluation to research and evaluate priority highway safety countermeasures; Collaborative research on in-vehicle technology to prevent alcohol-impaired driving; Education campaign to reduce incidence of vehicular heatstroke of children; Grant program to develop and implement State processes for informing consumers of recalls; and Evaluation of innovative highway safety countermeasures. Eligible Recipients: States, Counties, Cities / Townships, Special Districts, Tribal Governments (Federally recognized), Tribal Governments (other than Federally recognized), Independent School Districts, Public Higher-Ed Institutions, Private Higher-Ed Institutions, Nonprofits, Small Businesses, Businesses (other than small businesses), and / or Individuals Federal Cost Share: Up to 100% federal contribution
	USDOT - FHWA	Roads, bridges and major projects	Tribal Transportation Program Safety Funds (set-aside)	Existing	Competitive	September 15, 2022 – Applications close for FHWA’s 2022 Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund	Yes
Description: To reduce deaths or serious injuries in transportation-related crashes in Tribal Areas Eligible Recipients: Federally recognized Tribe Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required
	USDOT	Roads, bridges and major projects	Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP)	Existing	Formula	21/12 FY22 Funding Announced (set aside from the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program)
Description: Eligible Recipients: States, D.C. Federal Cost Share:
	USDOT	Roads, bridges and major projects	Thriving Communities Initiative	New		August 26, 2022 - Comments due in response to Request for Information	Yes
Description: Funding to develop and implement technical assistance, planning and capacity building to support communities seeking to advance infrastructure projects that benefit disadvantaged communities Eligible Recipients: Federal Cost Share:
	USDA-RUS	Broadband	Distance Learning, Telemedicine, And Broadband Program: Reconnect Program	Existing	Competitive		Yes
Description: The ReConnect Program offers loans, grants, and loan-grant combinations to build infrastructure and install equipment that provides modern, reliable, high-speed Internet service in rural America. Eligible Recipients: Corporations; Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships; Cooperatives or Mutual Organizations; States or Local governments, including any agency, subdivision, instrumentality of political subdivision thereof; Territories or Possessions of The United States; and Tribes, as defined in Section 4 Of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. §450B) Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required
	USDA-RUS	Broadband	Distance Learning, Telemedicine, And Broadband Program: Broadband Loans	Existing	Loans		Yes
Description: The Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program (Broadband Program) makes loans and loan guarantees to finance construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment needed to provide high speed broadband service in eligible rural areas. Eligible Recipients: Corporation; Limited Liability Company; Cooperative or Mutual Organization; A State or Local Unit of Government; Tribe or Tribal Organization. Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required
	USDA - Office of the Secretary	Other	Bioproduct Pilot Program	New	Competitive	August 31, 2022 - Applications close
Description: Determine the economic, social, and environmental benefits of using materials derived from agricultural commodities (bioproducts) in the development and manufacturing of construction or consumer products. Eligible Recipients: Bioproduct Research Facilities funded in part by a state with other restrictions Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA - Forest Service	Other	Landscape Scale Restoration Water Quality and Fish Passage	Existing	Direct Federal
Description: This program improves fish and wildlife habitat connectivity and helps to recover Endangered Species Act-listed or Endangered Species Act candidate species that depend on National Forest System lands. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: Varies. Waivers are not available.
	USDA - Forest Service	Clean Energy and Power	Capital Improvement and Maintenance for Dams	Existing	Direct Federal Spending
Description: Funds dams on National Forest System Lands in need of maintenance Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Federal Cost Share: Varies.
	USDA - Forest Service	Other	Recreation Sites	Existing	Direct Federal
Description: The recreation program administers recreation sites, including campgrounds and day-use areas, and special use authorizations, such as ski lodges, resorts, and outfitter guides. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: Varies. Waivers are not available.
	USDA - Forest Service	Other	State Forest Action Plans	Existing
Description: To implement State Forest Action Plans, which offer practical and comprehensive roadmaps for investing Federal, State, local, and private resources where they can be most effective in achieving national conservation goals. Eligible Recipients: States and Territories Federal Cost Share: Some cost share required. Waivers are available.
	USDA - Forest Service	Other	Secure Rural Schools	Existing	Competitive	September 30, 2022 - Elections for funding must be submitted by September 30, 2022 via Governor's office or other appropriate executive office of the state on behalf of the Governor
Description: Provides critical funding for schools, roads, and other municipal services to more than 700 counties across the United State and Puerto Rico. Focuses on schools whose tax base was influenced by growing amount of federal land. Eligible Recipients: States and Counties Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Develop And Publish Every 5 Years A Map Depicting At-Risk Communities, Including Tribal Communities	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: The Forest Service will develop and publish every five years a map depicting at-risk communities, including Tribal communities. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	State Fire Assistance	No	Grant, Financial Assistance, Technical Assistance	Soliciting projects from States
Description: Supports and assists State Foresters and local communities in building capacity for wildfire prevention, mitigation, control, and suppression on non-Federal lands. Eligible Recipients: Community And State (Primary Partners Including National Association of State Foresters And State Forestry Agencies) Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available.
	USDA	Resilience	Watershed And Flood Prevention Operations	Existing			Yes
Description: Provides planning, design and construction of measures that address resource concerns in a watershed. Eligible Recipients: Cities, Counties, Towns, Conservation Districts, Or Any Federally-Recognized Tribe Or Tribal Organization. Federal Cost Share: Varies. Waivers are available in some circumstances.
	USDA	Resilience	Burned Area Recovery	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: The Forest Service Burned Area Rehabilitation program addresses threats to fish, wildlife and people downstream, that some fires create. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Hazardous Fuels (Mechanical Thinning And Timber Harvesting; Precommercial Thinning In Young Growth)	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: The Hazardous Fuels program prioritizes treating areas with high potential for damaging wildfires within the wildland-urban interface using a scenario planning tool to identify areas where there is high and very high wildfire hazard potential adjacent to communities. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Volunteer Fire Assistance	No	Grant, Financial Assistance, Technical Assistance	Only Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in Q3 2022
Description: The Volunteer Fire Assistance program focuses on increasing the capacity of local fire departments to provide initial attack on wildfires by providing additional firefighter training and assistance to departments with purchasing equipment. Eligible Recipients: Community And State. National Association Of State Foresters, State Forestry Agencies, National Volunteer Fire Council And The International Association Of Fire Chiefs Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available.
	USDA	Resilience	Capital Improvement And Maintenance - Legacy Road And Trail Remediation Program	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: This program protects investments by decommissioning and repairing roads and trails to mitigate detrimental impacts to sensitive ecosystems and watersheds. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: Varies. Waivers are not available.
	USDA	Resilience	Provide Financial Assistance to States, Indian Tribes, and Units of Local Government to Establish and Operate Reverse 911 Telecommunication Systems	New	Competitive		Yes
Description: Establishment of reserve-911 telecommunication systems. Eligible Recipients: States and Tribes Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required
	USDA	Other	Temporary Water Crossing Structures	New	Grants
Description: Under development Eligible Recipients: States and Tribes Federal Cost Share:
	USDA	Resilience	State Fire Assistance	Existing	Competitive
Description: The Forest Service supports and assists State Foresters and local communities in building capacity for wildfire prevention, mitigation, control, and suppression on non-Federal lands. Eligible Recipients: State and Communities, State Forestry Service Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available.
	USDA	Resilience	Fuel Breaks	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: The Hazardous Fuels program prioritizes treating areas with high potential for damaging wildfires within the wildland-urban interface using a scenario planning tool to identify areas where there is high and very high wildfire hazard potential adjacent Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Ecological Health Restoration Contracts	No	Direct Federal Spending	Report to Congress in June 2022
Description: This program is responsible for issuing contracts for management of programs with authority to dispose of National Forest System timber and non-timber forest products harvested for commercial, personal, and Tribal uses. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership Program	No	Direct Federal spending.	RFP Released in May 2022
Description: Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service are working together to improve the health of forests where public forests and grasslands connect to privately owned lands. Eligible Recipients: Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Agreement With National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration For Geostationary Operations Environmental Satellite Program	Yes	Direct Federal Spending
Description: Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Grants For States And Tribes For Voluntary Restoration	New	Grant	June 3, 2022 - Applications closed for FY22 funding	Yes
Description: Grant programs to States, territories of the United States, and Tribes for implementing voluntary restoration projects on private or public lands. Eligible Recipients: State, Tribal Federal Cost Share: No set amount or percent.
	USDA	Resilience	Forest Health Management on Federal Lands Program and Forest Health Management on Cooperative Lands Program	Existing			Yes	Yes
Description: Helps the National Forest System and other actively managed Federal lands to suppress forest insects and diseases. The program helps State agencies create more fire-adapted communities by implementing pre-fire prevention and mitigation programs and emphasizing pre-fire planning and risk reduction in the Wildland Urban Interface. The program funds important training in safer initial attack responses to wildfire that are also effective. Additionally, the program improves capacity to assist other Federal, State, and local agencies in aiding communities affected by fire and non-fire emergencies, such as hurricanes and floods. Eligible Recipients: States, Tribes, And Other Federal Agencies Federal Cost Share:
	USDA	Resilience	Firewood Banks	New			Yes
Description: Under development Eligible Recipients: State, Tribe, Local Units Of Government, Non-Government Organizations Federal Cost Share: Federal cost share for grants
	USDA	Resilience	Financial Assistance To Facilities That Purchase And Process Byproducts For Ecosystem Restoration Projects				Yes
Description: This program is responsible for management of programs with authority to dispose of National Forest System timber and non-timber forest products harvested for commercial, personal, and Tribal uses. Eligible Recipients: States, Tribes Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute will compile and display data for fuels treatments and wildfire, to facilitate coordination and use of existing and future interagency fuel treatment data, and to carry out other related activities of a Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Emergency Watershed Protection Program	New	Technical and Financial Assistance		Yes
Description: Provides for design and construction of measures to help repair damages from a recent disaster to safeguard life and property. Eligible Recipients: Local sponsors representing owners, managers, and users of public, private, or Tribal lands are eligible if their watershed area has been damaged by a natural disaster. Federal Cost Share: 75% federal/25% non-Federal. Waivers are available.
	USDA	Resilience	Research And Development Via Joint Fire Science Program Partnership With Department Of Interior	No	Grant, facilitated through interagency agreement with the Department of Interior (Bureau of Land Management).
Description: The Joint Fire Science Program funds scientific research on wildland fires and distributes results to help policymakers, fire managers and practitioners make decisions. Eligible Recipients: Institutions Of Higher Education Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Restoration Projects Via States And Tribes	Existing			Yes
Description: Management of programs with authority to dispose of National Forest System timber and non-timber forest products harvested for commercial, personal, and Tribal uses. Eligible Recipients: States, Tribes Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Revegetation Effort to Implement National Seed Strategy	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: Guides ecological restoration across major landscapes, especially those lands damaged by rangeland fires, invasive species, severe storms, and drought. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Capital Improvement And Maintenance - Construction And Maintenance Of Roads For Forest Restoration Projects That Reduce Wildfire Risk	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: This program administers an extensive transportation network that is vital to the agency’s mission to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of national forest lands. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: Varies. Waivers are not available.
	USDA	Resilience	Restore Native Vegetation On Federal/Non-Federal Land	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: This program ensures the productive and sustainable use of National Forest System lands by improving the condition and health of forest and rangeland vegetation, controlling the spread of invasive species, sustaining soil productivity, reducing the risk of severe flooding and erosion in areas affected by severe fire, and maintaining water quality. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: Varies. Waivers are not available.
	USDA	Resilience	Post-Fire Restoration	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: The Burned Area Recovery program will provide restoration activities on wildfire affected areas within three years after the date that a wildland fire is contained. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: Uses collaborative, science-based approaches to enhance forest and watershed health, reduce risk from uncharacteristic wildfire, and provide benefits to rural economies. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required
	USDA	Resilience	Removal Of Vegetation For Biochar And Innovative Wood Products	No	Direct Federal Spending
Description: This program, through contracting or employing crews of laborers, supports the modification and removal of flammable vegetation on Federal land and for using materials from treatments. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required