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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?sort descending Cybersecurity An Eligible Use?
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

DOE Clean Energy and Power Carbon Dioxide Capture Facilities Private Activity Bonds New Tax exemptions

Description: Assists private sector providers for projects to install equilemtn in an industrial carbon dioxide facility

Eligible Recipients: Private sector partners

Federal Cost Share: N/A

TBD Broadband Private Activity Bonds for Qualified Broadband Projects New Tax exemptions

Description: Assists private sector providers for projects to provide broadband service to one or more census block groups where at least 50% of residential households do not have access to fixed terrestial broadband service

Eligible Recipients: Private sector partners

Federal Cost Share: N/A

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

Department of Agriculture Resilience Wildfire Detection And Monitoring Equipment Yes Direct Federal Spending

Description: The agency will procure and place wildfire detection and real-time monitoring equipment, such as sensors, cameras, and other relevant equipment in wildfire prone areas to enhance safety and awareness of wildfire risk for the public and first responders.

Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding

Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required

DOI Resilience Wildfire Management - Joint Fire Science Program with Department of Agriculture No Interagency agreements, cooperative agreements First Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in 2022

Description: Support science and research on wildland fire management issues that mitigate wildfire risk.

Eligible Recipients: Science And Research Organizations/Entities, Public Higher-Ed Institutions, Private Higher-Ed Institutions

Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required

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 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

Department of the Interior Resilience Ecosystem - Lake Tahoe No Grant July 19, 2022 - first round of funds allocated Yes

Description: To deploy strategies consistent with the Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan to prevent the introduction or spread of aquatic invasive species in the Lake Tahoe region.

Eligible Recipients: Open

Federal Cost Share: Yes

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.

DOI Resilience National Geological And Geophysical Data Preservation Program No Grant, Cooperative Agreement, Direct Federal Spending First Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in May 2022

Description: Provides competitive grants to State Geological Surveys and funds projects executed by U.S. Geological Survey and other Department of the Interior bureaus to preserve, modernize, and make publicly available geological and geophysical data and assets.

Eligible Recipients: State Geological Surveys, State Universities Housing State Geological Surveys, Private Contractors, U.S. Geological Survey Science Centers And Other Department of Interior Bureaus

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.

DOI Resilience Ecosystem - Delaware River Basin Conservation Act No Grant First Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in September 2022

Description: The Delaware River Basin program provides competitive matching grants for habitat conservation to State and local governments, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and other eligible entities in the Delaware River Basin.

Eligible Recipients: Open

Federal Cost Share: Yes

DOI Resilience Direct Federal Spending For Resilient Recreation Sites Yes Direct Federal Spending First Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in May 2022

Description: Funding to improve resilience of recreation sites on Federal lands, including Indian forest or range lands.

Eligible Recipients: Federal

Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required

USACE Resilience Flood Plain Management Services No Direct Federal

Description: The Army Corps provides site-specific flood and flood plain data and assistance to States, Tribes, and local communities.

Eligible Recipients: Funds certain technical assistance provided by the Army Corps

Federal Cost Share: In general, unless otherwise specified in law, projects are 100 percent Federally funded.

DOI Resilience Ecosystem - Sagebrush-Steppe No Grant, Cooperative Agreement, Direct Federal Spending June 16, 2022 - FY2022 allocations made

Description: To conserve the sagebrush ecosystem of the American West and the nationally-significant biological, cultural and economic resources it supports.

Eligible Recipients: Open

Federal Cost Share: Yes

DOI Resilience Colorado River Endangered Species Recovery and Conservation Programs No Financial Assistance First Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in July 2022

Description: The Colorado River Basin Endangered Species and Conservation programs support the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish and San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Programs and the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program in the Upper Colorado Basin.

Eligible Recipients: Open

Federal Cost Share: TBD. Waivers are not available.

DOI Resilience Direct Federal Spending (Or Other) For National Revegetation Strategy Yes Direct Federal Spending

Description: Funding to implement a national revegetation effort on private and public lands

Eligible Recipients: Federal

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

DOC Resilience Research Supercomputing No Contract, Cooperative Agreement

Description: Funds will be used to provide computational resources to support and advance environmental modeling crucial for understanding critical Earth systems.

Eligible Recipients: Public Higher-Ed Institutions, Federal Partners, Businesses

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.

EPA Water Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund No Grant September 20, 2022 - Request for Applications closes

Description: To improve water quality and restore aquatic habitat (i.e. wetlands) in the San Francisco Bay and its watersheds.

Eligible Recipients: Broad Eligibilities

Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available.

DOI Water Central Utah Project No Direct Federal Spending January 2022, Initial Spend Plan released

Description: Funding will be used to continue construction of the Utah Lake System Pipeline.

Eligible Recipients: Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission

Federal Cost Share:

USDA Clean Energy and Power Watershed Rehabilitation Program Existing Technical and Financial Assistance Yes

Description: Provides planning, design and construction for Department of Agriculture assisted dams to extend their service life and meet current safety requirements

Eligible Recipients: States, cities, counties, towns, conservation districts, Federally-recognized Tribe or Tribal organization

Federal Cost Share: 65% federal/35% non-federal. Waivers are not available

DOI Environmental Remediation Tribal Orphaned Well Grant Program (Set-aside) New Yes

Description: Funding to plus, cap, and remediate orhpan oil and gas wells on Tribal lands

Eligible Recipients: Tribes

Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required

DOI Resilience Direct Federal Spending for Invasives New Grant, Direct Federal Spending Yes

Description: Funding for invasive species detection, prevention, and eradication on private or public lands.

Eligible Recipients: State, Tribal

Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required

DOI Resilience Department of Interior Wildfire Management - Burned Area and Rehabilitation Existing Yes

Description: To mitigate the damaging effects of wildfires and set landscapes on a path towards natural recovery and climate resilience through post-fire restoration and rehabilitation activities.

Eligible Recipients: Federal Agencies, Tribal Governments, and Businesses

Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required

DOI Resilience Contracts and Agreements For Restoration on Federal Lands New Yes

Description: Contracts for ecological health restoration, to be enacted on no fewer than 10,000 acres of Federal land, including Indian forest land or rangeland

Eligible Recipients: Federal, State, Local, Tribal, Non-governmental Organizations

Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required

EPA Water Underground Injection Control Grants: Class VI wells New Yes

Description: Funds agencies that oversee underground injection activities to prevent contamination of underground sources of drinking water from fluid injection practices. 7% set aside for Tribes.

Eligible Recipients: States and Tribes

Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required

DOI Resilience Ecosystem - Fish Passage Existing Combination Yes

Description: For the removal of barriers and for technical assistance under the National Fish Passage Program.

Eligible Recipients: Open, including Tribes

Federal Cost Share:

EPA Water Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Tribal set-aide Existing Formula May 27, 2022 - Memorandum released Yes

Description: Funding to promote salfe, healthy and clean drinking water.

Eligible Recipients: Tribes (Federally recognized), former Indian reservations in Oklahoma and ANVs

Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required

EPA Water Clean Water State Revolving Fund Tribal set-aside Existing Formula March 8, 2022 - Memorandum released Yes

Description: Funding to promote salfe, healthy and clean drinking water.

Eligible Recipients: Tribes (Federally recognized), former Indian reservations in Oklahoma and ANVs

Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required

DOI Water Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund Existing Discretionary Yes

Description: To satisfy Federal obligations under Indian water rights settlement enacted as of November 15, 2021.

Eligible Recipients: Tribal Governments (Federally recognized)

Federal Cost Share:

DHHS Water Indian Health Service Sanitation Facilities Construction Program Existing Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Agreements, Direct Federal Spending Yes

Description: Provides technical and financial assistance to American Tribes and Alaska Native villages for the cooperative development and construction of safe drinking water supply, sewage, and solid waste disposal facilities, and related support facilities.

Eligible Recipients: Federally recognized Tribal governments.

Federal Cost Share:

EPA Water Underground Injection Control Grants: Class VI wells Yes Yes

Description: Funds agencies that oversee underground injection activities to prevent contamination of underground sources of drinking water from fluid injection practices. 7% set aside for Tribes.

Eligible Recipients: States and Tribes

Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required

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

DOI Resilience Ecosystem - Fish Passage No Combination Yes

Description: For the removal of barriers and for technical assistance under the National Fish Passage Program.

Eligible Recipients: Open, including Tribes

Federal Cost Share:

EPA Water Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Tribal set-aide No Formula May 27, 2022 - Memorandum released Yes

Description: Funding to promote salfe, healthy and clean drinking water.

Eligible Recipients: Tribes (Federally recognized), former Indian reservations in Oklahoma and ANVs

Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required

EPA Water Clean Water State Revolving Fund Tribal set-aside No Formula March 8, 2022 - Memorandum released Yes

Description: Funding to promote salfe, healthy and clean drinking water.

Eligible Recipients: Tribes (Federally recognized), former Indian reservations in Oklahoma and ANVs

Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required

DOI Water Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund No Discretionary Yes

Description: To satisfy Federal obligations under Indian water rights settlement enacted as of November 15, 2021.

Eligible Recipients: Tribal Governments (Federally recognized)

Federal Cost Share: