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 |
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Type | Latest Actions / Upcoming Milestones | Tribes Eligible? | Workforce Funding Eligible Use? | Cybersecurity An Eligible Use? | ||
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| USDA | Resilience | Capital Improvement And Maintenance - Legacy Road And Trail Remediation Program | No | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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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. |
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| USACE | Resilience | Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Projects | No | Direct Federal | Yes | |||||
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Description: Funds the construction of authorized water resources projects to increase aquatic ecosystem restoration, including $1 billion for multi-purpose projects or programs that include aquatic ecosystem restoration as a purpose. Eligible Recipients: In partnership with State, local, and Tribal governments the Army Corps would use funding to construct Federally authorized aquatic ecosystem restoration projects. Federal Cost Share: In general, unless otherwise specified in law, projects are cost shared 65 percent Federal, 35 percent non-Federal. |
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| DOI | Resilience | Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan | No | Financial Assistance | First Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in July 2022 | |||||
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Description: The Colorado River Basin Drought Contingency Plan aims to reduce the risk of Lake Mead and Lake Powell reaching critically low elevations. Eligible Recipients: Open Federal Cost Share: TBD. Waivers are not available. |
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| EPA | Water | Geographic Programs - Lake Pontchartrain Restoration Program | No | Cooperative Agreement (Discretionary Grants) | ||||||
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Description: This program carries out the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Comprehensive Management Plan. Eligible Recipients: Broad Eligibilities Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| DOI | Resilience | Ecosystem - Fish Passage | No | Combination | Yes | |||||
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Description: For the removal of barriers and for technical assistance under the National Fish Passage Program. Eligible Recipients: Open, including Tribes Federal Cost Share: |
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| EPA | Water | Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Tribal set-aide | No | Formula | May 27, 2022 - Memorandum released | Yes | ||||
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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 |
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| EPA | Water | Clean Water State Revolving Fund Tribal set-aside | No | Formula | March 8, 2022 - Memorandum released | Yes | ||||
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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 |
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| DOI | Water | Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund | No | Discretionary | Yes | |||||
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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: |
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| DHHS | Water | Indian Health Service Sanitation Facilities Construction Program | No | Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Agreements, Direct Federal Spending | Yes | |||||
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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: |
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| EPA | Water | Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative | No | Grant | ||||||
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Description: To restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem. Eligible Recipients: Broad Eligibilities Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| EPA | Water | Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program | No | Grant | Yes | |||||
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Description: Awards competitive grants and cooperative agreements to States, Tribal and local governments, non-governmental organizations, interstate agencies and academic institutions to reduce and prevent pollution and to improve the living resources in the Chesapeake Bay. Eligible Recipients: Broad Eligibilities Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| EPA | Water | National Estuary Program Grants | No | Grant | July 2022 - FY2022 - FY2026 Guidance released | |||||
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Description: To protect and restore the water quality and resources of estuaries and associated watersheds designated by the EPA Administrator as estuaries of national significance. Eligible Recipients: 28 Federally Recognized Local National Estuary Programs Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| EPA | Water | Geographic Programs - Long Island Sound | No | Cooperative Agreement (Discretionary Grants) | ||||||
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Description: Supports the implementation of a comprehensive plan to protect and restore water quality, habitat, and living resources in Long Island Sound, working with State and local governments, the private sector, user groups, and the general public. Eligible Recipients: Broad Eligibilities Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| EPA | Water | Geographic Programs - Puget Sound | No | Grant | ||||||
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Description: Goal to restore and maintain the Puget Sound Estuary's environment. Eligible Recipients: Broad Eligibilities Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| USDA | Resilience | Burned Area Recovery | No | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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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 |
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| EPA | Water | Geographic Programs - Columbia River Basin Restoration Program | No | Grant | August 10, 2022 - EPA announced initial awards for FY2022 | |||||
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Description: This program is intended to improve water quality in the Lower Columbia River Basin through specific actions to reduce toxics, increase monitoring, and/or increase public education and outreach. Eligible Recipients: Broad Eligibilities Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| EPA | Water | Geographic Programs - Gulf of Mexico | No | Grant | ||||||
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Description: Founded to facilitate collaborative actions to protect, maintain, and restore the health and productivity of the Gulf of Mexico in ways consistent with the economic well-being of the Region. Eligible Recipients: Broad Eligibilities Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| USDA | Resilience | Hazardous Fuels Management | No | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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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 |
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| USDA | Resilience | Hazardous Fuels (Mechanical Thinning And Timber Harvesting; Precommercial Thinning In Young Growth) | No | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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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 |
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| EPA | Water | Geographic Programs - Lake Champlain | No | Grant | ||||||
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Description: Coordinates and funds efforts that benefit the Lake Champlain Basin’s water quality, fisheries, wetlands, wildlife, recreation, and cultural resources, in partnership with government agencies. private organizations, local communities, and individuals. Eligible Recipients: Broad Eligibilities Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| EPA | Water | Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund | No | Grant | September 20, 2022 - Request for Applications closes | |||||
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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. |
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| EPA | Water | Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program | No | Grant | ||||||
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Description: Provides competitive grants to address the immediate and emerging ecological pressures and threats to nearshore waters, bays, estuaries, beaches, and coral reefs central to South Florida’s economic well-being. Eligible Recipients: Broad Eligibilities Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| EPA | Water | Geographic Programs - Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Program | No | Grant | ||||||
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Description: To protect and restore water quality, ecological health, and diverse habitats by sharing knowledge and resources, promoting innovative approaches, and leveraging economic and environmental investments to meet the needs of current and future generations. Eligible Recipients: Broad Eligibilities Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| EPA | Water | Geographic Programs - Northwest Forest | No | Grants and Interagency Agreements | ||||||
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Description: Addresses water quality impairments from non-point sources related to pacific northwest forest practices and works to improve the quality and quantity of surface water so that beneficial uses and drinking water/source water protection goals are met. Eligible Recipients: Limited Eligibilities – Federal Federal Cost Share: Yes. Waivers are available. |
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| USACE | Resilience | Inland Flood Risk Management Projects | No | Direct Federal | ||||||
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Description: Funds the construction of projects that help to reduce the risk of damage in a flood, including $750 million for multi-purpose projects or programs that include flood risk management benefits as a purpose. Eligible Recipients: The Army Corps will use this funding to construct authorized Federal flood damage reduction projects. Federal Cost Share: In general, unless otherwise specified in law, projects are cost shared 65 percent Federal, 35 percent non-Federal. |
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| DOI | Water | Central Utah Project | No | Direct Federal Spending | January 2022, Initial Spend Plan released | |||||
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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: |
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| DOI | Resilience | Wildfire Management - Fuels Management | No | Direct Federal spending, possibly Interagency Agreement(s), Cooperative Agreement(s), and Contract(s) | Yes | |||||
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Description: To protect vulnerable communities from wildfire while preparing our communities and natural landscapes for a changing climate, through hazardous fuels management strategies. Eligible Recipients: Federal Agencies, State agencies, Tribal Governments, And Businesses Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required |
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| USDA | Resilience | Reforestation Trust Fund (Replant Act) | No | Direct Federal Spending | Report to Congress in November 2022 | |||||
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Description: The funds are used to reduce the backlog in reforestation and timber stand improvement work. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required |
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| USDA | Resilience | Federal Wildland Firefighter Salaries And Expenses | No | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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Description: To address the increasing complexity and severity of fire years the Forest Service will create a more permanent workforce by converting no fewer than 1,000 seasonal wildland firefighters to wildland fire managers that are full-time, permanent and year-round while also holding responsibilities for reducing hazardous fuels on Federal land. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Appalachian Development Highway System | Reinstatement | Formula | January 25, 2022, FY2022 funding allocated | |||||
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Description: Distributes funds for the Appalachian Development Highway System Eligible Recipients: Appalachian States Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share requirement |
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| USDOT-FHWA | Roads, bridges and major projects | Tribal High Priority Projects Program | Reinstatement | Competitive | Yes | |||||
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Description: Provides funding to supplement the Tribal Transportation Program or for Tribes that have an emergency or disaster occur on a Tribal transportation facility Eligible Recipients: Sovereign federally-recognized Tribal governments Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share requirement |
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| USDA | Resilience | Agreement With National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration For Geostationary Operations Environmental Satellite Program | Yes | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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Description: Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required |
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| Department of Agriculture | Resilience | Wildfire Detection And Monitoring Equipment | Yes | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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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 |
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| DOI | Resilience | Direct Federal Spending For Resilient Recreation Sites | Yes | Direct Federal Spending | First Round of Funding Allocated / Selections Announced in May 2022 | |||||
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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 |
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| DOI | Resilience | Direct Federal Spending (Or Other) For National Revegetation Strategy | Yes | Direct Federal Spending | ||||||
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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 |
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| EPA | Water | Underground Injection Control Grants: Class VI wells | Yes | Yes | ||||||
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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 |
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| USDA | Resilience | Preplanning Fire Response Workshops And Workforce Training | Yes | Direct Federal Spending | Yes | |||||
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Description: The Forest Service will conduct pre-planning fire response workshops that develop Potential Operational Delineations and select potential control locations and workforce training for staff, non-Federal firefighters, and Native village fire crews. Eligible Recipients: Forest Service Funding Federal Cost Share: No non-Federal cost share required |
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