Native American

EDA: $1.49 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance Invested to Expand Healthcare Delivery Capacity on Coquille Indian Tribe’s Kilkich Reservation

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.49 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Coquille Indian Tribe, North Bend, Oregon, to purchase equipment and supplies needed to expand patient capacity and respond to the coronavirus pandemic through the Ko-Kwel Wellness Center, currently…

CDFI Fund: Upcoming Webinar Scheduled on Preparing for the FY 2021 CDFI and NACA Program Application Round

It’s never too early to start getting ready for the next application round! The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) is tentatively planning to open the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program) and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program) application round in early 2021. To help your organization…

Federal Reserve: Speech by Governor Brainard on Modernizing and Strengthening CRA Regulations

At the National Congress of American Indians 77th Annual Convention & Marketplace (via webcast) Good afternoon and thank you to President Fawn Sharp and Kevin Allis of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) for inviting me to join your discussion.1 As the oldest and largest American Indian and Alaska Native organization serving the broad interests…

EDA: $3 Million Invested to Help Enhance Critical Infrastructure and Disaster Response Services for the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Okemah, Oklahoma, to support economic development and diversification efforts within the tribal area, as well as providing necessary infrastructure for disaster response. The EDA grant is expected to create…

HUD: More Than $9 Million Awarded to Make Housing Safer for Tribal Communities

Funding to make low-income tribal homes safer and healthier The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded more than $9 million in Healthy Homes Production grants to twelve tribes and tribal agencies to protect children and families from home health and safety hazards. “As a pediatric neurosurgeon I have seen firsthand the…

CDFI Fund: Treasury Guarantees $100 Million in CDFI Bond Funding

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced today the approval of a $100 million guarantee under the fiscal year 2020 round of the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Bond Guarantee Program. The guarantee will be issued to the Community Reinvestment Fund, USA on behalf of Clearinghouse Community Development…

CDFI Fund: U.S. Treasury Awards $204.1 Million to Support Economic Growth in Low-Income, Distressed and Native Communities

 The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) awarded 397 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) $204.1 million in awards today. The awards, through the fiscal year (FY) 2020 round of the Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program) and the Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program), will enable CDFIs…

HUD: $100 Million in CARES Act Funding Provided to Native American Tribes to Support Coronavirus Recovery Efforts

Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson announced that HUD has awarded a total of $100 million to Tribes across the Nation as part of HUD’s Indian Community Development Block Grant Imminent Threat program (ICDBG-CARES). This funding helps address problems that pose an imminent threat to public health or…

EDA: $1.8 Million Invested to Make Infrastructure Improvements to Support Tribal Business Development in Spokane, WA Opportunity Zone

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.8 million grant to the Spokane Tribe of Indians, Wellpinit, Washington, to make critical roadway infrastructure improvements needed to support business development in the region. The EDA grant, to be located in a Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Opportunity…

EDA: Over $100 Million in CARES Act Funding Invested to Support Recovery from Coronavirus Pandemic

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development (EDA) administration has awarded over $10 Million in CARES Act Funding to support economic development and economic recovery in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Investments include: July 17, 2020 – U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $8.4 Million in CARES Act Funding to Capitalize Revolving Loan Funds to Help Small…