Indian Community Development Block Grant Program (recovery Act Funded)

 

To provide assistance for Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages in the development of viable Indian communities.

Deleted 01/15/2013 (Archived.) 14.886 Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office: Office of Public and Indian Housing Project Grants Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2011: The program anticipates to rehabilitate 20 units, provide 10 units with green improvements, and build 3 community buildings. Fiscal Year 2012: No Current Data Available American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Public Law 111-5, Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Section 106(a) as amended, 42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.; Housing and Urban Development Act, Section 7(d) 42 U.S.C. 3535(d). Any Indian tribe, band, group, nation, tribal organization, including Alaska Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos, and any Alaska Native village that is eligible for assistance under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act or which had been eligible under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972. Only grantees that received ICDBG funds in fiscal year 2008 are eligible for these funds. The prinicpal beneficiaries of ICDBG are low and moderate income persons. Low and moderate income is generally defined as 80 percent of the median income, as determined by HUD, adjusted for family size. Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular A-87. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Applicants must file an application on forms prescribed by HUD, which describe the community development need and how that need will be addressed by the proposed project. The application must provide sufficient information for the project to be rated against selection criteria.
The Office of Native American Programs (ONAP) is responsible for rating and approving applications and for notifying applicants of the results. Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. From 90 to 120 days. 75-110 days. Limitations, conditions, and requirements specified in NOFA. None. Applications must be submitted by any eligible tribe or Alaska Native Village which has the capacity to administer a grant. Applications are then rated against factors which measure impact and quality. The Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) is funded through a set-aside of the Community Development Block Grant formula in title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306). Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages may use block grants to improve housing stock, provide community facilities, make infrastructure improvements, and expand job opportunities by supporting the economic development of their communities. Activities which are eligible for funding include housing construction, rehabilitation, acquisition of land for housing, direct assistance to facilitate homeownership among low- and moderate-income persons, construction of tribal and other facilities for single or multi-use, streets and other public facilities, and economic development projects. The Recovery Act requires tribes to give priority to projects that can award contracts based on bids within 120 days from the date the funds are made available to the tribes. Recipients are required to submit quarterly reports as required by Section 1512 of the Recovery Act and annual performance reports. Cash reports are not applicable. Progress reports are not applicable. Expenditure reports are not applicable. Performance monitoring is not applicable. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. All records applicable to the assistance project must be kept for 3 to 5 years following the submission of the final expenditure report or until all audit findings have been resolved. This program has no statutory formula.
This program has no matching requirements.
This program does not have MOE requirements. Assistance is available until project completion, usually within 2 years. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: No information provided. See Regional Agency Offices. Contact appropriate HUD Office of Native American Programs (ONAP) Area Office listed in Appendix IX of the Catalog. Jennifer Bullough, 451 7th Street, S.W. Room 5156, Washington, District of Columbia 20410 Email: Jennifer.A.Bullough@hud.gov Phone: (202) 402-4274 Fax: (202) 708-7446. http://www.hud/offices/pih/ih/grants/icdbg.cfm. 86-0161-0-1-604 - 86-0161 2009/2010 TAFS Code. (Project Grants) FY 09 $9,567,413; FY 10 $332,587; FY 11 $0 The estimated average grant in Fiscal Year 2009 was approximately $526,316. The smallest and largest awards were $235,925 and $600,000 respectively. 24 CFR Part 1003. Not Applicable.