What
is the Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) program?
The
ICDBG Program provides eligible grantees with direct grants for
use in developing viable Indian and Alaska Native Communities, including
decent housing, a suitable living environment, and economic opportunities,
primarily for low and moderate income persons.
Who
is eligible?
Eligible
applicants for assistance include any Indian tribe, band, group,
or nation(including Alaska Indians, Aleutes, and Eskimos) or Alaska
Native village which has established a relationship to the Federal
government as defined in the program regulations. In certain instances,
tribal organizations may be eligible to apply.
Categories
The
ICDBG program can provide funding for recipients in the following
categories:
Housing
Housing rehabilitation, land acquisition to support new housing
construction, and under limited circumstances, new housing construction.
Community
Facilities
Infrastructure construction, e.g., roads, water and sewer facilities;
and, single or multipurpose community buildings.
Economic
Development
Wide variety of commercial, industrial, agricultural projects
which may be recipient owned and operated or which may be owned
and/or operated by a third party.
Program
administration
The
program is administered by the six area ONAPs
with policy development and oversight provided by the Denver National
Program Office of ONAP. Each Area ONAP is responsible for a geographic
jurisdiction that includes from 26 to over 200 eligible applicants.
The
program regulations provide for two categories of grants, Imminent
Threat and Single purpose. Single purpose grants are awarded on
a competition basis pursuant to the terms published in an annual
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA).
The
Secretary of HUD may set aside 5% of each year's allocation for
the noncompetitive, first come-first served, funding of grants to
eliminate or lessen problems which pose an imminent threat to public
health or safety.
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