Tribal Climate Change Guide

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is part of the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project (TCCP). The TCCP is part of the L.I.G.H.T. Foundation (LF), is an independent, Indigenous-led, conservation 501(c)(3) nonprofit established on the Colville Indian Reservation in the traditional territory of the Nespelem Tribe in present-day north central Washington State. LF supports the restoration and cultivation of native Plant and Pollinator Relatives and the culturally respectful conservation of habitats and ecosystems which are climate resilient and adaptive. For more information about LF, visit: https://thepnwlf.org/. For more information about the Tribal Climate Change Project, visit: https://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu/. If you would like to add information to this guide, please email kathy.lynn.or@gmail.com.

Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants

Type

Funding

Grant Deadline

12/31/2024 - 12:00

Organization

USDA

Description

Applications accepted continuously. This program provides grants to assist rural communities that have had a significant decline in quantity or quality of drinking water. Grant may fund waterline extensions from existing systems, construction of new water lines; repairs to existing systems, construction of new wells, reservoirs, transmission lines, treatment plants, and other water sources. Priority is given to areas with less than 10,000 people, low-income areas, and communities facing imminent decline and shortage of water.

Category Taxonomy

Water

Natural Resources

Health

Funding Amount

Individual awards range from 150,000 to $500,000 depending on the severity of decline in quantity or quality of water.

Matching Funds

Negotiated.

Geography

Eligibility

Grants may be made to public bodies, non-profit corporations and Indian tribes serving rural areas with a population less than 10,000 and a median household income less than the State's non-metropolitan median household income most recent decennial census of the U.S.; or to finance facilities which are not modest in size, design, and cost.

Website

https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/water-environmental-programs/emergenc…

Contact Information

Use the dropdown menu on the website to find local contact in your region.

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
Questions about this Guide should be directed to kathy@uoregon.edu.