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.

 

Availability of Disaster Relief Microgrants

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Type
Funding
Organization
NCAI
Description

Deadline Passed 10/31/2019. Deadline Unknown for 2020. Natural disasters have become more frequent in Indian Country over the past several years. Tribal nations and their citizens have endured tremendous loss of life, livelihood, and property. However, the federal government has restricted the avenues for tribal nations to access disaster relief funds. Even when tribal nations access disaster relief funds often they are not flexible enough to meet all of the tribal nation’s needs on the ground. The NCAI Disaster Relief Microgrants are shaped to flexibly cover the needs of tribal nations and/or tribal citizens (who live near their nations) that have been impacted by recent natural disasters such as, tornadoes, wildfires, hurricanes, earthquakes, severe storms, severe winds, blizzards, etc. 

Funding Amount
$70,000 total
Individual grants capped at $10,000
Matching Funds
No
Geography
National
Eligibility
In order to be eligible for this NCAI microgrant, the applicant must meet following criteria:
 Be a federally recognized Indian tribe or state recognized Indian tribe.
 Be a current NCAI member in good standing.
 The proposed project(s) aims to repair or recover property damaged during a natural disaster that
occurred within the last 180 days;
 The property damaged by the disaster was located on or near tribal lands or tribal property and/or
was the property of an enrolled citizen of the tribal nation who resides near their tribal nation’s lands
or property.
 Damages to the property have rendered it uninhabitable, unusable, or it poses a significant safety risk.
 Funds must be obligated within six months
Website
http://www.ncai.org/NCAI_Disaster_Relief_Microgrant_Application.pdf
Contact Information
Kelbie Kennedy, Policy Counsel, kkennedy@ncai.org

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.

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