PUBLIC
AND INDIAN HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORIZATION:
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).
To
provide assistance to Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages in
the development of viable Indian communities.
TYPES
OF ASSISTANCE:
Project Grants. Place Cursor Here for Definition
USES
AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
Indian
tribes and Alaska Native villages may use block grants to improve
the 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 rehabilitation programs, 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 particularly those
by nonprofit tribal organizations or local development corporations
when the recipient determines that the provision of such assistance
is appropriate to carry out an economic development project. Tribes
and Alaska Native villages are restricted from using block grants
for construction and improvement of governmental facilities, the
purchase of equipment, general government expenses, operating and
maintenance expenses, political activities, new housing construction
(except through community-based development organizations (CBDOs),
and income payments.
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant
Eligibility: Any Indian tribe, band, group,
nation, or 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.
Beneficiary
Eligibility: The principal beneficiaries of
ICDBG funds 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.
Credentials/Documentation:
Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87
for State, local, and Indian tribal governments.
Pre-application
Coordination: No preapplication required. Prior
to submitting application, applicant must allow for citizen participation
in application development. An environmental assessment is required
for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O.
12372.
Application
Procedure: Applicants must file an application
on forms prescribed by HUD which describes the community development
need and how that need will be addressed by the proposed project.
Application must provide sufficient information for the project
to be rated against selection criteria.
Award
Procedure: The ONAP Area Office is responsible
for rating and approving applications and for notifying applicants
of the results.
Deadlines:
Differ each year. Dates are published in a Notice of Funding Availability
(NOFA) in the Federal Register. For fiscal year 2001, applications
are due in the appropriate Area Office of Native American Programs
(ONAP) by the close of business on June 6, 2002. On the application
due date, business hours will be extended to 6:00 p.m. local time.
Range
of Approval/Disapproval Time: From 75 to 110
days.
Appeals:
Limitations, conditions, and requirements specified in NOFA.
Renewals:
None.
ASSISTANCE
CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula
and Matching Requirements: This program has
no statutory formula and no matching requirements.
Length
and Time Phasing of Assistance: Assistance
is available until project completion, usually within two years.
POST
ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports:
Annual performance reports.
Audits:
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A- 133,
(Revised, June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments,
and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend
financial assistance of $300,000 or more in Federal Awards will
have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year.
Nonfederal entities that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal
awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for the year,
except as noted in Circular No. A-133.
Records:
All records applicable to the assistance project must be kept
for three to five years following the submission of the final
expenditure report or until all audit findings have been resolved.
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION:
Account
Identification: 86-0162-0-1-451.
Obligations:
(Grants) FY 01 $68,618,576; FY 02 est $69,000,000; and FY 03 est
$71,000,000.
Range
and Average of Financial Assistance:
The average grant in fiscal year 2001 was approximately $601,510.
In fiscal year 2001, the Indian Community Development Block Grant
Program approved 115 grants.
REGULATIONS,
GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:
24 CFR 1003.
INFORMATION
CONTACTS:
Regional
or Local Office: Contact appropriate HUD Office
of Native American Programs (ONAP) Area Office listed in Appendix
IV of the Catalog.
Headquarters
Office: Denver Office of Native American Programs,
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Suite 3990,
1999 Broadway, Denver, CO 80202. Telephone: (800) 561-5913.
Web
Site Address: http://www.hud.gov/progdesc/icdbg1.cfm
EXAMPLES
OF FUNDED PROJECTS:
Fire station; housing rehabilitation grant program; cooperative
store development; water lines and storage facility, community building.
CRITERIA
FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS:
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.
