American Rescue Plan (ARP) for Native American Programs
President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into law, providing significant funding for Native communities to address COVID-19 impacts. The plan includes allocations for housing-related needs and assistance for struggling Native American homeowners.
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HUD Eastern Woodlands Office of Native American Programs Slide 1
Indian Community Development Block Grant American Rescue Plan (ARP) President Biden has signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) into law. The Act provides a significant and timely investment in Indian Country in response to the health and economic effects of COVID-19. In total, ARP includes $1.24 billion for housing-related needs in Native communities. Specifically, it includes $450 million for the Indian Housing Block Grant program, $280 million for the Indian Community Development Block Grant program, $5 million for the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program, and $10 million for related technical assistance resources. In addition, it includes $498 million for the Department of the Treasury s new Homeowner Assistance Fund to provide relief to struggling Native American homeowners. Slide 2
PURPOSE ARP provides additional funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, including $280 million for the Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) program. This funding will be used to provide ICDBG Imminent Threat (ICDBG-ARP) grants to Indian tribes to eliminate or lessen problems that pose an imminent threat to public health or safety of Tribal residents. Slide 3
ARP Distribution Tribal Consultation On March 19, 2021, HUD issued a Dear Tribal Leader letter to solicit feedback on the how the Department should administer ICDBG-ARP funds. Those recommendations were taken into consideration to assist in planning the fund distribution process. HUD is very excited about these additional resources coming to Indian Country. COVID- 19 has affected everyone around the globe. But it has particularly impacted Tribal communities. The Office of Native American Programs is implementing the new ARP programs and making these resources available as quickly as possible. Slide 4
Questions? Slide 5
General Contact 800-735-3239 (general voicemail) EWONAP Specific Website: https://www.hud.gov/progra m_offices/public_indian_hous ing/ih/codetalk/onap/ewonap Slide 6
EWONAP Contacts U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Room 2404/Chicago, Illinois 60604-3507 Telephone: (800) 735-3239, Fax: (312) 353-8936 HUD EASTERN WOODLANDS OFFICE OF NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS STAFF First Name Mark Bobbie Tara Andre Mark Ashley Elton Jostyn Ebony Last Name Title (312) 913- E-mail Address Butterfield Bollinger Cameron Gaither Golden Hotza Jones Jones Madyun Administrator Grants Management Specialist Grants Management Specialist Grants Evaluation Specialist Grants Management Specialist Grants Evaluation Specialist Grants Management Director Grants Evaluation Specialist Grants Evaluation Director Administrator Advisor (Title VI, Section 184) Grants Evaluation Specialist Grants Evaluation Specialist Grants Management Specialist Grants Management Specialist Grants Management Specialist Grants Evaluation Specialist Lead Grants Management Specialist 8750 TBD TBD 8767 8771 TBD 8765 TBD 8728 Mark.Butterfield@hud.gov Bobbie.J.Bellinger@hud.gov Tara.E.Cameron@hud.gov Andre.T.Gaither@hud.gov Mark.Golden@hud.gov Ashley.A.MillerHotza@hud.gov Elton.Jones@hud.gov Jostyn.E.Jones@hud.gov Ebony.M.Madyun@hud.gov Kimberly McMorris 8626 Kimberly.N.McMorris@hud.gov Yolanda Sara Teresa A. Denise Tonya Gentri Mary Miller Stapleton Stewart Tucker Walters White White 8580 8161 8756 8755 8775 8759 8762 Yolanda.S.Miller@hud.gov Sara.j.stapleton@hud.gov Teresa.A.Stewart@hud.gov Denise.Tucker@hud.gov Tonya.R.Walters@hud.gov Gentri.White@hud.gov Mary.White@hud.gov Slide 7
FTEEWONAP will be hiring four (4) specialists in the coming months: EWONAP Hiring Due to the expansion by Congress and ok by the PIH front office ONAP is adding position in all six offices. 1 FTE in Grants Mgmt 2 LTE for American Rescue Plan- Grants Evalution 1 Addition GE Specialist Slide 8
Monitoring Plans Normally, EWONAP tries to complete 8 monitorings per year. Due to lack of travel money and safety due to the Pandemic, we are projecting that we will only do two this year, both remote. Slide 9
Cares Act Spend down ONAP is getting more scrutiny from oversight about the status of spend down rates for the CARES Act. 11 Tribes have 0 balance 3 haven t spent any 20 have spent at least 50% of their Grant Slide 10
