Application Notes:

Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on May 20, 2024.

The due date for the application has been extended to 11:59 p.m. ET on May 22, 2024. Additional information is included in the NOFA file.

Applications must be submitted online at www.ecivis.com/grants.gov. 

Applications must include:

• SF 424
• SF 424A
• Key contacts
• Grants.gov lobbying form
• Project/performance site location(s)
• Objective work plan
• SF LLL (if applicable)
• Objective work plan
• Maintenance of effort certification
• Table of contents
• Project narrative
• Organizational capacity
• Budget and budget narrative
• Indirect cost agreement ( if applicable)
• Proof of nonprofit status (if applicable)
• Governing body documentation
• Assurance of community representation on board of directors (if applicable)
• Letters of support
• Maintenance of effort certification
• Cost-sharing waiver request (if applicable)
• Other attachments

Applications are limited to 100 pages in length, excluding the components indicated on page 44 of the NOFA file. Application materials must be formatted on standard-sided pages with one-inch margins, which should preferably be numbered. Applications must be typed in 12-point Times New Roman font, excluding footnotes, which may be in 10-point Times New Roman font.

The following are required in order to submit an application:

• Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number
• SAM (System for Award Management) registration

Applicants may obtain a UEI number and verify or renew SAM registration status at www.ecivis.com/sam.

An optional, on-demand pre-application webinar is expected to become available online at www.acf.hhs.gov/ana/event.

Applications will be evaluated using the following criteria:

• Project narrative (75 points)
• Organizational capacity (15 points)
• Budget and budget narrative (10 points)

Refer to the NOFA file for additional application information.

Match Notes:

In general, applicants must provide at least 20 percent of the total project costs via cash or in-kind contributions.

Applicants must follow through on the amount of cost share indicated in the application even when more funds than required are promised.

Applicants meeting the requirements of 45 CFR §1336.50(b)(3) may request a waiver of the match requirement.

Funding Notes:

An estimated $1 million is available to support an expected two awards of at least $100,000. Award maximums will be dependent on the project and budget period as follows:

• Projects with a 12-month period: awards of up to $300,000
• Projects with a 24-month period: awards of up to $600,000
• Projects with a 36-month period: awards of up to $900,000

The maximum amount of federal funding a recipient can spend each year is $300,000; however, recipients are not required to spend the same amount each year.

The expected project award and start date is September 30, 2024. Project periods may last 12, 24, or 36 months. The budget period for this program begins on September 30 and ends on September 29 for each year of the project.

Applicants must budget for the costs of two people to attend post-award training for two days during the first year of  the award. The post-award training is usually held in Anchorage. In addition, applicants must budget for two people to attend the annual recipient meeting each project year, which is usually held in Washington, D.C.

Funding may not be used for:

• Construction
• Purchase of real property
• Major renovation
• Projects in which the recipient would provide third-party training and technical assistance to other tribes or Native American organizations, or to non-members of the recipient organization
• Projects requiring funding for feasibility studies, business plans, marketing plans, or written materials that are not essential parts of the applicant's long-term development plan
• Projects that support ongoing social service delivery programs, or the expansion or continuation of existing ones
• Projects that do not further the funding agency's inter-related goals of economic development, social development, and cultural preservation
• Purchase of real estate
• Projects by a consortium of tribes that duplicate activities for which the individual member tribes receive support from the funding agency
• Projects for which the role of the applicant is primarily to serve as a conduit for passing funds to other organizations, unless that arrangement is authorized by statute

May 2, 2024
A revised solicitation containing an updated due date for the application has been released and attached as the NOFA file. The Application section has been updated accordingly.