Assistance program
Indian Community Development Block Grant Program
$1.1 Billion committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, Housing and Urban Development, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants (Discretionary)
- CFDA number
- 14.862
- What it does
- The purpose of the Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) program is the development of viable American Indian and Alaska Native communities, including the creation of decent housing, suitable living environments, and economic opportunities primarily for persons with low- and moderate-incomes.
- Who benefits
- The primary beneficiaries are families that meet the criteria of NAHASDA and 24 CFR 1003.208.
- Who applies
- Eligible applicants are any Indian tribe, band, group, or nation, including Alaska Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos, and any Alaska native village of the United States which is considered an eligible recipient under Title I of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450) or which had been an eligible recipient under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (31 U.S.C. 1221). Eligible recipients under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act will be determined by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and eligible recipients under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 are those that have been determined eligible by the Department of Treasury, Office of Revenue Sharing. Tribal organizations which are eligible under Title I of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act may apply on behalf of any Indian tribe, band, group, nation, or Alaska native village eligible under that act for funds under this part when one or more of these entities have authorized the tribal organization to do so through concurring resolutions. Such resolutions must accompany the application for funding. Eligible tribal organizations under Title I of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act will be determined by the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service, as appropriate. An applicant must be eligible as an Indian tribe or as a tribal organization, as required by 24 CFR 1003.5, by the application deadline date of the NOFA.
- Authorized by
- Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
Top recipients
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How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
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- How it's paid
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- Some recipients aren't itemized
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments