July 22nd, 2024

The Tribal Climate Resilience Annual Awards Program is now accepting applications for FY 2024 starting July 17, 2024. 2024 Solicitation | Deadline to submit an application is October 18th, 2024.

The Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience (TCR) within the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) provides financial support for federally recognized Tribal Nations and authorized Tribal organizations through a competitive funding opportunity to address current and future climate change impacts on Tribal Treaty and Trust resources, economies, regenerative agriculture and food sovereignty, conservation practices, infrastructure, and human health and safety.

This year, over $120 million will be made available across three funding categories: Category 1 - Planning; Category 2 - Implementation; and Category 3 - Relocation, Managed Retreat, Protect-in-Place (RMP) Staff. TCR awards may also be used to meet other Federal and non-Federal cost share/match requirements required by statute.

More information on the program can also be found in DOI’s press release: Biden-Harris Administration Invests $120 Million to Help Tribes Build Climate Resilience, as part of President’s Investing in America agenda | U.S. Department of the Interior (doi.gov)

All 2024 award applications must be submitted online by October 18, 2024.

If you have questions please contact Melanie Plucinski, Tribal Infrastructure Policy Analyst at mplucinski@usetinc.org. 

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Established in 1969, the United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. (USET) is a non-profit, inter-Tribal organization serving thirty-three (33) federally recognized Tribal Nations from the Northeastern Woodlands to the Everglades and across the Gulf of Mexico. USET is dedicated to enhancing the development of Tribal Nations, improving the capabilities of Tribal governments, and improving the quality of life for Indian people through a variety of technical and supportive programmatic services.

Established in 2014, the USET Sovereignty Protection Fund (USET SPF) is a non-profit, inter-Tribal organization advocating on behalf of thirty-three (33) federally recognized Tribal Nations from the Northeastern Woodlands to the Everglades and across the Gulf of Mexico. USET SPF is dedicated to promoting, protecting, and advancing the inherent sovereign rights and authorities of Tribal Nations and in assisting its membership in dealing effectively with public policy issues.