Dear USET/USET SPF Family,
Today, June 30, 2021, the U.S. Department of Treasury issued a
Dear Tribal Leader Letter to announce the distribution of the remaining $6.5 billion of Fiscal Recovery Funds (FRF) authorized for Tribal Nations under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The second phase will be distributed based on Tribal employment numbers. Treasury has updated its Tribal Government Allocation Methodology to reflect a minimum $1 million payment under the employment allocation. To open up this second phase of distributions to Tribal governments, Treasury will notify all points of contact in the Treasury Submission Portal today to re-enter the portal to confirm or amend 2019 employment numbers. Tribal governments must confirm or amend their 2019 employment numbers by July 16, 2021 at 11:59pm Pacific Time.
Treasury will be hosting a Tribal Listening Session today the following date and time—
Treasury will also be hosting an additional information session at the following date and time—
For more information, please visit Treasury’s FRF website.
For more information, please contact Brian Howard, USET SPF Senior Policy Analyst, at bhoward@usetinc.org.
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