Indian Community Development Block Grant Program

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.

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...

Single purpose grants are awarded competitively and are based on the factors and criteria included in the Notice of Funding Opportunity. Imminent threat grants are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis for qualifying disasters and other emergencies. HUD uses the criteria defined in 24 CFR 1003.400 to evaluate requests for imminent threat grants funds.

Fiscal year 2017: The following are examples of funded projects: Single purpose grants: The Karuk Tribe in California will use its award to build a new 4,400-square-foot Workforce Development and Training Center. In Maine, the Penobscot Tribe will build 24 new senior rental housing units that are energy efficient in an apartment-type setting in order to help the unmet need for affordable senior housing. In Texas, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe will improve the public water quality and pipeline-carrying capacity for more 89 homes and 12 nonresidential buildings on the east side of the Alabama-Coushatta Reservation. Imminent threat grant: The Newtok Village received $900,000 to relocate 12 homes from Newtok village to a new village site at Metarvik. A presidentially declared disaster designation was issued for the area in 2014 resulting from several storms along the Bering Sea Coast.