Tribal Self-Governance Study
Description of Program,
Service, Function or Activity (PSFA)
INVENTORY
1. Agency Name: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
2. Program Name: Administration for Native Americans
3. CFDA #93.581 (Improving the Capability of Indian Tribal Governments
to Regulate Environmental Quality)
#93.587 (Promote the Survival and
Continuing Vitality of Native American Languages)
#93.612 (Social and
Economic Development Strategies)
4. Program Objectives: (93.581) In 1990, Congress enacted the Indian Environmental Regulatory Enhancement Act (PL 101-408) to strengthen Tribal governments through capacity building, thereby enabling tribes to identify, plan and develop environmental programs in a manner consistent with Tribal culture. ANA believes that responsibility for achieving environmental regulatory enhancement rests with governing bodies of Indian Tribes, Alaska Native villages and the leadership of Native American groups.
Major goals: development and application of laws; training, monitoring and enforcement procedures, tribal courts, environmental laboratories and other facilities, and associated regulatory activities to strengthen the Tribal government’s capacity to enhance the quality of life as measured by the reduction of pollutants in the air, water, soil, food and materials encountered by inhabitants of tribes and villages.
(93.587) Congress has recognized that the history of past policies of the United States toward Indian and other Native American languages has resulted in a dramatic decrease in the number of Native American languages that have survived over the past 500 hundred years. The Native American Languages Act (Title1, P.L. 101-477) was enacted to address this decline. In 1992, Congress passed the Native American Languages Act (P.L. 102-524), an important second step in attempting to ensure the survival of Native languages.
ANA believes that the responsibility for achieving self-sufficiency rests with the governing bodies of Indian Tribes, Alaska Native villages, and the leadership of Native American groups. Eligible applicants must have the opportunity to develop their own language plans, technical capabilities, and access to resources to assess, plan and develop programs to assure the survival and continued vitality of their languages.
Major goals: to provide planning grants for the purpose of language assessment (current status) and long range goals, and design and implementation grants to help achieve these tribal and community goals.
(93.612) ANA promotes the goal of social and economic self-sufficiency of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native American Pacific Islanders, including Native Samoans. Self-sufficiency is that level of development at which a Native American community can control and internally generate resources to provide for the needs of members and meet its own economic and social goals. Social and economic underdevelopment is the paramount obstacle to the self-sufficiency of Native American communities and families.
Major goals are to: 1) assist Tribal and village governments , Native American institutions, and local leadership to exercise control and decision-making over their resources; 2) foster the development of stable, diversified local economies and economic activities which will provide jobs, promote economic well-being, and reduce dependency on public funds and social services; and 3) support local access to, control of, and coordination of services and programs which safeguard the health and well-being of people and are essential to a thriving self-sufficient community.
5. Titles and Descriptions of at least Three Funded Grantees: ANA funds grants in three areas: Social and Economic Development Strategies (SEDS), the largest of the three; Environmental Regulatory Enhancement; and Native Languages Preservation and Enhancement. Examples include:
AUTHORITY
6. Authorizing Statute(s): Native American Programs Act of 1974, as amended.
7. Regulatory/Administrative Requirements: These are found at 45 CFR Part XIII
8. Mandatory Statutory Changes Needed to Operate PSFA as a Demonstration: ANA promotes self-governance through direct funding of competitive grant projects designed by Tribes and other Native communities at the local level.
APPLICANTS, BENEFICIARIES and FORMULAS
9. Type of Funding: Competitive grant funding that goes directly to Tribes, Native organizations and other Native communities; Inter-agency agreements; contracts for provision of T/TA and panel review process.
10. Eligible Applicants: Federally-recognized Indian Tribes; consortia of Indian Tribes; incorporated non-profit multi-purpose community-based Indian organizations; urban Indian Centers; National or regional incorporated nonprofit Native American organizations with Native American community-specific objectives; Alaska Native villages as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and/or nonprofit village consortia; incorporated nonprofit Alaska Native multi-purpose community-based organizations; nonprofit Alaska Native Regional Corporations/Associations in Alaska with specific projects; nonprofit Native organizations in Alaska with village-specific projects; public and nonprofit private agencies serving Native Hawaiians (The populations served may be located on these islands or in the United States); Tribally-controlled community colleges, Tribally-controlled post-secondary vocational institutions; and colleges and universities located in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, Palau, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands which serve Native American Pacific Islanders; non profit Alaska Native entities or tribal governing bodies (Indian Reorganization Act or traditional Councils) as recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. NOTE: For CFDA #93.581, the following organizations are not eligible to apply: urban Indian centers; incorporated non-profit multi-purpose community-based Indian organizations; public and non-profit agencies serving Native Hawaiians, people from Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands, and the Republic of Palau; incorporated nonprofit Alaska Native multi-purpose community-based organizations; National or regional incorporated non-profit Native American organizations with Native American community-specific objectives.
11. Allotment Formulas, Etc.: N/A
12. Applicant Provisions/Allotments in Law for Indians: ANA Programs for the benefit of AI/AN, Native Hawaiians, and other Native American organizations and communities. Funding is competitive, and there are no specific set-asides or allotments for Indian Tribes.
13. Eligible Beneficiaries: The beneficiaries are the Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages, Native Hawaiian and other Native American communities and organizations (same as eligible applicant list with noted exceptions for 93.581)
14. Beneficiary Provisions/Allotments in Law for Indians: yes, all programs benefit Indian Tribes, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Native communities and organizations; no provisions for specific set-asides, allotments or formulas for any of these populations.
15. Amount and Percent of Total that is Mandatory for Indians: Approximately 90% is mandatory for American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Native American communities and organizations; the remaining 10% goes to T/TA contracts.
FINANCIAL
16. Total FY 2000 Funding: ANA total budget -- $35,500,000. Discretionary grant total $27,289,376 (grants to all eligible entities). SEDS - $23,001,104; Native Languages - $2,455,995; Environmental Regulatory Enhancement - $1,832,277.
17. Amount and Percent of Total Funding Awarded to Indians: The following is the breakdown of funding for FY 2000 for AI/AN: federally-recognized Tribes - $10,991,126 (93 grants); Alaska Natives - $3,897,908 (25 grants). Total funding for AI/AN: $14,889,034, or 56% of the overall grant funding total of $27,289,376.. Funding for Tribal Colleges and Universities ($734,470) and Tribal consortia ($1,553,677) have not been included in the above figures. [NOTE: non-federally recognized Tribes are also not included in the above numbers; their totals for FY 2000 are $2,667,122 (32 grants)]
18. For Awards to Tribes: Number, Range and Average Amounts: 93 awards made to federally-recognized Tribes. Average grant is $118,200. Range of grant funding is from $44,000 to $367,700.
19. Total FY 2001 Funding and Amount for Indians, If Known: ANA total budget -- $45,996,000 (of which $38,172,000 is available for grants). Because grant funding process is competitive we cannot give a true projection of how much funding will go to federally-recognized Tribes
OTHER
20. how long assistance is funded: 1-3 years
fund use restrictions: ANA does not fund:
reporting requirements: financial progress reports (form 269 every 6 months); and Objective Progress reports (every 6 months); and Objective Evaluation Report (once project is completed).
audit requirements – once every two years
CONTACTS
21. DHHS Workgroup Contact: Sharon McCully
Director,
Intra-Departmental Council on Native American Affairs
202-690-5780
Fax:
202-690-7441
smccully@acf.dhhs.gov
Deborah
Yatsko
Program Analyst, Intra-Departmental Council on Native American
Affairs
202-690-7843
Fax: 202-690-7441
dyatsko@acf.dhhs.gov
22. HHS Agency/Program Contact: Same as above