Program Information

Program Areas:

• Social and Economic Development Strategies for Native Americans (SEDS): ANA provides project funding to eligible applicants for the purpose of assisting Native communities to achieve the goal of economic and social self-sufficiency.
  
  • Economic Development Projects: Involves the promotion of the physical, commercial, technological, industrial, and/or agricultural components necessary for a sustainable local community. Applicants are encouraged to develop sustainable projects to support stable and diversified private sector local economies.
  • Social Development Projects: Involves investment in human and social capital for advancing peoples' well-being. Applicants are encouraged to develop and implement culturally appropriate projects to enhance Tribal, community, and village activities. Social development projects under this area support families, elders, parents, positive youth development, healthy marriage, individuals with disabilities, and personal commitment.
  • Governance Projects: Involves assistance to federally-recognized Tribal and Alaska Native Village Governments to increase their ability to exercise local control and decision-making over governance activities.
    
• Native Language Preservation and Maintenance: ANA provides project funding to eligible applicants for the purpose of assisting Native Americans to assure the survival and continuing vitality of their languages. Grants are provided under the following four categories:
  • Category I-Language Assessment: Provide project funding to conduct an assessment of the current status of the Native language(s) within an established community. 
  • Category II-Project Planning: Provide project funding to encourage Tribes and Native organizations to plan and design Native language projects to contribute toward the achievement of the community’s long-range language goal(s). 
  • Category III-Project Implementation: Provide project funding to Tribes and Native organizations for the implementation of a Native language project to achieve the community's long-range language goal(s).  
  • Category IV-Native Immersion: Provide project funding for Native American Language Immersion. The only program areas of interest funded under this priority area are immersion projects for language nests or for language survival schools.
    

• Environmental Regulatory Enhancement: ANA provides project funding to eligible applicants to strengthen Tribal Governments by building capacity to identify, plan and develop environmental programs consistent with Native culture. ANA funds projects that address the responsibility of Tribes and Villages to formulate environmental ordinances, implement laws, and train community members in the use and control of their natural resources.

Special Initiative Program Areas:

• Healthy Marriage: ANA provides project funding to eligible applicants to support projects that include approaches to improve child well-being by removing barriers to form and sustain healthy marriages and strengthen families in Native communities. Studies have shown a clear link between healthy marriages and child well-being. A component of the Administration for Children and Families Healthy Marriage Initiative, the Native American Healthy Marriage Initiative (NAHMI) promotes culturally competent strategies to strengthen Native American families and communities by fostering healthy marriages, responsible fatherhood, and child well-being.
  • Category I – NAHMI Project Planning: Provide project funding for: designing a community planning process that identifies barriers to forming healthy marriages (including Traditional Native American marriages); assessments of the needs and interest to participate in a NAHMI project; assessments of absentee parenting programs; identification of strategies to implement a NAHMI project; and development of projects that are designed to reduce or eliminate the challenges and barriers identified by the community. 
  • Category II – NAHMI Project Implementation: Provide project funding for activities that provide community resources such as marriage education/enrichment training; pre-marital education; relationship skills education on communication, conflict resolution, and commitment; and other support activities such as family outings, family strengthening groups, and weekend pre-marital/marital education retreats. 

More information about the NAHMI program area

• Environmental Mitigation: ANA provides project funding to eligible applicants for the purpose of mitigating environmental impacts on Indian lands due to Department of Defense (DOD) activities on Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS). ANA encourages American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages to develop their own plans and technical capabilities to assess, plan, develop and implement projects to mitigate any impacts caused by DOD activities.

Program Announcements

Grantee Corner

Grant Awards

Success Stories

Forms