💰Notice of Funds Availability for NACA Program in FY 2025
Through the NACA Program, the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund provides (i) FA awards to Certified Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) serving Native American, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian populations or Native American areas defined as federally-designated reservations, Hawaiian homelands, Alaska Native Villages and U.S. Census Bureau- designated Tribal Statistical Areas (collectively, "Native Communities") to build their financial capacity to lend to Eligible Markets and/or their Target Markets, and (ii) TA awards to build Certified, and Emerging CDFIs' organizational capacity to serve Eligible Markets and/or their Target Markets, and Sponsoring Entities' ability to create Certified CDFIs that serve Native Communities. All awards provided through this NOFA are subject to funding availability. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Learn More📝Comment Request on ACF’s Grant Reporting Framework and Requirements
The Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Administration for Native Americans (ANA) is requesting a 3-year extension to the Ongoing Progress Report (OPR) and the Objective Work Plan (OWP) (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0452, expiration September 30, 2026). Changes are proposed only to the report.
Learn More💼Texas EIDL Declaration
This is a notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of Texas dated January 13, 2025. Incident: Laredo Boil Water Notice due to E. Coli Contamination.
Learn More🌾Analysis of Supplemental Agricultural Assistance Programs Regulations
This rule makes discretionary changes to simplify and streamline deadlines for the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP), the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), and the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP). It also makes changes to clarify ELAP provisions for assistance for transportation of livestock feed.
Learn More🏗️Public Interest Waiver for Transit-Oriented Development Housing Projects
In order to expeditiously deliver projects and provide meaningful infrastructure results while ensuring the appropriate application of domestic content standards, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is issuing waiver for the domestic preference requirements for manufactured products applicable to certain transit- oriented development (TOD) housing projects that receive credit assistance through the Build America Bureau (the Bureau) under the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) and Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) credit programs.
Learn More🎓Indian Education Grants
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for Indian Education Discretionary Grants Programs; Professional Development Program (PD)--Native American Teacher Retention Initiative (NATRI).
Learn More💰$12 Billion CDBG-DR Funds for Disaster Recovery Announced
This Allocation Announcement Notice announces $12,070,701,000 of Community Development Block Grant--Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds made available by the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025, for major disasters occurring in 2023 or 2024. This Allocation Announcement Notice identifies grant requirements for these funds, including requirements in HUD's CDBG-DR Universal Notice ("Universal Notice") published in the Federal Register. The Universal Notice includes waivers and alternative requirements, relevant regulatory requirements, the grant award process, criteria for action plan approval, and eligible disaster recovery activities.
Learn More🎓Post-9/11 VA Educational Assistance Regulations Overview
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations that govern VA's administration of educational assistance programs to implement the provisions of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010, which modified the manner in which payments of educational assistance are determined and expanded the types of programs students may pursue under the Post-9/11 GI Bill; section 1002 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009, which authorized the "Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship;" and a select number of provisions of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017.
Learn More💼EPA's Environmental Justice Reporting Requirements for Businesses
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Environmental Justice CPS and G2G Programs: Progress and Final Reporting Information Collections (EPA ICR Number 2807.01, OMB Control Number 2035-NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a request for approval of a new collection. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on February 21, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Learn More🚂FRA Announces Emergency Relief Docket for 2025 Business Impact
This Notice announces the establishment of FRA's emergency relief docket (ERD) for calendar year 2025. The designated ERD for calendar year 2025 is docket number FRA-2025-0015.
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