Community Economic Resilience Fund Tribal Funding Opportunity Intermediary

To establish and manage the CERF Tribal Funding Opportunity, the Intermediary will collaborate with the Inter-Agency CERF team. The Intermediary's project will be to collaborate with the state to develop funding guidelines, conduct outreach to California Native American tribes and tribal communities, provide technical assistance to prospective applicants, and develop a scoring process to recommend projects for funding. The Tribal Funding Opportunity must be designed with the utmost flexibility to ensure tribes are able to access these funds. The Intermediary will collaborate with the CERF Inter-Agency Team to design and implement the CERF Tribal Funding Opportunity. The Intermediary will be responsible for the following: a. Deliver capacity-building opportunities to the CERF Inter-Agency Team on tribal engagement and partnership building. b. Conduct community engagement and outreach activities to inform the development of the Tribal Funding Opportunity (tribal projects). c. Develop the Solicitation for Proposals for the CERF Tribal Funding Opportunity (tribal projects) during the first quarter of the Period of Performance (POP). d. Provide Technical Assistance to interested applicants as a co-administrator of the CERF Tribal Funding Opportunity (tribal projects). e. Administer the review and scoring of proposals submitted under the CERF Tribal Funding Opportunity (tribal projects). f. Develop funding recommendations for the CERF Inter-Agency Team. g. Subaward an estimated 25-35 eligible tribal projects.

Eligibility

• Programs related to building

Award details

Applications close on August 14, 2023.

Categories

Community Economic · Disaster Recovery