• CDC Grant Webinar: Wednesday, April 8, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
  • (888) 677-5809; 1288563 or Link
• Tribal Leaders/Governor’s Advisor Call: Wednesday, April 8, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • (916) 573-2034; 65097459
• DOI/Treasury Coronavirus Relief Fund Consultation #2: Thursday, April 9, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • (888) 950-5924; 1682452
  • Comments Due April 13, 2020 Email 
• BIA Pacific Regional Office Tribal Leaders Call: Thursday, April 9, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
  • (510) 338-9438; 621447126
• Indian Health Services All Tribes COVID-19 Call: Thursday, April 9, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
  • (800) 857-5577; 6703929
• Indian Country COVID-19 Response Team Call: Thursday, April 9, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
  • RSVP here: Link
• CalOES shifting to Regional Calls on a Weekly Basis
  • Call info provided, per region, via email from Denise Shemenski

EMERGENCY RESPONSE COORDINATION & FUNDING

Coronavirus Preparedness and Resource Supplemental Appropriations Act (3/6/20)

• $8.3 billion in emergency funding; $950mm specifically for grants/cooperative agreements with governments (including tribes)
• Minimum $40mm to tribes, tribal healthcare organization, and tribal healthcare providers to be distributed by CDC to prevent, prepare for and response to COVID-19 (funded via grants)
• $20mm to SBA for disaster loan programs
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Funding Opportunities:
  • Noncompetative Grant: Supporting Tribal Public Health Capacity in Coronavirus Preparedness and Response (CDC-RFA-OT20-2004) – Link

Families First Coronavirus Response Act (3/19/20)

• $64mm to support COVID-19 testing and response across Indian Country (75% federal cost share, tribes can request waiver)
  • HHS Secretary to cover 100% of costs of COVID-19 tests for American Indians and Alaska Natives
• Provisions that may be of interest to some tribal employers (neither expressly applies to Indian tribes): Emergency Family & Medical Leave Expansion Act, and Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act (3/27/20)

• $8 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund for Tribal Government
  • Target Distribution Date: April 24, 2020
  • Funding must be tied to COVID-19, cannot include previously-budgeted costs, and covers costs incurred from March 1 through December 30, 2020
• $454 billion for loans and loan guarantees in support of the Federal Reserve’s lending facilities
  • Tribes expressly qualify as “states” for purposes of this appropriation
• Tribes eligible for SBA Section 7(a) loan and other programs – Link
  • $10mm for Paycheck Protection Program – 100% loan guarantee of up to $10mm for payroll, rent, mortgage interest, and utilities
• $1 billion for Indian Health Services
  • $450mm in direct distributions to tribes and tribal organizations through existing contracts/compacts
• $453mm to Bureau of Indian Affairs
  • Estimated $380mm to be distributed as Aid to Tribal Government through existing contracts/compacts
• $300mm to HUD for Indian Housing programs
  • $200mm distributed to tribes as 30.6% of 2020 IHBG formula allocation – Link
  • $100mm Indian Community Development Block Grants
• $69mm for Bureau of Indian Education

AGENCY & ORGANIZATION COVID-19 COORDINATION

Department of the Interior, Indian Affairs – Link

• ASIA established Indian Affairs (IA) COVID-19 Emergency Management Planning Team
• Dear Tribal Leaders Letter re: DOI/Treasury Consultation (3/31/20) – Link
• Dear Tribal Leaders Letter re: Federal Reserve Reduces Target Range (3/27/20) – Link
• Dear Tribal Leaders Letter re: COVID-19 Coordination – Link

Federal Emergency Management Agency – Link

• Tribal Declarations and Disaster Assistance Resources – Link
• Region IX Tribal Liaisons:
  • Christopher Poehlmann: (o) 510-627-7285; (m) 510-725-7958
  • Sandra Tripp: (o) 510-627-7080; (m) 510-332-7225

Indian Health Services – Link

• COVID-19 FAQs – Link

The White House

• Contact: Tyler Fish, Senior Policy Advisor & Tribal Liaison, White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, (202) 881-9014, Email

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• CDC COVID-19 Funding for Tribes – Link
• CDC-RFA-OT20-2004 Grants Notice – Link
  • Award Ceiling $1.5mm
  • Submission Deadline: May 31, 2020
  • Webinar: April 8, 2020, 10:00am – 11:00 am, (888) 677-5809; 1288563 or Link

Small Business Administration

• COVID-19 Funding Options under CARES Act – Link   

National Congress of the American Indian

• COVID-19 Resources for Indian Country – Link

California Department of Emergency Services – Link

• CA Governor and Public Health Officer and Director issued “shelter-in-place” order statewide on March 19, ordering all Californians to remain home except in connection with the provision of essential services:
  • Essential Services: gas stations; pharmacies; food markets (grocery stores, farmers markets, food banks, convenience stores), take-out and delivery restaurants; banks; laundromats; essential tribal, state and local government functions (law enforcement, government offices providing programs and services).
  • Prohibited: dine-in restaurants; bars and nightclubs; entertainment venues; gyms and fitness studios, public events and gathering, convention centers; personal service industry (hair, nails, spas).

California Tribal Nations Resources

• Office of the Governor, Tribal Advisor – Link
  • Weekly Calls, Wednesday at 5:00 pm, (916) 573-2034; 65097459
• Tribal Nations Grant Fund – Link
  • Panel authorized reallocation of already-awarded Equal Distribution Grant Funds for COVID-19 Relief
  • Additional Equal Distribution Grant for COVID-19-realted relief activities now open
    • $245k per eligible tribe
    • Deadline: April 30, 2020
    • May not be used for per capita distributions or gaming-related activities (refer to guidance