The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $20.3 million to Tribes across the nation as part of HUD’s Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) Imminent Threat program, which provides funding to help address problems that pose an imminent threat to public health or safety of Tribal residents.   This funding will be used to help tribes respond to COVID-19.  Five tribes in Oklahoma will share $8,699,915. 

These funds, provided through the CARES Act, will be used to support several projects such as:

• The construction of new rental housing to address overcrowding and homelessness;
• The building of transitional housing for quarantined individuals and families that have tested positive for COVID-19;
• The construction of an emergency operation center to help respond to current and future COVID-19 issues; and
• The rehabilitation of an existing hotel for the isolation of Tribal members affected by COVID-19.

Here’s where the money is going

• $2,999,995 – Oklahoma Chickasaw Nation
• $3,000,000 – Oklahoma Choctaw Nation
• $900,000 – Oklahoma Comanche Nation
• $900,000 – Oklahoma Kickapoo Tribe
• $900,000 – Oklahoma Pawnee Nation