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On May 10, 2021, the United States Department of Treasury (Treasury) released a Dear Tribal Leader Letter (DTLL) available here. This DTLL announced the formula and the process for distribution of the $20 billion tribal set aside within the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP), Fiscal Recovery Fund (FRF). The ARP allocates $20 billion to Tribal governments, directing that (i) $1 billion is to be allocated equally among eligible Tribal governments; and (ii) $19 billion is to be allocated to Tribal governments in a manner determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. In response to the ARP’s passage, Treasury initiated consultations on implementation of this fund. A summary of those consultations is available here.
Treasury will host two events this week. First, Treasury will host a tribal leader briefing today on May 10, 2021 at 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm EDT to provide further information regarding today’s DTLL. The access information is as follows:
· Zoom Link: https://ustreasury.zoomgov.com/j/1614690386#success
· Dial in at 669-254-5252, meeting ID: 1614690386#
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The second Thursday of every month (Central time): Joint USET/USET SPF, BIA Eastern Region Office, and IHS Nashville Area Office Monthly Tribal Nations COVID-19 Response and Relief Effort Call
Dial-in number: 435-777-2200; Conference ID: 139-8682
All lines are placed on mute when joining. Press *5 on your phone keypad to be placed in a question queue.
**THIS CALL IS FOR USET/USET SPF & EASTERN REGION/NASHVILLE AREA TRIBAL NATIONS ONLY**
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The Indian Health Service (IHS) will resume monthly calls to provide an IHS update to Tribal Leaders and Urban Indian Organization Leaders. We invite you to join us on Thursday, May 13, to hear an update and share your input with IHS officials.
Conference Call: 800-857-5577
Participant Passcode: 6703929
Webinar Adobe Connect: https://ihs.cosocloud.com/r4k6jib09mj/
Participant Password: ihs123
For information on upcoming events, please visit the IHS Event Calendar Web site: https://www.ihs.gov/ihscalendar/
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Due to popular demand, we will be hosting an ARP State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund briefing during of our regularly scheduled WH IGA Weekly Briefing Call. To join, you will need to re-register at the link provided below. The briefing will be conducted by The White House and U.S. Department of Treasury.
Please re-register here: https://pitc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_Zi6CI_o5TFiplbnX7wkkJA.
This link will only be for this briefing.
Next week, we will go back to our regularly scheduled WH IGA Weekly Briefings Calls using the link you have used in the past. If you have any questions, please contact IGA46@who.eop.gov.
Thank you!
White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs