United South & Eastern Tribes

NAAF 2002 RFA Webinars
2022-04-28 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Virtual Event
Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) 2002 request for application is open. Learn more and apply: nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/2022-rfa
NAAF strongly encourages applicants and interested partners to read the Trust Agreement here which sets specific requirements for our operations and grants. The Trust agreement lines out our eligible entities:

501(c)(3)
Educational Institutions
Tribal Governments and Instrumentalities
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs)

NAAF will host 2022 RFA Webinars on the following dates. Each webinar will start with a one-hour overview of the application process and then transition to a question-and-answer period. All webinar recordings will be posted and archived on the NAAF website. The dates for each webinar are found below and registration is required to participate. The webinars will offer technical assistance to applicants and provide clarification concerning applicant eligibility or focus areas for applications during this grant cycle.

Thursday, April 28 at 2 – 4 pm CT
Thursday, May 12 at 2 – 4 pm CT
Thursday, May 26 at 2 – 4 pm CT

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2022 Native American Agriculture Fund Request for Applications Informational Webinar
2022-04-28 14:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
2022 Native American Agriculture Fund Request for Applications Informational Webinar
Please join the Native American Agriculture Fund for an overview of our 2022 Request for Applications. The first hour (starting at 2 pm CT) will consist of a standard presentation outlining the application process and categories of funding. Join at the top of the second hour (3 pm CT) to participate in a live Q&A with the NAAF staff.
You can choose to attend one or more of the following webinars.

Apr 28, 2022 02:00 PM Central Time
May 12, 2022 02:00 PM Central Time
May 26, 2022 02:00 PM Central Time

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SSBCI Tribal Outreach Sessions
2022-04-28 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual Event
In advance of the Tribal application deadline (in April 2022, the deadline was extended to September 1, 2022), Treasury is hosting the below State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Tribal outreach sessions. Additionally, please reach out to your SSBCI outreach manager or ssbci_information@treasury.gov with any questions or to schedule a meeting with the SSBCI team. The SSBCI outreach team is available to discuss the program with any participating Tribe or Tribal partner organization.

SSBCI Capital Program Application Leverage Tables Overview for Tribal Governments and related stakeholders; Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. ET; registration required.

April 2022 SSBCI Outreach Office Hours for Tribal Governments and related stakeholders:

Thursday, April 21, 2022, at 4:00 PM ET; registration required
Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 4:00 PM ET; registration required

Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle Speaking Event
2022-04-28 17:00 | TN
Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, an award-winning author, will speak Thursday at the Kingsport Public Library during a program hosted by the Friends of the Kingsport Public Library.
Clapsaddle, a citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, will be speaking about her writing as well as her award-winning novel, “Even As We Breathe.” She will speak to audience members at 6 p.m. after a brief Friends of the Library meeting at 5:45 Eastern.
Clapsaddle calls Swain County, North Carolina, home and lives near Cherokee and Bryson City. The author also is an instructor who teaches secondary English and Cherokee Studies.
She holds degrees from Yale University and the College of William & Mary. She has been published in Yes! magazine, Lit Hub and The Atlantic.
Her debut novel, “Even As We Breathe,” was a finalist for the Weatherford Award, named one of NPR’s best books of 2020, and received the Thomas Wolfe Literary Award. Clapsaddle also serves as editor for the Appalachian Future Series and serves on the board of trustees for the North Carolina Writers Network.
Clapsaddle is also the first member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to publish a novel.
After her talk, Clapsaddle will sign copies of her book, which will be available for purchase.

Native Journey: A Conversation with Barry Dana
2022-04-28 17:30 - 18:30 | Virtual Event
Native activist Barry Dana will discuss his connection to the earth, his work for Native sovereignty, and the relationship between the Wabanaki people and the state of Maine during a conversation April 28 at Prince Memorial Library.
Barry Dana grew up on Indian Island in the Penobscot River, and currently lives in Solon. He served as Chief of the Penobscot Nation from 2000–2004, and is a teacher and artist. In his youth, he spent a lot of time with tribal elders, from whom he learned about Native traditions such as hunting, gathering plants, canoeing, and snowshoe- and basket-making. He is credited with re-invigorating the Katahdin 100, a Native spiritual journey from Indian Island to Katahdin by foot and canoe. He completed the1996 250-mile Can Am Crown Sled Dog Race on cross-country skis, and in 2017 hiked from Mt. Washington to Katahdin in honor of his late uncle.
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2022 National Week of Action for MMIW
2022-04-29 - 2022-05-05 | TN
The National Partners Work Group on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) and the MMIW Family Advisors are organizing a National Week of Action (April 29-May 5, 2022) to call the nation and the world to action in honor of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Helpful Resources:

Learn more about the crisis of MMIW with the Restoration Special Edition on Missing and Murdered Women
View our 6-Point Action Plan to Reform Current Systemic Barriers and Restore Safety of Indigenous Women
Explore the resources in the MMIW Toolkit for Families and Communities
Order MMIW stickers from the NIWRC Store
Find MMIW state legislation with the MMIW Legislative Tracker
Sign petition to declare December 6 as the International Day To End Femicide
Download and share National Week of Action event flyers and graphics
Read fact sheet on Savanna’s Act
Read fact sheet on Not Invisible Act
View War on Indigenous Women: A Short Guide for Journalists Reporting on MMIWG

Join On Social Media:

View MMIW social media toolkit for sample posts and graphics
Post a photo of yourself wearing red and/or traditional attire with the MMIW ‘No More Stolen Sisters’ poster on social media using hashtags #MMIWActionNow #NoMoreStolenSisters #MMIW
Use social media hashtags during the 2022 National Week of Action: #MMIWActionNow #NoMoreStolenSisters #MMIW

Bureau of Reclamation Tribal Consultation on Public Conduct on Facilities, Lands, and Waterbodies
2022-04-29 09:30 - 11:00, 2022-05-03 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual Event
Bureau of Reclamation Consultation on Public Conduct on Facilities, Lands, and Waterbodies
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) will be hosting multiple tribal consultations to revise the regulations of 43 CFR part 423 Public Conduct On Bureau of Reclamation Facilities, Lands, and Waterbodies. Proposed changes will clarify the regulations that are intended to maintain law and order and protect persons and property. For more information, read the USBR Framing Paper on the proposed revisions. Submit written comments to bor-sha-cultural@usbr.gov beginning Tuesday, April 26, 2022, through Friday, May 6, 2022.
Tribal Consultations will take place on:

Tuesday, April 26, 2022, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. MST: Register
Friday, April 29, 2022, from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. MST: Register
Tuesday, May 3, 2022, from 12:00 to 1:30pm MST: Register

Tribal Consultation on Guidance for Federal Agencies on ITEK
2022-04-29 14:30 - 16:30 | Virtual Event
Tribal Consultation on Guidance for Federal Agencies ITEK
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) invites Tribal leaders to a Tribal consultation to discuss the development of Guidance for Federal Agencies on Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK).
The consultations will take place at the following times:

Tribal Consultation 1: Tuesday, April 5, 2022. 3:30-5:30 pm EDT
Register in advance for the meeting.
Tribal Consultation 2: Friday, April 29, 2022. 3:00 – 5:00 pm EDT
Register in advance for the meeting.

If you have any questions regarding this effort, please contact ITEK@ostp.eop.gov.
Read Dear Tribal Leader Letter

All Tribal and Urban Indian Organization Leaders Call: FY 2022 Enacted Budget and FY 2023 President’s Budget Briefing
2022-04-29 14:30 - 16:30 | Virtual Event
All Tribal and Urban Indian Organization Leaders Call: FY 2022 Enacted Budget and FY 2023 President’s Budget Briefing
Date: April 29, 2022 at 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Eastern
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State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund
2022-04-30 | Virtual Event
Annual Project and Expenditure Reports for Tribes receiving less than $30 million for the period of March 3, 2021 – March 31, 2022, and quarterly Project and Expenditure Reports for Tribes receiving more than $30 million are due. The reporting portal may be accessed using either Login.gov or ID.me.

Applicant Trainings for FY22 Tribal Nations Wild Cervid CWD Opportunities
2022-05-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
On April 7th, 2022, APHIS announced nearly $10 million now available for state agencies and Tribal Nations and organizations for the control and prevention of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in farmed and wild cervids (e.g., deer, elk). All opportunities are open to Federally Recognized Native American Tribal governments, including this new separate $400,000 funding opportunity for activities controlling or preventing CWD in wild cervid on Tribal lands. The open period for submitting applications begins on April 14, 2022.
Applicants can find the funding opportunity information on the ezFedGrants or Grants.gov by searching the CFDA Number 10.028 or the Funding Opportunity Number USDA-APHIS-10028-WSNWRC00-22-0014. Applications for the FY22 Tribal Nations Wild Cervid CWD Opportunities are due in ezFedGrants by June 14, 2022, at 11:59 PM EST. Applicants can find additional information at the website USDA APHIS | Wildlife Services, including the FY22 Tribal Nations Wild Cervid CWD Opportunities Funding Opportunity Announcement, Work Plan Template, Financial Plan Template, FY22 FAQs, and information on the Tribal proposals funded in FY21.
APHIS Wildlife Services (WS) is working with the APHIS Office of National Tribal Liaison (ONTL) to schedule three Tribal applicant trainings:

Monday, April 18, 2022 at 1:00 PM Eastern
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Voices Rising: Uplifting Native Hawaiian Women Survivors and Victims Missing or Murdered
2022-05-02 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Event
Nā leo mana: Paepae ʻia Nā Wahine Maoli Nā mea ola o ka ʻino weliweli kūloko ʻohana pau pū me nā luapoʻi nalowale a i ʻole make
This webinar will give a voice to survivors, fallen victims and their ohana as Missing and Murdered Native Hawaiian Women remains a form of violence and oppression that was introduced and implemented by foreigners or non-Native Hawaiians to control and silence Native Hawaiian women. Furthermore, we will share how prostitution and sex trafficking negatively impacts the Hawaiian community by sexualizing cultural practices and viewing women as property, which is not a belief held by Native Hawaiians.
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Tribal Consultations on Draft Recommended Best Practices on Enhancing Early Tribal Engagement
2022-05-02 14:00 - 15:30, 2022-05-05 14:00 - 15:30 | Virtual Event
On behalf of the Permitting Council, the Office of the Executive Director is holding three Government-to-Government Tribal consultation sessions on the Draft Recommended Best Practices on Enhancing Early Tribal Engagement on April 28, May 2, and May 5, 2022.
The times, dates, and registration link for each of the three Tribal consultation sessions are provided below. Please indicate on the registration form if you would like to provide comments during the session and your name will be added to a speaker list. Attendees who do not indicate that they would like to speak during the session will be provided an opportunity to participate during the open dialogue period as time allows. If you cannot attend or participate in a session discussion, or prefer to provide written comments, please use this comment form. Written comments will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. EDT on Friday, May 13, 2022.
Consultation sessions will be held via Zoom and will be capped at 100 attendees each. Registration is required. The deadline for registration is 11:59 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 25, 2022. Consultation sessions will not be recorded.
Register here for any of the below consultation sessions:
Session 1: Thursday, April 28 at 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. EDT
Session 2: Monday, May 2 at 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EDT
Session 3: Thursday, May 5 at 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EDT
Additional Materials:

Dear Tribal Leader Letter
The Draft Recommended Best Practices on Enhancing Early Tribal Engagement
Discussion questions for consideration
The agenda for the consultation sessions
An introductory presentation to the Permitting Council and FAST-41
A summary report from the Office of the Executive Director’s September 2021 Tribal consultations

Tribal Government Overtime Listening Session
2022-05-02 14:30 - 2022-05-12 14:30 | Virtual Event
The Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division previously announced that it is reviewing the regulations that implement the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage and overtime exemptions for bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees. The Department is now holding a series of listening sessions to hear diverse views of participants on possible revisions to the regulations, building on a series of listening sessions that the Department has hosted on this topic across administrations over the last 8 years.
They invite you and additional representatives as you see fit to join a virtual listening session with Departmental officials on May 12, 2022 at 3:30 PM ET. At that time, they welcome your input on issues such as:

the appropriate salary level above which the exemptions for bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employees may apply;
the costs and benefits of increasing the salary level to employers and employees, including increasing wages and reducing litigation costs;
the best methodology for updating the salary level, and the appropriate frequency of updates;
whether other changes to the overtime regulations are warranted.

If you are interested in reading more about these topics prior to the listening session, linked here are helpful factsheets from Wage and Hour Division.
Please register here Monday, May 9, 2022. You will be emailed a link to the event 24 hours prior.

Tribal Consultation on IHS Health Information Technology (HIT) Modernization
2022-05-03 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual Event
As part of their ongoing Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer concerning Indian Health Service (IHS) Health Information Technology (HIT) Modernization, IHS invites you to join a virtual Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer session on Thursday, March 10, 2022.
During this event the IHS will provide a status update on the acquisition process for solutions to replace the Resource and Patient Management System. We will also discuss opportunities for Tribes and Urban Indian Organizations to participate in HIT Modernization governance by contributing expertise to focus groups whose members will inform key aspects of the overall modernization approach.
The HIT Modernization Program will convene focus groups comprised of IHS, Tribal, and Urban Indian Organization subject matter experts with detailed knowledge of the impacts and benefits that HIT Modernization will bring to Indian Country. Participants in the focus groups will provide individual input on best approaches for ensuring the most effective implementation, interoperability, and data management in support of improved health care services and outcomes. The duration for each focus group is expected to be 12-18 months, with meetings approximately every 2 months.
Additional information on these focus groups and the process for submitting names of subject matter experts for participation will be presented during the Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer session. Attendees must register for the session in advance through the link below. After registering, attendees will receive an e-mail with a link to the web conference and audio call-in numbers. Please register and join this session as follows:
Topic: IHS Health Information Technology Modernization Acquisition Status and Introduction to Modernization Focus Groups
Date: Thursday, March 10, 2022 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Registration link: https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsfuuqrjgoGkQTWuIgXpCYF1ovL-nu0VI
Please join 10 minutes early to troubleshoot any audio or video issues.
You are invited to submit written comments on HIT Modernization following the March 10, 2022, session by E-MAIL to consultation@ihs.gov or urbanconfer@ihs.gov, respectively. Please use the SUBJECT LINE: HIT Modernization. Please provide written comments by April 10, 2022.

In addition to the session described above, the IHS is planning three additional HIT Modernization Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer sessions in 2022.
Please mark your calendar for the following dates:
Health Information Technology Modernization Governance
Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)
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Health Information Technology Modernization Data Management Strategy
Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)
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Health Information Technology Modernization Implementation Deployment Plan
Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)
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If you have questions, please contact Mr. Mitchell Thornbrugh, Chief Information Officer, IHS, by telephone at (240) 620-3117, or by e-mail at mitchell.thornbrugh@ihs.gov.

Spotlight Alaska and the Crisis of MMIWG 2022
2022-05-03 14:00 - 15:30 | Virtual Event
A focused panel discussion led by Michelle Demmert on work being done to combat the current crisis of trafficking and MMIWG in Alaska. The panel will highlight AKNWRC’s partnerships with organizations and the collective work they do together utilizing each other’s strengths.We will look at AKNWRC’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: An Action Plan for Alaska Native Communities. The spotlight will also look at state and federal law and policy that affect the crisis of MMIWG and innovative work happening in Alaska.
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Native Food for Life Online Program to Prevent and Reverse Diabetes
2022-05-03 18:00 - 19:15 | Virtual Event
WHAT: Native Food for Life Online Program to Prevent and Reverse Diabetes
WHEN: May 3 to June 7, 2022 on Tuesdays, 6:00 – 7:15 PM Central Time
WHERE: Online via Zoom https://bit.ly/3BZhc0a
Native Food for Life Online Starts Tuesday, May 3 at 6:00 PM Central Time
For more information, contact Program Facilitator Marc Anderson (Seminole) and Nutrition Content Expert Tammy Robertson at: NFFLOclasses@gmail.com
The Native Food for Life Online Program to Prevent and Reverse Diabetes is a FREE six-class series starting May 3 that teaches healthy, culturally relevant, plant-based eating habits for individuals, families, communities, and workplaces where people have or are at risk for type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, or gestational diabetes, and how plant-based nutrition can help prevent and reverse them.
Eating a plant-based diet is linked to a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes. For those who already have type 2 diabetes, a plant-based diet has been shown to drop blood sugar, along with blood pressure, cholesterol and extra weight. Need for medication also drops. “The precontact diet of Native American ancestors in what is now the Southern and Southwestern United States was largely plant-based,” says chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Indigenous Concepts of Native American Food, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, N.M.
Over the course of six 75-minute online lessons featuring cooking demos, nutrition lessons, and online discussions, participants will learn about the significant connection between food and diabetes, gain new cooking skills, try new recipes, and build new habits. Participants will gain knowledge, skills, and support to make and sustain significant dietary changes. These changes can prevent and, in many cases, turn diabetes around. The class details are as follows:
Tuesday, May 3, 6:00 – 7:15 PM, The Power to Heal Diabetes in Indian Country
Tuesday, May 10, 6:00 – 7:15 PM The Power of Your Plate
Tuesday, May 17, 6:00 – 7:15 PM, Blue Zones and the Magic 8
Tuesday, May 24, 6:00 – 7:15 PM, Grains, Beans, and More
Tuesday, May 31, 6:00 – 7:15 PM, The Story of 2 Sisters (A Lesson about Digestion!)
Tuesday, June 7, 6:00 – 7:15 PM, Virtual Potluck and Graduation

Using International Law to Respond to VAIW and the MMIWG Crisis
2022-05-04 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual Event
The MMIW crisis in America is not just the result of the failures of our criminal justice system, it is a result of systemic violations of indigenous women’s human rights. The presentation will review the international legal framework applicable to MMIW and other forms of violence committed against indigenous women. We will look closely at the two key human rights instruments that are specific to indigenous peoples—the UN and American Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Both Declarations create minimum legal standards and obligations that countries must observe in their dealings with indigenous peoples. The rights affirmed in these Declarations include the right of self-determination, rights to lands and resources, and the right of indigenous women and children to be protected against violence. We will also discuss how recent actions by the UN Human Rights Council recognizing the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment can impact our work in this field. Finally, the session will share information about the work Native women, tribes, and organizations have done using the international and regional human rights systems to advance indigenous women’s rights and offer information about how you can get involved in these efforts.
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2022 Tribal Energy Webinar Series: Understanding Your Electric Grid and Why You Need To
2022-05-04 12:00 - 14:00 | TN, United States
Wed, May 4, 2022 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT
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Hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy, the 2022 Tribal Energy Webinar Series will focus on how tribes can position themselves to participate in the energy transition to the benefit of their communities and future generations. Where does your electricity come from and how does the electricity grid operate to provide you with electricity? It is important to be able to answer these types of questions before you make energy policy, project, or investment decisions. This webinar will provide a general understanding of how the electric grid operates and an overview of common policies that impact tribes and their energy decisions.

Tribal Consultation - Special Diabetes Program for FY2023
2022-05-04 13:30 - 15:00 | Virtual Event
Tribal Consultation – Special Diabetes Program for FY2023
The Acting IHS Director issued a Dear Tribal Leader Letter on April 15, 2022 initiating Tribal Consultation on the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) for FY2023. The letter includes information on past SDPI funding, the beginning of a new 5-year grant cycle in FY2023, and specific consultation questions. The letter can be found here.
The letter also requests that an Area meeting or conference call be scheduled to consult on SDPI for FY2023 prior to the deadline for comment of May 15th. In accordance with this request, the Nashville Area is announcing an area wide virtual Tribal Consultation call scheduled to be held Wednesday, May 4th from 1:30 pm central – 3:00 pm central (2:30 pm eastern – 4:00 pm eastern). Following this email you will also receive an optional calendar invitation, meeting connection information can be found below as well.
Date:
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Central/2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Eastern
Webex Meeting Link
You may also join by phone at (415) 527-5035
Access code: [REDACTED] 675 6624
As outlined in the Acting Director’s letter, written input may also be submitted to consultation@ihs.gov.

Greenwich Food System Forum
2022-05-04 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual Event
The Foodshed Network and Conservation Commission announce Greenwich Food System Forum, a six-part series on the interconnectedness between the industrialized food system and our greatest ecological and social challenges: human and ecological health, economic disparity, racial inequity, food insecurity and access, affordable housing and climate change.
Each session is at 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Eastern

April 6: The Industrial Food System: Equity, Regionalization and Regeneration
May 4: Cultivating Connecticut Grown: By Land
June 1: Cultivating Connecticut Grown: By Sea
Sept 14: Just Food: Access, Opportunity and Economic Empowerment
October 5: Seasonality: A Celebration of Taste, Place and Connection
November 2: Pathways to Engagement: Regenerating a Resilient CT Foodshed

Learn more: https://thefoodshednetwork.org/greenwich-food-system-forum

Accessing capital for housing and economic development efforts
2022-05-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
Webinar: Accessing capital for housing and economic development efforts
May 5, 2022 at 1-2 p.m. CDT
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This webinar will provide an in-depth look at a financing tool — unfamiliar to most — that can provide funding for tribal housing and infrastructure development up to five times the Need portion of the formula allocation through a 95% loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). We’ll also explain how the Affordable Housing Program and the Capital Magnet Fund can provide supplemental funding through grants for your affordable housing and economic development projects. Click here to register.

COCA Call: Evaluating and Supporting Patients Presenting with Cognitive Symptoms Following COVID
2022-05-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual Event
Clinical Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Call on Evaluating and Supporting Patients Presenting with Cognitive Symptoms Following COVID
May 5 at 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Eastern
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During this COCA Call, presenters will discuss post-COVID conditions (PCC), an umbrella term for the wide range of health consequences that are present four or more weeks after infection with SARS-CoV-2, which includes long COVID. Cognitive symptoms, often described by patients as “brain fog”, are frequently reported following SARS-CoV-2 infection. The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) has recently published a Multi-Disciplinary Collaborative Consensus Guidance Statement on the Assessment and Treatment of Cognitive Symptoms in PCC that provides practical guidance to clinicians in the assessment and treatment of individuals with cognitive symptoms and a history consistent with PCC. The burden of PCC is expected to reflect the disproportionate burden of infection by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status and to highlight ongoing inequities in health care. The Health Equity Work Group of the AAPM&R has developed guidance to highlight the central role that principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion play in delivering quality health care.

DOI Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Day Virtual Event
2022-05-05 13:30 - 14:30 | Virtual Event
To mark Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Day on Thursday, May 5th, join Interior Secretary Deb Haaland for a live virtual event from 2:30-3:30 PM ET at //www.doi.gov/live where she will make an important announcement.
The event will feature remarks by:

Fawn Sharp, President of the National Congress of American Indians
Lucy Rain Simpson, Executive Director of the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center
Whitney Gravelle, Chairwoman of the Bay Mills Indian Community

Tribal Consultation on Small Business Credit Initiative Technical Assistance Funding
2022-05-05 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Event
Dear Tribal Leader,
As the Department of the Treasury’s Point of Contact for Tribal Consultation, I invite you to attend a Tribal consultation on State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) technical assistance (TA) funding. The consultation will be held Tuesday, May 5, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
By way of background, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provided funding to allow eligible jurisdictions to carry out TA plans to support very small businesses and businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (SEDI-owned businesses) as such businesses apply for an SSBCI program or other federal or jurisdiction program that support small businesses. Of the amounts for TA funding, approximately $15,000,000 is reserved for Tribal governments and may be used to “provide legal, accounting, and financial advisory services” to very small businesses and SEDI-owned businesses participating in SSBCI loan and investment programs (12 U.S.C. § 5708(e)). Tribal SSBCI programs must use these funds for TA to very small businesses and SEDI-owned businesses that are currently applying for, preparing to apply for, or have previously applied for SSBCI loans or investments (or other federal, state, or tribal small business programs) rather than TA for program administration.
Treasury is hosting a consultation to hear from Tribal governments about how TA funding can be equitably distributed among Tribal governments participating in SSBCI and how the SSBCI TA program can be effectively implemented for Tribal governments.
We respectfully request that each Tribal government register one primary leader or designee to provide comments. All others are welcome to register as listen-only participants. Please note that each consultation can host 500 participants. The deadline to submit written comments is May 15, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. Alaska Time. Written comments should be sent to tribal.consult@treasury.gov.
Consultations are off the record and not for press purposes.
Register here for the Tuesday, May 5, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. session.
During the consultation, Treasury welcomes Tribal leader feedback on the following questions:
1. How should SSBCI TA funding for Tribal governments be allocated among participating Tribal governments?
a. Should Treasury set minimum or maximum allocation amounts?
b. Have Tribal governments considered joint applications for TA funding? That is, two or more Tribal governments coming together to provide SSBCI TA.
i. If so, what issues Treasury should consider with respect to joint applications?
ii. How could Treasury streamline the processes for Tribal governments to consider or propose joint applications?
2. What eligible legal, accounting, and financial advisory services should Treasury consider for Tribal government SSBCI TA programs?
a. What do you anticipate will be the unique TA needs of Tribally government-owned enterprises that are applying for or have received SSBCI loans or investments?
b. What do you anticipate will be the unique TA needs of individual businesses that are applying for or have received Tribal SSBCI loans or investments?
3. What additional factors should Treasury consider, if any, in developing the allocation distribution methodology and uses?
We will send an agenda to registrants by April 29, 2022. We hope that you will be able to join us for this important discussion and we value your participation.
Sincerely,
Fatima Abbas, Interim Treasury Point of Contact for Tribal Consultation
U.S. Department of the Treasury

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