According to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), “The Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience (TCR) provides financial support for federally recognized Tribal Nations and authorized Tribal organizations through a competitive funding opportunity to address current and future climate change impacts on Tribal Treaty and Trust resources, economies, regenerative agriculture and food sovereignty, conservation practices, infrastructure, and human health and safety.”

For FY 2024, over $120 million will be awarded across the following three categories: (1) Planning, (2) Implementation, and (3) Relocation, Managed Retreat, Protect-in-Place (RMP) Staff. 

Applications for the FY 2024 Tribal Climate Resilience Annual Awards Program are due by October 18, 2024. Learn more and read the 2024 Solicitation on the BIA website! 

If you have any questions, please contact the NC CASC Tribal Climate Resilience Liaisons, Kynser Wahwahsuck (kynser.wahwahsuck@colorado.edu) and Janna Black (janna.black@colorado.edu).