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The Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) [1] simplifies and reorganizes the system of providing housing assistance to federally recognized Native American tribes to help improve their housing and other infrastructure. It reduced the regulatory strictures that burdened tribes and essentially provided ...
The Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (ONHIR) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the U.S. Government.It is responsible for assisting Hopi and Navajo Indians impacted by the relocation that Congress mandated in the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 [1] for the members of the Hopi and Navajo tribes who were living on each other's land.
Tribal CAPs allocated funding to programs such as Head Start for preschoolers and initiatives for home improvement. Other focus areas included educational development, legal services, health centers, and economic development. [12] [editorializing] One of the notable outcomes of the OEO Indian initiative occurred in Navajo country.
Navajo Nation President signed a resolution to provide $2,000 in hardship funds to adults and $600 to minors who are enrolled members of the tribe.
The Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation V: 900: Bureau of Indian Affairs (Department of the Interior) and Indian Health Service (Department of Health and Human Services) VI: 1000–1099: Office of the Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs (Department of the Interior) VII: 1200–1299
At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have been stopped and questioned or detained as part of federal immigration enforcement operations, Navajo Nation officials told CNN.
Reservation residents are eligible for all federal social assistance programs, including Temporary Aid for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and food stamp programs. In addition, Food Distribution on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), often called "commodities," provides in-kind handouts of food.
A 1994 Presidential Memorandum issued by Bill Clinton changed the way the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development supported housing programs. The Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 consolidated grant programs for housing funding into a single block grant specifically available to recognized ...