US: $700M for Tribal Water & Sanitation

The U.S. Indian Health Service has allocated $700 million for tribal sanitation infrastructure through its Sanitation Facilities Construction (SFC) Program for fiscal 2025. The program aims to improve Native access to drinking water sources, sewage systems, and solid waste disposal facilities.

The SFC Program uses $3.5 billion allocated to the IHS from 2021’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, with funding distributed from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2026. The program provides technical and financial assistance to Native American and Alaska Native communities for the development and construction of safe water, wastewater, and solid waste systems and related support facilities.

The funding will serve more than 14,000 Native American and Alaska Native (AI/AN) households. The program has benefited nearly 110,000 AI/AN households over its first four years. In 2023, IHS launched an interactive website meant to track SFC program constructions and their impacts.

Source: Native News Online

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