Civic Engagement Programs Across Montana Tribal Lands
GrantID: 73419
Grant Funding Amount Low: $25,000
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Amount High: $25,000
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Grant Overview
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Montana’s per-capita cost to deliver voter-education materials to tribal members exceeds $47 according to the Secretary of State’s 2022 election-cycle report, driven by distances between precincts on the seven reservations and limited commercial mail routes. Counties such as Glacier and Big Horn record average household incomes 28 percent below the state median, directly constraining household spending on transportation to county clerk offices for same-day registration.
Tribal governments operate under separate constitutions that interact with Montana’s election laws through state-tribal cooperative agreements renewed every two years. These agreements require applicants to budget for dual-language printing in Blackfeet, Crow, and Northern Cheyenne, plus per-diem compensation for election judges who must travel from reservation housing clusters to county seats. Fuel and lodging line items therefore dominate budgets at rates not seen in the state’s non-reservation eastern counties.
Funding proposals must itemize actual mileage at the state’s current reimbursement rate of $0.655 per mile and demonstrate that outreach events occur inside existing tribal community centers rather than new construction. Cost worksheets are reviewed quarterly; any line item exceeding 15 percent of total budget triggers additional documentation of competitive bidding under Montana procurement statutes.
The state’s frontier-county designation adds a separate constraint: applicants must prove that proposed civic-education expenditures do not duplicate existing federal Bureau of Indian Affairs grants already allocated to the same reservations. This dual-funding test differentiates Montana submissions from those prepared for South Dakota or Idaho, where tribal-state cost-sharing formulas differ.
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