2006 REACH Grants Announced

The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Energy Assistance has announced that three states, the District of Columbia and fourteen tribes have received REACH funding for FY 2006.

The states of Illinois, Montana and Ohio each received grants of $1 million; the District received $1.1 million with $100,000 of its grant for client energy efficiency education services.

The following tribes received grants of $150,000: Assiniboine & Sioux Tribe (MT), Blackfeet Tribe, (MT), Cherokee Nation (OK), Chickasaw Nation (OK), Choctaw Nation (OK), Kickapoo Tribe (OK), Miami Tribe (OK), Northern Cheyenne Tribe (MT), Rosebud Sioux Tribe (SD), Shoshone Bannock Tribe (ID), and United Tribes of Kansas & Southeast Nebraska (KS). The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida (AK) received $164,724; the Grand Traverse Band (MI) received $162,356, and the Quileute Indian Tribe (WA) received $175,000 with the funding above $150,000 for energy efficiency services.

This is the third REACH grant received by the District, the second by Montana and Illinois and the first by Ohio.

For more background information on state REACH grants and evaluation summaries and for more information on tribal REACH grants visit the LIHEAP Clearinghouse website.

Source: HHS/DEA

Page Last Updated: September 15, 2006