Browsing by Author "Jorgensen, Miriam"
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Assessing the U.S. Treasury Department’s Allocations of Funding for Tribal Governments under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Kalt, Joseph; Henson, Eric; Jorgensen, Miriam; Leonaitis, Isabelle (Harvard Kennedy School, 2021-12)The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“the Act” or “ARPA”) has resulted in the single largest infusion of federal funding for Native America in U.S. history. The core of this funding is 20 billion dollars for the more than ... -
Considerations for Federal and State Landback
Jorgensen, Miriam; Taylor, Laura (Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 2022-10)This policy brief showcases how geographic information system (GIS) techniques can be used to identify public and/or protected land in relation to current and historic reservation boundaries, and presents maps showcasing ... -
Dissecting the US Treasury Department’s Round 1 Allocations of CARES Act COVID‐19 Relief Funding for Tribal Governments
Akee, Randall K.Q.; Henson, Eric; Jorgensen, Miriam; Kalt, Joseph (Harvard University, 2020-05)This study dissects the US Department of the Treasury’s formula for distributing first-round CARES Act funds to Indian Country. The Department has indicated that its formula is intended to allocate relief funds based on ... -
Emerging Stronger than Before: Guidelines for the Federal Role in American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes’ Recovery from the COVID‐19 Pandemic
Henson, Eric; Hill, Megan; Jorgensen, Miriam; Kalt, Joseph (Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 2020)The COVID‐19 pandemic has wrought havoc in Indian Country. While the American people as a whole have borne extreme pain and suffering, and the transition back to “normal” will be drawn out and difficult, the First Peoples ... -
A Fair and Feasible Formula for the Allocation of CARES Act COVID‐19 Relief Funds to American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Governments
Akee, Randall; Henson, Eric; Jorgensen, Miriam; Kalt, JosephTitle V of the CARES Act requires that the Act’s funds earmarked for tribal governments be released immediately and that they be used for actions taken to respond to the COVID‐19 pandemic. These may include costs incurred ... -
Federal COVID‐19 Response Funding for Tribal Governments: Lessons from the CARES Act
Henson, Eric; Hill, Megan; Jorgensen, Miriam; Kalt, Joseph (Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 2020)The federal response to the COVID‐19 pandemic has played out in varied ways over the past several months. For Native nations, the CARES Act (i.e., the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) has been the most ... -
Policy Memo Regarding the Allocation of COVID-19 Response Funds to American Indian Nations
Henson, Eric; Jorgensen, Miriam; Kalt, Joseph; Akee, Randall (Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 2020)The COVID-19 crisis poses an immediate threat to three decades of improvement in economic conditions across Indian Country. Federal policies of tribal self-determination through self government have gradually, if unevenly, ... -
Recommendations for Allocation and Administration of American Rescue Plan Act Funding for American Indian Tribal Governments
Henson, Eric; Hill, Megan; Jorgensen, Miriam; Kalt, Joseph (Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 2021)The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provides the largest infusion of federal funding for Indian Country in the history of the United States. More than $32 billion dollars is directed toward assisting American Indian nations ... -
Recommendations for the Allocation and Administration of American Rescue Plan Act Funding for American Indian Tribal Governments
Kalt, Joseph; Henson, Eric; Hill, Megan; Jorgensen, Miriam (Harvard Kennedy School, 2021-12)The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provides the largest infusion of federal funding for Indian Country in the history of the United States. More than $32 billion dollars is directed toward assisting American Indian nations ...