FAQs

Each Chapter can submit five (5) to eight (8) projects under the DCD ARPA Application.  Additional ARPA Applications may be submitted to other Divisions or Departments depending on the type of project.

At the current time, the following projects are being collected by DCD.  

Powerline Projects

Rural Addressing (E911) Projects

House Wiring Projects

Solar Projects

Waterline Projects

Warehouse Projects

Bathroom Additions Projects

DCD has developed a separate Housing Application which will be released shortly.  

DCD is waiting on the ARPA Guidelines to see if chapter buildings can be included.  

The chapters will have to work with the Navajo Division of Transportation on Road projects. 

The ARPA Guidelines and the exact amount of ARPA Funds that the Navajo Nation will receive have not been released by the U.S. Treasury.  Once the ARPA Guidelines and the amount of ARPA funds have been released, the Navajo Nation will assess the submitted projects from multiple Navajo Nation Entities, including Chapters, Navajo Nation Divisions, Departments, Programs, Enterprises, and various other requests.  The Navajo Nation requests are much higher than the amount of funding that the Tribe will receive.  

So, not every request will receive funding. 

Yes, the chapter can request a project that is not on the Navajo Nation Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP). However, Projects that are on the ICIP may be given more weight in the proposal review and ranking.  

In the ARPA Application please enter "None" into the field asking for the NN ICIP #. The project can be added and updated in the Navajo Nation ICIP located in the WIND Portal and then the NNICIP # can be edited in the ARPA Application.

The Chapter's ICIP Summary Reports are the project lists that have been sent to the Navajo Nation Washington Office and to make Navajo Nation project listings available to Congressmen and Senators that have requested them or will request them.

Additional funding is expected to be passed for Infrastructure bills.  Update ICIP Summary Reports will be used to request funds.

Projects that are on the NN ICIP may be given more weight in the proposal review and ranking.  

In the ARPA Application please enter "None" into the field asking for the NN ICIP #. The project can be added and updated in the Navajo Nation located in the WIND Portal and then the NNICIP # can be edited in the ARPA Application.

The Chapter's ICIP Summary Reports are the project lists that have been sent to the Navajo Nation Washington Office and make Navajo Nation project listings available to Congressmen and Senators that have requested them or will request them.

Additional funding is expected to be passed for infrastructure bills.  Update ICIP Summary Report will be used to request funds.

The answer was "no", not a requirement. However, Projects that on the LUP may be given more weight in the proposal review and ranking.  

Easiest way to do upload files to the ARPA Application is to use your Navajochapters.org email account and log in using a web browser. 

Then, from the email screen, near the upper right part of the screen you should see an icon with 9 squares

Click on that and one of the choices should be Drive.  Click the “Drive” icon

When the Drive screen comes up, you should see a big plus “+” icon on the top left side of the screen with "New" next to it.

Click that plus icon and one of your choices will be “file upload”.  Click “file upload” and select the ARPA file you want to upload and complete the upload.

After the file is uploaded, it should appear in the listing in your Google Drive.

Next, right-click on the file in that listing and there should be some options:

Choose "Get link"

You will see a small popup window

At this point, you need to make a change to the permissions so that whoever you are sending it to can view the file.  

Click on the little triangle next to where it says "Restricted" and you will see some options.  

Choose "Anyone with the link" 

Then click the button that says "Get link"

Now you can paste the link/URL into wherever you need to like an email or into the ICIP or wherever.  Just click where you need to paste it and press CONTROL-V and it should paste the link to your file there.

DCD has extended the proposal submission deadline to June 9 at 5:00 pm. 

Once the ARPA guidelines are made available the Navajo Nation Council and Navajo Nation President and Vice-President (OPVP), Department of Justice, and the Office of the Controller will review the Guidelines to determine if  LGA Certified Chapters will be able to manage their own projects. It may be in the form of a grant agreement between the Navajo Nation and the chapters.

US Treasury has not issued ARPA guidance which will help determine if LGA chapters will be allowed for direct ARPA disbursements. DOJ and OOC will interpret the ARPA procedures and guidelines. It may be in the form of a grant agreement between the Navajo Nation and the chapters. Single Audit would be required if the expenditures exceed $750,000 per the 2000 Single Audit federal requirements.

To have an LGA Certified Chapter to be a fiscal agent for non-certified chapters is the question for DOJ. Again, direct disbursement to LGA Certified Chapters would be determined when ARPA guidelines are made available and when DOJ and OOC provide their recommendations if this will be acceptable.

During the COVID-19 Pandemic, warehouses were needed to store PPE, Food, and Water.

CPMD Staff has provide general floor plans and cost estimates.

This could be a new complete structure, a renovation, or an addition to an existing structure. 

The DCD is working with Water Management Branch, IHS, NECA, and NTUA to ensure that we are not duplicating services.  All project listings will be reviewed by the ARPA Partners while serving as many Navajo Clients as possible. 

The ARPA Partners are working on updating the H.I.T.T. Listing while conducting field verification of Navajo Clients from Chapter submitted projects.

The DCD is working with NTUA to ensure that we are not duplicating services.  All project listings will be reviewed by our ARPA Partners while serving as many Navajo Clients as possible.