- Once submitted, we'll review your TA request and reach out for an introductory conversation to confirm that we can support your project. If determined that we're able to support your project, we'll then work together to set up a schedule and plan of action.

- We can work together remotely (via email/video calls/phone), or, in some cases, through direct on-site assistance depending on availability of funds and time. 

- Our TA program is intended as ongoing support to Tribes, with projects regularly spanning 6+ months. 

Staff members from all Federally-recognized, and Unrecognized and State Recognized Tribes and Alaska Native Villages are eligible to request TA. 

We’re defining an ‘ecological resilience’ project as a project that helps our non-human relatives to survive and thrive in a changing climate. 

Technical Assistance can last anywhere from a few weeks to 6+ months. 

We encourage you to request TA for projects that may require additional time, as we know these types of TA requests are typically harder to find support for, and our aim is to fill that gap.

Once submitted, we'll review your TA request and reach out for an introductory conversation to confirm that we can support your project. If determined that we're able to support your project, we'll then work together to set up a schedule and plan of action.

We can work together remotely (via email/video calls/phone), or, in some cases, through direct on-site assistance depending on availability of funds and time. 

Our TA program is intended as ongoing support to Tribes, with projects regularly spanning 6+ months. 

We are required to share the names of the Tribes that we work with with our funders. However, ITEP and the Tribes and Climate Change Program will not share details about your project unless your Tribe/Tribal Department has given us explicit permission to do so. 

We do request the option to write up a Tribal Case Study on our work together, though it is not a requirement of receiving TA. 

Technical Assistance through the Caring for Our Relatives program is completely free for Tribes.