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Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, Field Operations

Program Information

Popular name

(OST- Field Ops)

Program Number

15.155

Agency

Department of the Interior

Sub-agency

Bureau of Indian Education

Program objective

The objectives of these Office of the Special Trustee (OST) grants will be to support and initiate a wide range of projects that facilitate Trust Improvement and Reform, including but not limited to the areas of Probate/Estates, Individual and Tribal Financial Empowerment, Trust Asset Management, Investments, and Trust administration processes generally.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2020

    None to report in FY2020 because no obligations were made.

  2. 2021

    Indian Affairs issued 1 new awards and modifications to existing awards to 1 recipients.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

  1. The American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994, 25 USC § 4025(a).
  2. The American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994, 25 USC § 4045(b):.
  3. The American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004, 25 USC 2206(f).

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Community Development
Education

Program types

Eligible applicants

Eligible beneficiaries

  • American Indian
  • Local
  • Native American Organizations
  • Other public institution/organization
  • Private nonprofit institution/organization
  • Public nonprofit institution/organization

Additional resources

View this program's awards and recipients at USASpending.gov
View this program's assistance listing at SAM.gov
View this program's available grant opportunities at Grants.gov
View this program's single audits at FAC.gov