U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THETREASURY

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Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund

for Tribal Governments

October 2021
About This Webinar

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury is providing this webinar and other resources for 

informational purposes.

The descriptions provided in this document are non-exhaustive, do not describe all terms and 

conditions associated with the use of Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (Capital Projects Fund), 

and do not describe all of the eligible and ineligible uses that may apply to this funding.

Any Capital Projects Fund funding received will be subject to the terms and conditions of the 

agreement entered into by Treasury and the respective recipients, as is outlined by the guidance.
SECTION 1:

SECTION 2:

SECTION 3:

SECTION 4:

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SECTION 6:

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Welcoming Remarks 

Overview

Use of Funds

How to Apply and Access Funds 

Reporting Requirements

Q&A

Agenda
SECTION 1: Welcoming Remarks
SECTION 2: Overview
Capital Projects Fund Overview

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The Capital Projects Fund provides Tribal governments with access to funding to invest in 

capital projects to aid their response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Making 

funding available for broadband infrastructure is a priority of the fund.

On Monday September 20th

, Treasury launched the Capital Projects Fund, and Treasury 

began accepting applications from Tribal Governments on Friday, October 1st.

Approximately $167,000 has been allocated to each Tribal government.

The Capital Projects Fund aims to:

• Directly support recovery from the COVID-19 public health emergency by strengthening 

and improving infrastructure necessary for participation in work, education, and health 

monitoring that will last beyond the pandemic.

• Enable investments in capital assets designed to address inequities in access to critical 

services.

• Contribute to the Administration’s goal to provide every American with the modern 

infrastructure necessary to access critical services, including a high-quality and affordable 

broadband internet connection.
Eligibility Criteria

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The Capital Projects Fund authorizes funding for projects that meet the following criteria.

A Capital Project must:

1. Invest in capital assets designed to directly enable work, education, and health monitoring.

2. Be designed to address a critical need that resulted from or was made apparent or 

exacerbated by the COVID-19 public health emergency.

3. Be designed to address a critical need of the community to be served by it.

Statutory Language: “$10,000,000,000...for making payments to States, territories, and Tribal 

governments to carry out critical capital projects directly enabling work, education, and health 

monitoring, including remote options, in response to the public health emergency with 

respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)”
SECTION 3: Use of Funds
Use of Funds

Broadband 

Infrastructure Projects

Digital Connectivity 

Technology Projects

Ineligible 

Uses

Multi-Purpose 

Community Facility 

Projects

Case-by-Case 

Reviews

Recipients have flexibility in selecting how they would like to deploy Capital Projects Fund grant 

funding to address critical needs identified within their communities.

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Use of Funds

Recipients have flexibility in selecting how they would like to deploy Capital Projects Fund grant 

funding to address critical needs identified within their communities.

Broadband 

Infrastructure Projects

Digital Connectivity 

Technology Projects

Ineligible 

Uses

Multi-Purpose 

Community Facility 

Projects

Case-by-Case 

Reviews

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Presumptively Eligible Broadband Infrastructure Projects

Recipients may use these funds to make critical investments in broadband infrastructure 

(in addition to funds available under the State & Local Fiscal Recovery Fund for necessary 

broadband infrastructure).

Recipients must invest in broadband infrastructure 

that addresses a critical need for the community

• Encouraged to focus on serving locations without access to 

reliable wireline speeds of 100 Mbps download / 20 Mbps 

upload, but provide flexibility to recipients to invest in other 

areas of critical need

Eligible 

Project Focus

• Designed to deliver service that reliably meets or exceeds

100 Mbps download and 100Mbps upload speeds, unless

impracticable

Eligible Project 

Standards

+

Eligibility Criteria:

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Use of Funds

Recipients have flexibility in selecting how they would like to deploy Capital Projects Fund grant 

funding to address critical needs identified within their communities.

Broadband 

Infrastructure Projects

Digital Connectivity 

Technology Projects

Ineligible 

Uses

Multi-Purpose 

Community Facility 

Projects

Case-by-Case 

Reviews

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Presumptively Eligible Digital Connectivity Technology Projects

This funding may be used to purchase and/or install devices and equipment to facilitate 

internet access where affordability has been identified as a barrier to broadband adoption 

and use.

Presumptively Eligible Technologies

• These devices can be purchased for distribution to 

members of the public through short- or long-term loan 

programs or made available for use in public facilities

Desktop Computers,  Laptop Computers,

and Tablets

• Equipment installed as a part of public Wi-Fi 

infrastructure, such as access point, repeaters, routers, 

etc.

 Wi-Fi Equipment

• These devices do not qualify for purchase using CPF funds 

as they do not permit users to fully participate in work, 

education, and health monitoring activities

X iPhones, Televisions

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Not Presumptively Eligible Technologies
Use of Funds

Recipients have flexibility in selecting how they would like to deploy Capital Projects Fund grant 

funding to address critical needs identified within their communities.

Broadband 

Infrastructure Projects

Digital Connectivity 

Technology Projects

Ineligible 

Uses

Multi-Purpose 

Community Facility 

Projects

Case-by-Case 

Reviews

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Presumptively Eligible Multi-Purpose Community Facility Projects

This funding may be used to construct or improve buildings that are designed to 

jointly and directly enable work, education, and health monitoring.

• Eligible projects must directly and jointly enable all three activities, with additional functions 

or purposes permitted

• Applicants should explain why communities identified to be served by Multi-Purpose 

Community Facility Projects have a critical need for such projects

Examples of Eligible Multi-Purpose Community Facility Projects

Construction or 

improvement of full-service 

community schools 

providing academic 

programs, workforce training 

or career counseling, and 

health monitoring

Construction or 

improvement of librariesthat 

provide public access to the 

internet for work, education, 

and health monitoring, and 

may provide other resources 

like digital literacy training

Construction or 

improvement of community 

health centers that provide 

health monitoring and a 

broader range of services 

including job counseling and 

health education classes

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Use of Funds

Recipients have flexibility in selecting how they would like to deploy Capital Projects Fund grant 

funding to address critical needs identified within their communities.

Broadband 

Infrastructure Projects

Digital Connectivity 

Technology Projects

Ineligible 

Uses

Multi-Purpose 

Community Facility 

Projects

Case-by-Case 

Reviews

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Case-by-Case Reviews

Recipients may propose other uses of funds. To be eligible in Treasury’s review, the 

Recipient must demonstrate that the proposed use of funds:

• Funds must be used for the construction, purchase, 

installation of, and/or improvements to capital assets where 

costs of such assets are capitalized or depreciated

• Upon completion, the project must be designed to be used by 

community members to directly engage in all three activities

Invests in a 

Capital Assetthat

Directly Enables Work, 

Education, and Health 

Monitoring

1

• The project must be designed to address impediments to 

community members’ ability to directly engage in all three 

activities that resulted from, were made apparent, or 

exacerbated by COVID-19

AddressesImpact 

of COVID-19 2

• The project must serve communities that lack access to the 

resources or services that the project is designed to provide

• Lack of access can be caused by an absence, insufficient levels, 

or unaffordability of a service or resource

Addresses

a CriticalNeed 3

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Use of Funds

Recipients have flexibility in selecting how they would like to deploy Capital Projects Fund grant 

funding to address critical needs identified within their communities.

Broadband 

Infrastructure Projects

Digital Connectivity 

Technology Projects

Ineligible 

Uses

Multi-Purpose 

Community Facility 

Projects

Case-by-Case 

Reviews

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Presumptively Ineligible Uses

The following projects are ineligible under the Capital Projects Fund program.

• Highways, bridges, transit systems, and ports are 

presumptively ineligible capital projects

General 

Infrastructure 

Projects

• Construction or improvement of hospitals and schools

must demonstrate that they directly and jointly enable

work, education, and health monitoring

General Construction and 

Improvement of 

Hospitals or Traditional 

Schools

X

X

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The following projects are not presumed to be eligible under the Capital Projects Fund 

program; although, there may be opportunities for such projects to receive funding if they 

meet the eligibility criteria. Such projects will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
SECTION 4: How to Apply and Access Funds
Completing the Application

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Tribal governments must apply through the Capital Projects Fund application portal.

• For Tribal governments, the application process consists of several parts:

– Register for ID.me. Each individual person who will be accessing or editing a CPF application 

must register. Registration is on a per-user (not per-application) basis.

– Apply for the CPF program by completing an application using the online portal. The 

application establishes applicant eligibility, and award amount, and collects the intended 

use of funds. We estimated it will take about two hours to complete.

– Indicate intended use of CPF funds by project type.

– Certify the application. This must be done by a Tribal leader (or similar), or by an authorized 

representative who is duly designated in writing by the Tribal leader (or similar).

– Respond to any questions from Treasury regarding the application.

– Sign a grant agreement with Treasury, binding the applicant to the terms of the CPF grant.

• Tribal governments may apply jointly, including via a Tribal consortium.

All applications must be completed no later than June 1, 2022.
Accessing the Capital Projects Fund Application Portal

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CPF Application Portal Homepage

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Starting a CPF Application Submission

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Confirmation of Application Creation

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Applicant Information

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Applicant Information Details

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• Primary Contact Information – Contact information for the person who is filling out the 

online portal. You can also add additional point of contact (POC) email addresses.

• Applicant Information – Identifying information for the Tribal government that is applying for 

funding.

• Authorized Representative Information – Contact information for the individual who will be 

signing the certification to submit this application.

• Additional Eligible Entities – Identifying information for any additional Tribal governments 

that you are applying on behalf of. This is the same as the Applicant Information section, 

except that it is used only if you are applying on behalf of more than one eligible Tribal entity.

• Banking Information – Information needed for us to send you payments.
Award Information

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Intended Use of Funds

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In the application, Tribal governments must also provide information about the intended 

use of funds.

• Tribal governments must choose from the following options that describe intended uses of 

funds, which align with presumptively eligible uses:

 Purchasing devices to be owned by the Applicant and utilized by or distributed to 

households, businesses, or other organizations to facilitate internet access

 Purchasing digital connectivity technologies (e.g., public Wi-Fi) to be owned by the 

Applicant

 Installation or enhancement of broadband infrastructure meeting minimum service 

standards described in the CPF Guidance

 Projects to construct or improve buildings that are designed to jointly and directly 

enable work, education, and health monitoring

• Tribal governments may also select the option to propose using funds for a nonpresumptively eligible use, which will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

• Applicants may also indicate that they need additional time to determine how to use CPF 

funds; please note that applications may not be completed until intended use is identified

More information can be found on the CPF website, including a checklist to assist 

with completing the application.
Intended Use of Funds

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Intended Use of Funds – Purchasing Devices

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Intended Use of Funds – Purchasing Digital Connectivity Technologies

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Intended Use of Funds – Broadband Infrastructure

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If Broadband Infrastructure is the intended use of funds, applicants must answer the following 

questions:

• Please describe the use of funds, limiting responses to 1-3 sentences

• Will this project deliver speeds of 100/100 Mbps or higher? (yes/no)

– If not, will this project reliably deliver speeds of 100/20 Mbps and be scalable to 100/100 

Mbps? (yes/no)

– If not, describe the conditions that make the above speed standards impracticable to 

implement in 1-3 sentences

• Will the applicant ensure the service provider implementing broadband infrastructure projects 

funded by CPF funds participates in low-income broadband subsidy programs? (yes/no)

• Will CPF funds be used to supplement another federal government broadband support program? 

(yes/no)

– Please select which other federal government broadband program(s) that will also be funding 

this project

– Please provide the grant identifier (i.e., award number, etc.) for these other funds

– Please provide contact information for these grants

– Please describe what is being funded by these existing federal grants in 1-3 sentences

• Will CPF funds be used to cover costs incurred after March 15, 2021, but prior to the execution of 

the grant agreement (yes/no)
Intended Use of Funds – Constructing or Improving Buildings

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Intended Use of Funds – Non-Presumptively Eligible Use

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Applicant Outreach and Support

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Treasury has partnered with NTIA’s Tribal Connectivity & Nation to Nation Coordination to 

provide applicants with support.

Treasury staff are available to:

• Offer support to applicants on understanding the guidance and addressing any application 

questions

• Provide resources to assist with the application, including the Tribal Government 

Application Checklist, which can be found at treasury.gov/CPF

• Partner with the call center to manage incoming questions via phone and the 

CapitalProjectsFund@treasury.gov inbox to resolve IT and programmatic questions

NTIA staff will support by:

• Host webinars and briefings providing information about the guidance, application process, and 

other topics for applicants and other organizations

• Periodically update and publish FAQ documents to provide applicants with clarity
SECTION 5: Reporting Requirements
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Reporting Requirements

Recipients will be required to submit ongoing reports on their use of funds and activities.

Project and Expenditure Report

Contents • Types of projects funded

• Financial data

• Project status and performance narrative

• Project type-specific data

Required Submissions 

and Frequency

• Tribal governments submit annually

Treasury will provide additional guidance and instructions on 

the reporting requirements at a later date.
Section 6: Q&A
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Thank you.

For More Information:

Please visit Treasury’s Capital Projects Fund 

website treasury.gov/CPF

For Media Inquiries:

Please contact the U.S. Treasury Press Office 

at (202) 622-2960

For General Inquiries:

Please email 

CapitalProjectsFund@treasury.gov