The SFC Program provides American Indian and Alaska Native homes and communities with essential water supply, sewage disposal, and solid waste disposal facilities. IHS environmental engineers plan, design, and manage most SFC projects; many of those engineers are assigned to one of the twelve IHS Area Offices. Mission. The mission of the Indian ...

Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction HUB Site This site contains a link to an interactive map that displays project locations, descriptions, and phase as well as information about the DSFC Hiring to support project implementation.

Apr 6, 2023 · Originally announced in May 2022, the FY 2022 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will provide 68,000 American Indian and Alaska Native homes with critical services like water wells, onsite wastewater disposal systems and connections to community water supply and wastewater disposal systems.

Feb 21, 2024 · The IHS Sanitation Facilities Construction Program provides: Development and maintenance of an inventory of sanitation deficiencies. Environmental engineering assistance with utility master planning and sanitary surveys.

• Sanitation Deficiency System (SDS) is an SFC database of proposed projects to correct sanitation deficiencies (water, wastewater, or solid waste) affecting existing Indian homes and actual conditions • Each Area updates SDS annually and reports to SFC HQ by August 1 • Annual updates allows SFC to add new projects,

In fiscal year 2021, IHS identified a need of more than $3.4 billion for SFC projects affecting more than 248,000 new and existing homes. To address that need, Congress appropriated $3.5 billion for SFC projects through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Sep 30, 2022 · Congress appropriated $3.5 billion to the Indian Health Service (IHS) for Sanitation Facilities Construction (SFC) projects under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). To ensure oversight of these funds, Congress allocated 0.5 percent of the supplemental SFC funding to OIG.

Sanitation Facilities Construction (SFC) Types of Projects • Individual Services: individual wells, on-site wastewater disposal, water service connections, sanitary sewer connections • Community Utilities: new or upgraded community water system, community sewer system, solid waste transfer stations • Infrastructure Improvements: water/sewer

The Indian Health Service (IHS) provides service to new homes, service to existing homes, sanitation system expansions, new systems (first time service), combination water/sewer projects, and sanitation facility upgrades.

Straughan is providing GIS program management support to the Indian Health Service’s Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction, which includes 11 regions across the country providing water and sewer services to over 400,000 homes in all 50 states.