Central Council's Recent Grant Awards

Department: Self Governance

Agency: Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Self Governance

Due Date: N/A

Dollar Amount: $ 172,040

Begin Date: 1/1/05 End Date: 12/31/05

Purpose (mission, goals):
Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (CCTHITA), through its Compact Program, has assumed the Indian Reservation Roads (IRR) Program through the transfer of funding and program functions, services and activities that are available under 25 CFR 170. CCTHITA's goal is to develop a transportation program consortium that includes: Program management, transportation planning, project development, construction, and maintenance of IRR facilities that have been identified as transportation priorities by the member tribes. Initial work will include the development of Long Range Transportation Plans (LRTP) and updating the IRR Inventories for member communities. CCTHITA shall endeavor to work closely with all Southeast communities by provide information and technical assistance, as well continuing the dialog on the pros and cons of a transportation consortium to include all Southeast communities. CCTHITA will work closely with the Tribes, Cities, Native Corporations, Boroughs, Denali Commission, Forest Service, Park Service, and the State of Alaska to assure that partnerships are developed, and that IRR resources are maximized. The ultimate goal is the development of a safe, reliable, efficient transportation network for Southeast Alaska.      

Target Population (Communities, age group, numbers, etc.):

The funding allocation is based on the inventory of roads for the CCTHITA Juneau Area. However, the funding shall be used to develop long range transportation plans for the region and participating member tribes. Further, CCTHITA's has agreed to carry out a transportation planning process necessary to maintain an inventory of roads and bridges for Central Council's participating member tribes, and to support funding, prioritization, and programming of IRR projects by implementing a current Control Schedule and Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).

Contact: CCTHITA Office of Self Governance, Georgia Finau, Self Governance Coordinator 907-463-7157, 463-7157 or email gfinau@ccthita.org.

Purpose (mission, goals):

The purpose of this grant is to develop environmental awareness and increase capacity and education in Southeast Alaska. We continue to provide environmental training to Southeast IGAP tribal staff and collaborate and network with local, state and federal entities.

Grant Objectives:

Purpose (mission, goals):

The purpose of this grant is to develop environmental awareness and increase capacity and education in Southeast Alaska. We continue to provide environmental training to Southeast IGAP tribal staff and collaborate and network with local, state and federal entities.

Grant Objectives:

· Continue programmatic and administrative functions; continue to build capacity within Central Council and the S.E. Tribes.

· Professional Development of environmental staff by developing a training program that meets the educational needs of Southeast Alaska tribal environmental programs

· Establish a Community Education Plan to encourage waste reduction and recycling efforts within Central Council and the Juneau Indian Village

· Continue to work with the City and Borough of Juneau(CBJ), Central Council, Juneau Invasive Plant Association (JIPA), and the Juneau Indian Village with the on-going problem of the invasive plant species "Garlic Mustard".

· Provide environmental education to the youth in Juneau and support the youth in Southeast Alaska.

· Manage "The Online Information Exchange Network" which will provide updated information on current environmental issues, news, links, EPA, forms, conferences/trainings, and grant deadlines on a regular basis.

· Visit 8 communities in S.E. Alaska to give hands on technical support with new and on-going projects. Central Council environmental staff will conduct community meetings to educate the public and tribal council's on environmental issues, including indoor air quality, mold and mildew, solid waste, open dump sites and abandoned automobiles.

Continue programmatic and administrative functions; continue to build capacity within Central Council and the S.E. Tribes.

Target Population (Communities, age group, numbers, etc.):
Southeast Alaska.

Contact: Desiree Duncan, NLR Manager or Kerri M. Sheakley, Environmental Specialist

Target Population (Communities, age group, numbers, etc.):
Southeast Alaska.

Contact: Desiree Duncan, NLR Manager or Kerri M. Sheakley, Environmental Specialist

Department: Native Lands & Resources
Agency: National Park Service
Dollar Amount: $75,000.00
Begin Date: 07-01-05 End Date: 12-31-06

Purpose (mission, goals):
Implement the Native American Graves Protection Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) for the protection of Native American graves and artifacts.

Grant Objectives:

The preparation of claims on items, including hats, headdresses, masks, totems, carvings, blankets and ceremonial robes, armor, daggers and objects taken from the Louis Shotridge Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology.

Host a memorial party with the University of Pennsylvania in Sitka, Alaska.

Continue to file and monitor claims previously submitted to the Princeton University Museum, American Museum of Natural History, Field Museum of Natural History and other museums that house Tlingit and Haida Cultural items.

Attend ceremonial events to obtain information and approval from clan leaders to submit claims specific to different clans.

• The preparation of claims on items, including hats, headdresses, masks, totems, carvings, blankets and ceremonial robes, armor, daggers and objects taken from the Louis Shotridge Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology.
• Host a memorial party with the University of Pennsylvania in Sitka, Alaska.
  

Target Population (Communities, age group, numbers, etc.):
Southeast Alaska.

Contact: Desiree Duncan, NLR Manager or Harold Jacobs Cultural Resource Specialist

Department: Head Start
Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Dollar Amount: $ 2, 430, 891.00
Begin Date: 01/01/2005 End Date: 12/31/2005

Purpose (mission, goals):
The Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Head Start program is a comprehensive early childhood development program that serves prenatal families and families with infants, toddlers and preschool children. The coveted mission of the program is to respectfully nurture families and their children to grow, participate in life with confidence and awareness, using their strengths to reach their full potential.

Target Population (Communities, age group, numbers, etc.):
Head Start funds serves families with children ages 3 - 5 in ten Southeast Alaska communities: Angoon, Hoonah, Craig, Klawock, Petersburg, Saxman, Sitka, Wrangell, Yakutat and Juneau. A total of 262 children are funded to be served.

For more information, please contact:

Ramona Menish, Program Manager, E-mail rmenish@ccthita.org

Department: Employment & Training: Tribal Child Support Enforcement Start-Up Funding
Funding Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Dollar Amount : $242,633
Begin Date: 11/01/2004 End Date: 09/30/2006

Purpose (mission, goals):
It has always been CCTHITA's priority to strengthen Tribal families. This Child Support Enforcement funding will allow us to concentrate on parent/child relationships, father initiatives, strengthen families, research services that exist and their effectiveness, and train parents and staff about healthy parenting. Our children will not be just another case. Our staff gives children the utmost respect and confidentiality during case management and strives to connect children with the care and resources of both parents.

Tlingit and Haida TCSA will be coordinated through the Employment and Training Division and Child Support Services will compliment an array of other E&T services utilized to assist our people in becoming self-sufficient. Expected outcomes include completion of planning activities, an increase in collaboration with the State of Alaska Child Support Enforcement Office, improved Child Support services to both parents, establishment of a strong rural/remote community network, and quality services to each party (custodial, non-custodial parent, and child) in a Child Support Case.

Target Population (Communities, age group, numbers, etc.):
Southeast Alaska and all Child Support Cases falling within our jurisdiction

For more information, please contact:

Sharon Olsen or Eddie Brakes
CCTHITA, Employment & Training Department
320 W. Willoughby Avenue, Suite 300
Juneau, AK  99801
Phone: (907) 463-7340 or (800) 344-1432 ext. 7340
E-mail: solsen@ccthita.org or ebrakes@ccthita.org

Department: Tribal Family & Youth Services
Funding Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Dollar Amount : $150,000.00
Begin Date: 11/01/2004 End Date: 04/30/2006

Purpose (mission, goals):
To develop a systems of care "case management" action plan and program model for coordination of long term care services.

Target Population (Communities, age group, numbers, etc.):
Native Elders within Southeast Alaska.

For more information, please contact:

Francine Eddy Jones
Director,Tribal Family & Youth Services
320 W. Willoughby Avenue, Suite 300
Juneau, AK  99801
Phone: (907) 463-7162 or (800) 344-1432 ext. 7162
E-mail: fjones@ccthita.org

Department: Tribal Family & Youth Services
Funding Agency: U. S. Department of Justice
Dollar Amount : $75,000/year for 3 years
Begin Date: 10/01/2004 End Date: 09/30/2007

Purpose (mission, goals):
3 Year project to develop and implement a traditional mental health services treatment model for Native youth.

Target Population (Communities, age group, numbers, etc.):
300 Native youth ages 8-18 and their families, at risk for mental health problems. The project will develop and implement a culturally competent service delivery model for these youth within the context of Native traditional values (using the Circles of Care model).

Year I and II , pilot test the Circles of Care model within the Juneau area and present to other CCTHITA service area communities. Year III , refine model and export to 2 other CCTHITA communities that are facing similar challenges in the area of youth mental health issues.

Requires Elder and Youth participation.

For more information, please contact:

Leonora Florendo, Tribal Family & Youth Services
320 W. Willoughby Avenue, Suite 300
Juneau, AK  99801
Phone: (907) 463-7163 or (800) 344-1432 ext. 7163
E-mail: lflorendo@ccthita.org

Department: Tribal Family & Youth Services Department
Funding Agency: U. S. Department of Justice
Dollar Amount: $100,000/yr. for 3 years
Begin Date: 10/01/2004 End Date: 09/30/2007

Purpose (mission, goals):
3-year urban/rural demonstration project to adapt and export a Native Youth Delinquency Prevention Program.

Target Population (Communities, age group, numbers, etc.):
Native youth ages 14-21 at risk for delinquency, academic failure, substance abuse, and involvement with the juvenile justice system. Will provide prevention and intervention services to these youth within the context of the Tribe's cultural values and social service case management models (including Youth Leadership program, Sons and Daughters of Tradition/Wellbriety program, and the Ansel Casey Life Skills Assessment program).

Year I, pilot program in Juneau (to 150 youth and their families); year II, refinement of model; year III , export model to 2-3 additional villages within CCTHITA service area (target population is 150 youth and their families within the region).

Program requires Elder/Youth participation.

For more information, please contact:

Leonora Florendo, Tribal Family & Youth Services
320 W. Willoughby Avenue, Suite 300
Juneau, AK  99801
Phone: (907) 463-7163 or (800) 344-1432 ext. 7163
E-mail: lflorendo@ccthita.org

Department: Tribal Family & Youth Services Department
Funding Agency: U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
Dollar Amount: $ 50,000 - (Capitol Compassion Fund) Awarded 8/2004
Begin Date: 10/01/2004 End Date: 09/30/2005

Purpose (mission, goals):
1 year capacity building project to develop a traditionally based diversion program under the Native Youth Leadership and Delinquency Prevention Program. Program will focus on development of a youth justice model that provides alternate sanctions and restitution for youth in Juneau. The program will develop a Youth Leadership Council that will participate in planning and decision-making for youth services and programs. TFYS will collaborate with the Youth Leadership Program, Juneau Youth Court, and the Juneau School District.. We will develop the capacity to make diversion, advocacy and counseling services available in Juneau for at-risk youth and their families.

Target Population (Communities, age group, numbers, etc.):
350 Native youth ages 14-21 and their families in Juneau whose personal and family circumstances have placed them at risk for involvement in the juvenile justice system. Native youth ages 10-18 at risk for delinquency, academic failure, substance abuse, and involvement with the juvenile justice system.

Requires Youth Advisory Commitee participation.

For more information, please contact:

Leonora Florendo, Tribal Family & Youth Services
320 W. Willoughby Avenue, Suite 300
Juneau, AK  99801
Phone: (907) 463-7163 or (800) 344-1432 ext. 7163
E-mail: lflorendo@ccthita.org

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Department: Head Start
Funding Agency: State of Alaska Department of Education & Early Development
Dollar Amount: $ 3366.00 (Supplemental)
Begin Date: 11-01-2004 End Date: 06/30/05

Purpose:
To respectfully nurture families and their children to grow, participate in life with confidence and awareness, using their strengths to reach their full potential.

Target Population:
Head Start staff serves families with children ages 3 - 5 in ten communities: Angoon, Hoonah, Craig, Klawock, Petersburg, Saxman, Sitka, Wrangell, Yakutat and Juneau. A total of 67 staff are eleigible for these training dollars.

For more information, please contact:

Johnnie Cain, Tlingit Haida Head Start Manager
320 W. Willoughby Avenue, Suite 300
Juneau, AK  99801
Phone: (907) 463-7150 or (800) 344-1432 ext. 7150
E-mail: jcain@cccthita.org

Department: Head Start
Funding Agency: State of Alaska Department of Education & Early Development
Dollar Amount: $ 9500.00 (Supplemental)
Begin Date: 11-01-2004 End Date: 06/30/05

Purpose:
To respectfully nurture families and their children to grow, participate in life with confidence and awareness, using their strengths to reach their full potential in School Readiness.

Target Population:
Head Start serves families with child ages 3 - 5 with this grant in ten communities: Angoon, Hoonah, Craig, Klawock, Petersburg, Saxman, Sitka, Wrangell, Yakutat and Juneau. This particular grant will be utilized to place a 5-Point Seat Restaint Harnest Systems in all Head Start Buses. A total of 262 children are funded to be served.

For more information, please contact:

Johnnie Cain, Tlingit Haida Head Start Manager
320 W. Willoughby Avenue, Suite 300
Juneau, AK  99801
Phone: (907) 463-7150 or (800) 344-1432 ext. 7150
E-mail: jcain@cccthita.org

Department: Head Start
Funding Agency: State of Alaska Department of Education & Early Development
Dollar Amount: $ 428,320.00
Begin Date: 07-01-2004 End Date: 06-30-05

Purpose:
To respectfully nurture families and their children to grow, participate in life with confidence and awareness, using their strengths to reach their full potential.

Target Population:
Head Start serves families with child ages 3 - 5 with this grant in ten communities: Angoon, Hoonah, Craig, Klawock, Petersburg, Saxman, Sitka, Wrangell, Yakutat and Juneau. A total of 262 children are funded to be served

For more information, please contact:

Johnnie Cain, Tlingit Haida Head Start Manager
320 W. Willoughby Avenue, Suite 300
Juneau, AK  99801
Phone: (907) 463-7150 or (800) 344-1432 ext. 7150
E-mail: jcain@cccthita.org

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Department: Native Lands & Resources
Funding Agency: Bureau of Indian Affairs
Dollar Amount: $ 110,000.00
Begin Date: 04-01-2004 End Date: 04-01-05

Purpose:
The purpose of Fire Wise activities is to train local community members in order to create Fire Wise Communities and promote public education regarding wildfire and defensible space within the community.

Goals & Objectives:
1. Protect life and property
2. Provide for improved safety of residents in the event of wildfire occurrence
3. Fire education
4. Improve communications and liaisons between federal, state, Native organizations, Alaska communities and the public.
5. Create jobs for members of the Juneau community.

Target Population:
Juneau Indian Village as well as the entire local community.

For more information, please contact:

Desiree Duncan, Manager
Native Lands & Resources
320 W. Willoughby Avenue, Suite 300
Juneau, AK  99801
Phone: (907) 463-7183 | (800) 344-1432 ext. 7183
E-mail: dduncan@ccthita.org

Department: Head Start
Funding Agency: US Dept Of Health And Human Services
Dollar Amount: $ 2,389,007.00
Begin Date: 01/01/04 End Date: 12/31/04

Purpose (mission, goals):
To respectfully nurture families and their children to grow, participate in life with confidence and awareness, using their strengths to reach their full potential

Target Population (Communities, age group, numbers, etc.):
This third year continuation Head Start grant serves families with child ages 3 - 5 with this in ten communities: Angoon, Hoonah, Craig, Klawock, Petersburg, Saxman, Sitka, Wrangell, Yakutat and Juneau. A total of 262 children are funded to be served

For more information, please contact:

Johnnie Cain, Tlingit Haida Head Start Manager
320 W. Willoughby Avenue, Suite 300
Juneau, AK  99801
Phone: (907) 463-7150 or (800) 344-1432 ext. 7150
E-mail: jcain@cccthita.org

Department: Head Start
Funding Agency: US Dept of Health and Human Services
Dollar Amount: $ 694,365 (Construction Extension)
Begin Date: 09/01/02 End Date: 08/31/05

Purpose (mission, goals):
To respectfully nurture Angoon Head Start families and their children to grow, participate in life with confidence and awareness, using their strengths to reach their full potential.

Target Population (Communities, age group, numbers, etc.):
This particular grant will be utilized to construct a Head Start Facility on land donated through the City of Angoon, and designated for a new Head Start Structure.

For more information, please contact:

Johnnie Cain, Tlingit Haida Head Start Manager
320 W. Willoughby Avenue, Suite 300
Juneau, AK  99801
Phone: (907) 463-7150 or (800) 344-1432 ext. 7150
E-mail: jcain@cccthita.org

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Department Funded: Tribal Family & Youth Services
Funding Agency: Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Dollar Amount: $ 250,000
Begin Date: 6/1/03 End Date: 12/31/04

Purpose (mission, goals):
The Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Tribal Family & Youth Services Department has received funding for one year for a regional planning and consultation project to further develop a traditional substance abuse service model for Native communities within southeast Alaska. The project is based on the successful work carried out by CCTHITA over the past five years under the Healthy Nations Circles of Support Project frunded through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Under this project the Central Council will work with Native communities, substance abuse treatment providers and state and local governments to set in place lcoally driven "Circles of Support" to support each community in carrying out substance abuse outreach, education, planning, and resource development.

Target Population (Communities, age group, numbers, etc.):
Southeast Alaska communities.

For more information, please contact:

Georgia Finau, Program Director (Tribal Wellness Program)
Tribal Family & Youth Services
320 W. Willoughby Avenue, Suite 300
Juneau, AK  99801
Phone: (907) 463-7157
E-mail: Georgia Finau

The Central Council, Vocational Training & Resource Center announces new funding from the U.S. Department Of Education/Office of Elementary and Secondary Education , Alaska Native Education Program Cfda 84.356a Entitled: Three Year SE Alaska Native Vocational Training and Educational Support Services Initiative. This is a three-year grant (October 1, 2002 - September 30, 2005) in the amount of 3,389,005 with $1,105,403 designated for the first year.

Purpose:
The SE Alaska Native Vocational Training and Educational Support Services Initiative will carry out a three-year project to deliver vocational training services and related GED and educational support services, to the Native population within SE Alaska. This project seeks to address longstanding barriers to employment rates and income levels among the tribal population by providing training in the following three areas:

a) Construction training : 60 students
b) Small Business/Hospitality/Tourism training: 80 students
c) Computer Skills training: 70 students

And, one area of remedial education/GED services that are linked to current economic and employment opportunities within the SE Alaska region.

Students will receive stipends of $6.50 an hour to attend these classes, in addition to one and two quarter certificates and 3 to 6 college credits, leading to meaningful employment within the SE Alaska economy. Child care funding is provided for students enrolled in these courses at a rate of $1.25 per hour.

The project will also focus on the delivery of ABE and GED services to Native individuals who are interested in pursing a course of vocational instruction, but who need remedial education services prior to starting their training.

The project has three major areas of focus:

1. To provide selective vocational training opportunities at the village level through a mobile classroom/circuit rider model that will assist village members in accessing employment and business opportunities within the village and subsistence economies. These classes will serve as part of the outreach effort to bring village residents to the Vocational Training & Resource Center in Juneau.
2. To provide vocational training at the Vocational Training & Resource Center that will enable individuals to take advantage of increasing opportunities for employment in tourism and the retail and service sectors within the Juneau area.
3. To provide educational support services, including GED instruction to Native individuals who need remedial education prior to entering a field of vocational training.

Target Population:
This project will provide training and GED services to the Native population within SE Alaska. This project proposes to serve 160 students in the Juneau area, and 50 students at village sites, for each of the three years in vocational training, plus 50 students per year in GED preparation.

For more information, please contact:

Archie J. Cavanaugh, Director
Vocational Training & Resource Center
3239 Hospital Drive, Juneau, AK  99801
Phone: (907) 463-7375 | (800) 344-1432 ext. 7375
E-mail: acavanaugh@cccthita.org

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T he Tlingit Haida Head Start Program was recently awarded a new National Even Start Program grant.  This is a 4-year grant in the amount of: $ 248,295 (year one), $254,312 (year two), $258,688 (year three), $246,582 (year 4). Begin Date: Summer 2002 / End Date: Spring 2006

Purpose (mission, goals):
Even Start is a national program designed to improve family literacy. Even Start programs have four componants: early childhood education, parenting education, parent/child time together, and adult basic education. By addressing these four areas with intensive service, research shows that family interactions, school skills, and workplace skills increase measurably.

Target Population (Communities, age group, numbers, etc.):
All of the Tlingit Haida Head Start centers have aspects of the first three Even Start componants provided: early childhood education through our regional Head Start centers; parenting education through the Family Feather's and Parents Journal video/curriculum series and monthly Head Start parent trainings; and parent/child time together through literacy kits which can be checked out to Head Start families. The fourth area, adult basic education, is provided by referral in all sites but Wrangell and Juneau. Wrangell has an Even Start center operating in conjunction with TANF's SEANWPI program to provide direct adult education services. Juneau's Even Start center is not yet open. Juneau's services will be more advocacy-oriented, to help existing agencies better welcome and serve our Head Start families. Potentially, all families enrolled in Tlingit & Haida Head Start can be served through the Even Start program. During the 2002-2003 school year, our enrollment consisted of 292 children.

For more information, please contact:

Jackie Tagaban, Even Start Administrator
320 W. Willoughby Avenue, Suite 300
Juneau, AK  99801
Phone: (907) 463-7152
E-mail: jtagaban@ccthita.org

or

Lorrie Wright, Family Literacy Coordinator
Phone: (907) 463-7338
E-mail: lwright@ccthita.org

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