Cc.

from year to year at each educational institution and is based on the number of
Veterans and eligible beneficiaries enrolled in institutions. During FY 2010, VBA
awarded $2,906, same as in FY 2009.

Training: Education contributes to the recruitment and retention of the highest
quality staff at VHA’s health care facilities. The Veterans Health Administration does
not provide awards directly to TCUs. Instead, it provides direct support in terms of
stipends and fringe benefits to students receiving training in VA, which totaled
$3,114 (amount is captured under “Student Tuition Assistance, Scholarships, and
Other Aid”) for one student attending Salish Kootenai College. Indirect support is
the reported cost of VA medical center staff instructors and other administrative
costs associated with the program, which totaled $82,673 for 12 students training at
Oglala Sioux Community College affiliated with the Ft. Meade VA Medical Center.
Total funding for FY 2010, both direct and indirect support, was $85,787. Indirect
support increased by 67 percent compared to $49,468 in FY 2009.

Fellowships, Traineeships, Internships, Recruitment, and IPAs:
These programs allow undergraduate and graduate students to gain valuable work

experience, training, and education in high-demand career fields, based on mutual
agreements between VA facilities and academic institutions. After these students
complete their education, they can be appointed noncompetitively to career positions
in VA as physical therapists, physician assistants, health care administrators,
registered nurses, social workers, and other associated health professionals.

Please note that funding for FY 2010 for Fellowships, Traineeships, Internships,
Recruitment, and IPAs, award monies that were previously captured under this
section are now reported under “Third-party” category.”

Third-Party awards: During FY 2010, VA awarded $223,853 to non-profit diversity-
focused internship programs that identified TCU students for VA internships;
American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) was awarded $84,203
for seven interns compared to $0 in FY 2009, and the Washington Internships for
Native Students (WINS) was awarded $139,650. This is a 99.5% increase for
WINS, from $70,000 in FY 2009.

FY 2010 total awards to TCUs by categories totaled: $2,935,797
(table attached)

FY 2010 Agency Awards by Institution and Category (table attached)


3) Goal: Fund the education of eligible Veterans and their family members
attending TCUs.

Outcome: During FY 2010, VBA awarded $2,623,254 in educational assistance
payments to eligible beneficiaries enrolled at TCUs. This is a 36.9 percent
increase from $1,915,489 in FY 2009. (See combined data on Attachment C.)

4) Goal: Utilize Federal programs to increase opportunities for TCUs--Student
Employment Experience Program (SEEP); Employment Incentive Scholarship
Program (EISP); VA National Education for Employees Program (VANEEP); VA
Learning Opportunities Residency (VALOR); National Nursing Education
Incentive Program (NNEI); and Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP).

Outcomes:

e In FY 2010, VA awarded $3,114 to one TCU student attending Salish
Kootenai College, and $82,673 (indirect cost) for 12 students training at
Oglala Sioux Community College affiliated with the Ft. Meade VA Medical
Center.

Narrative of Total Awards

Student Tuition Assistance, Scholarships, Fellowships, and Other Aid:

1) For VBA, this category represents educational assistance payments to Veterans,
eligible dependents, reservists and service members enrolled in TCUs. During FY
2010, VBA awarded $2,623,254 in educational assistance payments to eligible
beneficiaries enrolled at TCUs. This is a 36.9 percent increase from $1,915,489 in
FY 2009.

2) VA continues to support the National Nursing Education Incentive (NNEI), VA
National Education for Employees Program (VANEEP), and the Education Debt
Reduction Program (EDRP). The total funding awarded to a TCU student during FY
2010 was $3,114. The amount of awards to TCUs during FY 2010 was a decrease
of $234,566 compared to FY 2009. This decrease in funding for students attending
TCUs was twofold. One decrease was attributed to a decrease in the number of
applicant referrals from local VA facilities. Second, in the past, funding to the
University of New Mexico (UNM) was reported as support to a TCU. In FY 2010, 42
students of UNM received funding; 32 funded under EDRP, 2 funded under
VANEEP, and 8 were funded under NNEI. Because the UNM is not recognized as a
TCU, $190,494 could not be reported as support to TCUs.

Direct Institutional Subsidies: Reporting fees provide aid to educational and

training institutions to cover administrative costs for processing reports and
certifications required by law. The total amount of reporting fees awarded varies

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B. SUMMARY OF FY 2010 AGENCY AWARDS BY CATEGORY TO TRIBAL
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

1. Agency/Organization: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
2. Name, Title, Phone, Fax, and E-mail address of agency representative preparing report:

Ms. Georgia Coffey, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Diversity and Inclusion
Phone: 202-461-4131 Fax: 202-501-2145 Email: Georgia.Coffey@va.gov

3. FY10 Total Funding for all Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs): $5,807,195,787

TOTAL TOTAL % OF

CATEGORY AWARDS TO | AWARDS TO | AWARDS
IHEs TCUs TO TCUs
1. Research & Development
2. Direct Institutional Subsidies 4,564,873 2,906 .06
3. Program Evaluation
4. Training & Technical 1,476,025,000 82,673 006
Assistance

5. Facilities & Equipment
6. Fellowships, Internships, 6,629,000 o** N/A
Recruitment, IPAs**
7. Student Tuition assistance, | 4,319,026,914| 2,626,368 .06

Scholarships, and Other Aid

8. Economic Development

9. Administrative Infrastructure

10. Third-Party Awards* 950,000 223,850* 23.56

11. Private Sector Involvement

12. Other Activities

Total 5,807,195,787 | 2,935,797 05

*Third-Party Awards data is not reported on Attachment C.

*Please note that funding for FY 2010 for Fellowships, Traineeships, Internships, Recruitment,
and IPAs, award monies that were previously captured under this section are now reported under
“Third-party” category.

John U. Septilveda
Assistant Secretary for
Human Resources and

Administration SL, flypebon 6 Sefh,

Agency Head (Typed) ‘Agency Head (Signature) Pate *



DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HUMAN RESOURCES AND ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON DC 20420

JUN 10 2011

Ms. Pamela G. DeRensis

Executive Director

White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges
and Universities

Department of Education

1990 K Street, NW, Room 7010

Washington, DC 20006

Dear Ms. DeRensis:

Enclosed is a copy of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Annual
Performance Report on Executive Agency Actions to Assist Tribal Colleges and
Universities (TCUs), Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. In FY 2010 VA awarded $2,935,797
to TCUs.

VA fully supports Executive Order 13270 and will continue to champion
education, training, internships, and employment opportunities in the Native
American and Alaska Native Communities.

Questions regarding this submission should be directed to
Ms. Tinisha Agramonte, Director, Outreach and Retention, Office of Diversity
and Inclusion, at (202) 461-4131.

Sincerely,

John U. Sepulveda

Enclosure


C. Summary of FY10 Agency Awards to Individual Tribal Colleges and Universities

Agency:
‘Student Grand
Fellowships, | Tuition
Direct Training & intemships, | Assistance, Private
Research & | Institutional | Program | Technical | Facilities & | Recruitment,| Scholarships | Economic | Administrative | Third Party | Sector
Tribal Cotleges and Universies St_| Development | Subsicies | Evaluation | Assistance | Equioment | IPAS [and Other Aid| Development | Infrastructure | Awards" | InvoWement |Other Activites| Total
[BAY MILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Mt 760] 510,491 51128)
BLACKFEET COMMUNITY COLLEGE MT D 106,726] 106,726}
|CANKDESKA CIKANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ND 24 10287] aL
[CHIEF DULL KNIFE COLLEGE MT 0) 6,703] S208
[COLLEGE OF MENOMINEE NATION wi | 123,641 BEES,
[COLLEGE OF MUSKOGEE NATION lox 9 Q 9
[CROWNPOINT INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NM 56] 35.875] $5.99
[COMANCHE NATION COLLEGE [OK 0D) g 9
[NAVAJO TECHNICAL COLLEGE. NM ) 9 9
DINE COLLEGE (AZ 210] 277,534] ara
FOND DU LAC TRIBAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE MN 385] 309,003] 308:
FORT BELKNAP COMMUNITY COLLEGE MT a 5221 5.824
FORT BERTHOLD COMMUNITY COLLEGE NO 35| 36,916] 2.884)
FORT PECK COMMUNITY COLLEGE MT 70] 16,833] 18,903
HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNIVERSITY KS 9) 305] 206
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS. NM 6 36,582] 38.855)
[LISAGVIK COLLEGE [ak 9) | uy
KEWEENAW BAY OJIBWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE MI 5 a a
LAG COURTE OREILLES OJIBWA COMM. COLLEGE |W. 0) oO} o
LEECH LAKE TRIBAL COLLEGE MN 79] 57,864] S134
LITTLE BIG HORN COLLEGE. MT DO) 33,763 33.6:
LITTLE PRIEST TRIBAL COLLEGE INE of |
NEBRASKA INDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE INE Q q
NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE Wa 210] 367,587] 387.787
JOGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE [so 417] 82,673] 264,466] 347,556}
[SAGINAW CHIPPEWA TRIBAL COLLEGE co q D a
[SALISH KOOTENAI COLLEGE Cid | ESI) atid
ISINTE GLESKA UNIVERSITY Iso 126] 87,534 81.887
[SISSETON WAHPETON COMMUNITY COLLEGE. [sD 7| 42,436] 42513)
SITTING BULL COLLEGE IND 9 D a
[SOUTHWEST INDIAN POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE INM 147 121,777| 124,924
[STONE CHILD COLLEGE MT 26] 15,660 48s
[TOHONO O'OOHAM COMMUNITY COLLEGE [x4 D 9
[TURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE. IND ql 3,354 3384
[UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE. IND 133] 108,445] 8274
WHITE EARTH COMMUNITY COLLEGE MN d d
|WIND RIVER TRIBAL COLLEGE wy Q Q E
|AMERICAN INDIAN HIGHER ED. CONSORTIUM VA D) 9 9
Category Totals q 2,906| of 82673) | o| _2,626,369| 0) q ) | of 2,717,087

Notes: * Third-Party Awards data ($223,850) to TCUs is not reported on Attachment C; data is found on Part B of the Report.

Name of Agency Liaison: Georgia Coffey

Title: DAS for Diversity and Inclusion

Phone: 202-461-4131

Fax: 202-501-2145 E-mail: _Georgia.Coffey@va.gov

Signature of Agency Head: Le Y, Z /, /s /, ;

U. Sepulveda, Assistant Secretary for Humah Resources and Administration

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WHITCU, 400 Maryland Ave SW, Washington, DC, 20202

Rev. 012006


Fiscal Year 2010

Annual Performance Report
on
Executive Agency Actions to
Assist Tribal Colleges and Universities
Presidential Executive Order 13270

Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20420


Department of Veterans Affairs
Fiscal Year 2010
Annual Performance Report

on
Executive Agency Actions
to Assist Tribal Colleges and Universities

A. Summary of Agency’s Performance:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is proud to implement Executive Order 13270
by increasing participation of Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) in VA-sponsored
programs and initiatives, specifically with regards to student training programs, Veteran
educational benefits, and recruiting TCU students for VA careers.

Goals and measurable objectives achieved during Fiscal Year 2010:

1)

2)

Goal: Leverage the non-profit diversity-focused internship programs to identify
and sponsor a diverse group of TCU undergraduate and graduate students for
entry-level intern positions.

Outcome: During FY 2010, VA awarded $223,853 to non-profit diversity-
focused internship programs that identified TCU students for VA internships,
American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) was awarded
$84,203 for 7 interns compared to $0 for FY 2009, and the Washington
Internships for Native Students (WINS) was awarded $139,650 for 14 interns.
This is a 99.5% increase for WINS, from $70,000 in FY 2009.

Goal: Sponsor recruitment exhibits at TCU-focused national meetings,
conventions, job fairs, and other recruitment forums to recruit TCU students and
promote VA as an Employer of Choice.

Outcome: VA participated in events sponsored by the following organizations:
The National Alaska Native Indian Nurses Association, Student National Medical
Association, National Medical Association, National Congress of American Indian
Convention, and Society of American Indian Government Employees (SAIGE).
These events targeted minority students and educational institutions. VA
representatives provided information about VA's mission, employment, benefits,
and student/intern opportunities.