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              2023 AmeriCorps State and National Tribal Grants Award
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                AmeriCorps awarded **11 grants** totaling more than **$3 million** in funding to tribal governments and other tribal entities.

**Alaska Pacific University**
	Funds awarded: $432,000
	Alaska Pacific University proposes a to have 15 AmeriCorps members who will deliver health-impacting legal assistance to low-income patients in healthcare facilities in Alaska, Michigan, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Utah. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for creating positive improvements in the social determinants of health for 375 American Indians and Alaskan Natives.
	**Blue Lake Rancheria**
	Funds awarded: $121,262
	The Blue Lake Rancheria Tribal Education Agency (BLR TEA) has a mission to create programs with a goal of reclaiming a school system by celebrating the vibrant and active culture of the People through equitable representation in school district staff. Assisting Native American students to become teachers in public schools is a large part of reaching this goal. BLR TEA proposes to create a Grow Your Own Teacher program to meet the needs of school districts serving a high proportion of Native American students by recruiting, training, and employing native persons as paraeducators and then eventually, credentialed teachers.
	**Chinle Chapter**
	Funds awarded: $326,341
	The Chinle Chapter Government proposes to have 24 AmeriCorps members who will address the chapter's manpower requests for minor home improvement, weatherization, and construction, as well as provide information on the effects of obesity and diabetes in the Chinle community and the Nazlini, Tselani/Cottonwood, Many Farms, and Tsaile/Wheatfields areas. At the end of the first program cycle, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for completing a number of manpower requests for the local community and immediate surrounding areas and creating positive change in obesity and diabetes education. The AmeriCorps members will leverage an additional 40 volunteers in the course of the service year and partner with local providers and entities to achieve the intended results.
	**Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation**
	Funds awarded: $400,000
	The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation proposes to have two AmeriCorps members who will manage and administer the services of a new round of SalmonCorps member volunteers within the Yakama Nation Fisheries Resources Management Program (FRMP) in the Yakama Nation Reservation and Yakama Nation Ceded Lands. The AmeriCorps members will learn environmental stewardship and first food enhancement, improve STEM skills and racial diversity in our scientific community, and provide COVID-19 pandemic support for our community. The AmeriCorps members will leverage 20 volunteers who will restore anadromous waters and fish habitats, maintain hatchery production, and monitor and evaluate fish populations. Volunteers will also assist programs that offer community support for our most vulnerable and those impacted from COVID-19 by assisting in our firewood, ceremonial fish distribution, and food box distribution programs.
	**Families Working Together Inc.**
	Funds awarded: $487,407
	The Families Working Together, Inc., organization will have 46 half-time AmeriCorps members who will 1) tutor their own and neighborhood children in reading, using Tucker Signing Strategies; and 2) communicate to community members the benefits of strong reading skills in Wanblee, S.D. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for at least 31% of first-grade students at Crazy Horse School and 50 additional community students of all ages reading proficiently at grade level. The AmeriCorps members will leverage 10 additional community members who will communicate with Wanblee residents about the benefits of strong reading skills.
	**Hoopa Valley Tribe**
	Funds awarded: $336,739
	The Hoopa Valley Tribe proposes to have 12 AmeriCorps Members who will support aging in place to 105 older adults on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation, Calif. At the end of the first program year, AmeriCorps members will be responsible for increasing the number of older adults who report having increased social support and/or improved capacity for independent living and prevention of drug use. In addition, the AmeriCorps members will leverage 100 volunteers who will support these projects for older adults and participate in National Days of Service.
	**Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians**
	Funds awarded: $212,557
	The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians will have 12 AmeriCorps members who will serve as classroom assistants in teaching high-quality school curricula to 325 preschool and elementary children in five sites on the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota: Head Start in Red Lake; Head Start in Ponemah; Waasibiik Immersion School in Red Lake; St. Mary's Preschool in Red Lake; St. Mary's Elementary in Red Lake; and Endazhi-nitaawiging Charter School in Red Lake. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for a 15% increase in school readiness of 188 preschool students and test scores in 137 elementary-age students. The AmeriCorps members will leverage an additional six volunteers who will assist members to raise funds for education supplies that will be used at the school sites.
	**San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians**
	Funds awarded: $180,000
	The San Pasqual Band of Diegueño Mission Indians proposes to have 10 AmeriCorps members who will provide San Pasqual Tribal students in grades K-12 with educational support through mentoring services during and after-school in the San Pasqual Reservation and Valley Center-Pauma Unified School District, in Valley Center, Calif. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for assisting San Pasqual students in grades K-12 improve their academic achievement, behavior, discipline, and attendance rates. The AmeriCorps members will leverage an additional 10-15 volunteers who will engage in community activities.
	**Sitting Bull College**
	Funds awarded: $101,767
	Sitting Bull College proposes to have nine AmeriCorps members who will provide GED preparation, academic coaching, and testing services at the Sitting Bull College Campus and two satellite locations on/near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North and South Dakota. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for 20 GED graduates.
	**The Cherokee Nation**
	Funds awarded: $372,227
	The Cherokee Nation (CN) proposes to have 20 AmeriCorps members deliver service to underserved young children attending CN's Head Start/Early Head Start classrooms within the tribe's reservation in Oklahoma. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for positive improvements in the social determinant of education for 320 young children, ages 2-5, living in communities experiencing persistent unemployment or underemployment.
	**Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo**
	Funds awarded: $70,897
	The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (YDSP) proposes to have 10 half-time AmeriCorps members who will provide services related to nation building, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, financial literacy, cultural and historic education, and economic development in Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and El Paso County. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for 20% knowledge gain. The AmeriCorps members will leverage an additional 10 volunteers who will assist the various programs. Back to main content Sign up to hear about our latest news, events, and opportunities.
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