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Earth Day 2022's theme is Invest In Our Planet. Visit the Earth Day 2022 website to view events, activities, and ideas of what individuals and organizations can do to make a difference not only locally but globally.
In addition, the United States Environmental Protection Agency released a historical overview of Earth Day. For more information visit EPA History: Earth Day | US EPA.
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SEDS and SEDS AK Applicants
Funding Opportunity Update
Please note the application packages for SEDS and SEDS-AK have been updated and the deadline to submit has been extended to April 19, 2022.
The affected forms in our application package are the SF-424 and the Project/Performance Site Location. Nothing else in the NOFO was modified or changed. This update was necessary due to the transition of the DUNS number to the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) that the Grants.gov and GrantSolutions systems will be using to verify the identify of the applicant organization.
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ACF is soliciting interest and availability for participation in a panel review process for the “Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program: Development and Implementation Grants.”
The Tribal MIECHV Development and Implementation Grants funds will support 63-month grants (cooperative agreements) between ACF and federally-recognized Indian tribes (or a consortium of Indian tribes), tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations to support the following: conduct community needs and readiness assessments; develop the infrastructure needed for planning and implementation of evidence-based maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting programs; provide high-quality, evidence-based home visiting services to pregnant women and families with young children aged birth to kindergarten entry; implement performance measurement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities; and engage in activities to strengthen early childhood systems of support for families with young children. This funding is intended for tribal entities that do not have prior experience with implementing evidence-based home visiting models, performance measurement systems, and CQI activities.
For this grant review, ACF is seeking subject matter experts (SME) who are knowledgeable and experienced in tribal issues, early childhood development, home visiting, maternal and child health, and human services programs. Selected peer reviewers will independently read, score, and provide timely, comprehensive written evaluative comments, and will be available to discuss all assigned eligible grant applications with their fellow panelist and chairperson. This remote grant review competition is scheduled to be conducted May 3-13, 2022. To be considered as a peer reviewer, please upload your résumé and enter your contact information HERE.
Requested information must be provided by Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 12:00 pm (Eastern Time). If you have any questions about the peer review process, please contact the grant review team by email at: OCCReview@grantreview.org. |
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Tribal Consultation on E.O. 14053
HHS wishes to consult with Tribal governments to solicit their comments and recommendations on policy directives that HHS should include in the comprehensive plan. A virtual Tribal Consultation session will be held on April 20, 2022 from 3:00-6:00 PM ET.
The Department will develop questions for Tribal leaders’ consideration, which will be distributed via e-mail to all registered participants two weeks prior to the Tribal Consultation session. You may submit written comments by e-mail to consultation@hhs.gov by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 20, 2022.
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Webinar on Suicide Prevention
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders will host a public 3-part webinar series on Suicide Prevention in Indigenous Communities.
Webinar 1 on April 22, 2022 from 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET, will focus on strength and protective factors found in Indigenous populations to combat suicide.
Sessions will:
- Examine the differences between and among groups and tribes geographically, culturally, and linguistically
- Emphasize the importance of strength-based work and tribal sovereignty
- Discuss resilience processes that include protective factors including Indigenous determinants, healing ceremonies, and risk factors including and considering social determinants of health
- Highlight cultural knowledge, practice, ceremony, and how this acts in parallel to behavioral health intervention and suicide prevention, and contributes to strength factors
- Provide an opportunity for attendees to join other experts during a 20-minute breakout session
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Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: Issues and Solutions
This presentation will cover ways that Indigenous peoples in the U.S. context have described the nature of climate change based on their own knowledge systems and described the risks and threats their communities are faced with. Numerous Indigenous leaders and knowledge keepers have sought to reorient the meaning of climate change to get more specifically at the causes of risk and threat, including the activities of private sector business and public sector organizations. Learn how Indigenous peoples are active in solutions to climate change, through empowering their sovereignty, engendering cultural awakening, and taking legal action.
Presentation by:
Dr. Kyle Whyte
George Willis Pack Professor
School for Environment and Sustainability
Environmental Justice Specialization
Affiliate Professor of Native American Studies and Philosophy
University of Michigan
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Using the Personal Balance Tool for Youth Self-Assessment and Goal Development
April 21, 2022 | 2-3 p.m. EST
The Personal Balance Tool is a youth-developed and published self-assessment tool that is used to develop youth-driven holistic wellness goals. The tool includes 20 items rated on a 5 point Likert scale that are mapped onto mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual wellness constructs. In the original paper version, each item of the tool links to a section of a medicine wheel that allows youth to color with four (4) different colored crayons. This supports youth in learning about holistic balance and gives them the ability to visually see the amount of color in each area of wellness so they may consider holistic wellness goals for themselves. In this session the Personal Balance Tool authors will provide a demonstration of how the tool is implemented electronically in a Virtual platform. The session will include how the Personal Balance tool is being used by Urban Indian Health Organizations.
Presenters:
- Jami Bartgis (Cherokee Nation), President and CEO, One Fire Associates, LLC
- Rachel Ramirez (Wukchumni-Yokut), Director of Youth Services, Fresno American Indian Health Project
Objectives:
- Learn how to support a ‘mini-teach’ to administer the Personal Balance Tool with youth virtually.
- Identify tools and resources for supporting youth in setting their own SMART goals.
Understand the various settings and contexts in which the Personal Balance Tool can be used.
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Office of Science and Technology Policy Council
on Environment Quality
Dear Tribal Leaders,
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) invite you to a Tribal consultation to discuss the development of Guidance for Federal Agencies on Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK). The consultations will take place at the following times:
• Tribal Consultation 2: Friday, April 29, 2022. 3:00 – 5:00 pm EDT Register in advance for the meeting here: https://pitc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_NOcHbTPzTZSgmhHr9eUcFA
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DOI Requesting Nominations for First-Ever STAC
Names of each nominated STAC member and alternate must be submitted to the Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs (OIEA) in an official letter from the Tribe by Monday, May 9, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. ET to the following e-mail: oiea@ios.doi.gov
Questions? Contact Heidi Todacheene, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, at Heidi_Todacheene@ios.doi.gov; please include “DOI STAC” in the subject line.
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HRSA Tribal Advisory Council Meeting
HRSA is pleased to announce the Spring 2022 HRSA Tribal Advisory Council (TAC) Meeting. The meeting, held by webinar, is hosted by the HRSA Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs on April 26-27, 2022, and is open to the public from 12:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. ET (9:00 a.m. – 2:45 p.m. PT). Members of the public are invited to attend and observe but active participation is limited to TAC delegates. The public meeting will be preceded by Tribal Caucus from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET (8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. PT) and is open only to elected tribal officials by invitation.
Please register in advance through the Spring 2022 HRSA TAC Meeting registration link. Written testimony on public health and health care issues that affect Indian Country will be accepted through April 21, 2022 and should be sent to Captain Carmen Clelland, PharmD, MPA, MPH, MS, Senior Advisor, Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, 13N26D, Rockville, Maryland 20857; or cclelland@hrsa.gov.
Information about the HRSA TAC and the agenda for this meeting can be found on the HRSA Tribal webpage. During the meeting, HRSA TAC Delegates and HRSA Leadership will discuss issues related to securing sustainable funding to Indian Country, ensuring a tribal voice in HRSA policy and programs, and current HRSA priorities. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
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Hybrid Institutes: Pilot test in Summer 2022
The Center's Training program was awarded a Digital Education & Learning Technology Acceleration (DELTA) grant through the Johns Hopkins Office of the Provost that will help with the development and piloting of hybrid course components. Hybrid courses provide new opportunities for students and guest faculty who otherwise would not be able to attend due to work or family obligations. These hybrid course components will be designed to foster collaboration and networking and build in land-based learning for students regardless of whether they join remotely or attend courses in Baltimore.
Two hybrid courses will launch during the Summer Institute in 2022: “Introduction to Quantitative and Qualitative Research for American Indian Health” from June 27–July 1 and “Introduction to Data Management Using American Indian Health Data” from July 25-29. Scholarships are available for both courses, and the Center is currently accepting applications until Monday, May 2, 2022.
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United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. sessions
Attend on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 11:00 am Pacific/12:00 pm Mountain/1:00 pm Central/2:00 pm Eastern for a session below. Each session will be one hour in length that will provide an opportunity for participants to:
- Increase understanding of Native youth expressions of innate brilliance,
- Learn ways to identify, acknowledge, and nurture Native youth brilliance,
- Broaden understanding of Native youth perspective from Native youth voices,
- Learn three ways to recognize and support Native youth brilliance.
Register in advance for each session! You MUST register for each individual session to get the unique link for each session - see the session list from now through November 2022 below!
- April 26 - Understanding Native help-declining and help-seeking
- May 24 - Native trauma layers and post-traumatic growth
- June 28 - Assessment and diagnosis through Indigenous lens
- July 26 - Substance use and hungry ghosts
- August 23 - Role of Indigenous healing practices in Native life re-balance
- September 27 - Inspiring Native life transformation plans
- October 25 - Reframing Native mental health
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November 22 - (final session in 2022 series) Open discussion forum: Reclaiming Native Psychological Brilliance
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Applying for an ANA grant for FY 2022?
ANA offers in depth and targeted pre-application training and technical assistance resources for grant applicants based in each of its four geographical regions (Eastern, Western, Alaska and Pacific). Applicants can visit this page here to find application resources. Check out the upcoming pre-application training events hosted by ANA’s training and technical assistance centers in your region below for March!
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Reclaiming Native Psychological Brilliance
United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. would like to invite you and your staff to attend the Reclaiming Native Psychological Brilliance, a Tribal Behavioral Health ECHO, session titled Impact of western word view on Indigenous behavioral health on April 26, 2022. Native Psychological Brilliance refers to the intelligence, strengths, balance, innate resources, and resilience of Native people. This no-cost telehealth series will be held throughout 2022 on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 11:00 am Pacific/12:00 pm Mountain/1:00 pm Central/2:00 pm Eastern. Each session will be one hour in length that will provide an opportunity for participants to:
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Increase understanding of Native youth expressions of innate brilliance,
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Learn ways to identify, acknowledge, and nurture Native youth brilliance,
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Broaden understanding of Native youth perspective from Native youth voices,
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Learn three ways to recognize and support Native youth brilliance.
In addition, the concept of Native psychological brilliance will be highlighted through Native music videos and Native spoken word performances as part of each session of the Reclaiming Native Psychological Brilliance series.
Who should attend? Tribal Nation health directors, clinic staff, counselors, social workers, physicians, nurses, Tribal Epidemiology Center staff, and anyone supporting Tribal Nation citizens through the health/behavioral health sector are welcome to join.
The 2022 schedule of topics and the link to the recording from the January session are listed below. To register and add a session to your calendar please click here. |
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National Reentry Resource Center
The National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC) is the nation's primary source of information and guidance in reentry. It is funded and administered by the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
Working with Second Chance Act (SCA) grantees and SCA technical assistance providers as well as top researchers and practitioners, the NRRC develops resources and tools that assist jurisdictions in implementing evidence-based, data-driven strategies to reduce recidivism.
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IHB Suicide Prevention Project partners with IHS
The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board’s suicide prevention project, THRIVE (see: npaihb.org/thrive), has partnered with the Indian Health Services, tribes, and tribal organizations across Indian Country to write up a description of what the 988 direct 3-digit mental health emergency resource is and how it can affect Tribal Nations and Communities. This resource will be updated and re-circulated as the 988 line and partners answering the calls evolve. You can also access the document here:
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There will be a Historical Trauma and Addiction Webinar hosted by the Indian Health Service on May 3, 2022 11:00:00 AM CDT.
During this webinar, a discussion of the impacts of historical trauma and presentations of substance use disorders. Policies and events contributing to historical trauma include the boarding school experience and local policies around dry reservations.
In this webinar, we will also share elements important in treatment including the recognition of resilience and the importance of providing hope and reinforcing strength.
Objectives
1. Identify historical and cultural events that can contribute to risk for substance use disorder.
2. Assess how historically traumatic events and responses can influence emotional responses to substance use and recovery.
3. Assist patients in identifying coping and recovery strategies for substance use disorders that draw upon spiritual and cultural strengths.
Content Level: Beginner
Target Audience
Physicians, Physicians Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Educators, Health & Educational Administrators, Counselors, Psychologists, Dentists, Social Workers, Allied Health Professionals, Psychiatrists.
Continuing Education Credit
To receive a certificate of continuing education, you must electronically sign-in for the session, participate in the entire live internet activity and complete the online evaluation. You will be able to print your certificate after completing the evaluation. The evaluation for this session will close two weeks from the date of the webinar.
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Higher Education Enrollment Down
Significantly fewer Native students have headed to higher education in the past 12 years.
That’s part of a broader national trend — National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data show a steady decline in the overall number of American students entering higher education since 2012 — but the drop has been much more drastic. The National Center for Education Statistics estimates that the number of Native students in American colleges and universities fell from 196,000 in 2010 to below 130,000 in 2019, the most recent year where data were available.
At tribal colleges, some have seen enrollment hold steady or increase, while others have seen steep drops, Carrie Billy, a Navajo Nation member and the president & CEO of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, told Native News Online.
The ones whose enrollment has fallen are in some ways constrained by circumstances, according to Billy. “Because their education is so place-based, these places generally only recruit from the local area,” she said.
Billy and other experts feel colleges and universities must be active in their efforts to keep Native students engaged and to bring new ones to campus in the years to come.
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Barriers to tribal economic development hinge on sovereignty-related issues
When it comes to economic development in Indian Country, sovereignty matters.
That was the conclusion U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., arrived at following a roundtable discussion with tribal leaders and economic development executives hosted by the U.S. House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth last week.
Core barriers to building Indian Country economies — land bureaucracy, a lack of access to credit, jurisdictional complexity — all stem from a failure by the federal government to recognize the sovereignty of tribal nations, Moore said.
“All of our witnesses have made the same testimony, that this is a nation-to-nation relationship,” Moore said.
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OVC Release FY 2022 Project Beacon Solicitation
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) has released the FY 2022 Project Beacon solicitation, which aims to increase the quantity and quality of services available to assist American Indian and Alaska Native victims of human trafficking in urban areas. The solicitation includes two purpose areas:
Purpose Area 1: Direct Services
Eligible Applicants: Limited to nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations (including tribal nonprofit organizations) whose primary mission is specifically to provide services that meet the health, safety, and general welfare needs of American Indian and Alaska Native individuals who reside in urban areas.
Number of Awards: up to 8
Award Amount: up to $475,000
Award Period: 36-months
Purpose Area 2: Training & Technical Assistance
Eligible Applicants: Limited to states, federally recognized Indian tribal governments, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, units of local government, nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), national organizations, and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education).
Number of Awards: 1
Award Amount: Up to $550,000
Award Period: 36-months
Applications are due at www.grants.gov by 8:59pm, EDT, on June 6, 2022.
Please direct all questions pertaining to the solicitation to OVC’s National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll free at 800–851–3420; via TTY at 301–240–6310 (hearing impaired only); email to grants@ncjrs.gov.
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United Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Awards
See below for a list of all currently open OJP funding opportunities, with links to the full text of the solicitation where you can locate information on how to apply.
We encourage you to check out the Applicant Resources section of the site for information and training on writing and submitting an application.
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HHS Announces Availability of $13 Million to Increase Behavioral Health Care Access in Rural Communities
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced the availability of $13 million in funding to increase access to behavioral health care services and address health inequities in rural America, including through evidence-based, trauma-informed treatment for substance use disorder.
Applicants can begin the RCORP-Behavioral Health Care Support application process on Grants.gov and must apply by Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 11:59 PM, ET. Visit the Notice of Funding Opportunity for more information.
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Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Grant Program |
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is now soliciting applications for the Fiscal Year 2022 Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Grant Program: Development and Implementation Grants. This funding is intended for tribal entities that do not have prior experience with implementing evidence-based home visiting models, performance measurement systems, and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities. Funds will support more than five years (63-month) cooperative agreements between ACF and federally recognized Indian tribes (or a consortium of Indian tribes), tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations to support developing the infrastructure needed for planning and implementing evidence-based maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting programs.
The anticipated project start date is July 1, 2022. This notice of funding opportunity is intended to reach communities that are underserved by evidence-based home visiting programs designed for American Indian and Alaska Native populations.
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EDA is Allocating $100 million in American Rescue Plan Funding for Indigenous Communities |
Through the Indigenous Communities program, EDA is allocating $100 million in American Rescue Plan funding specifically for Indigenous communities, which were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.
This program is designed to support the needs of Tribal Governments and Indigenous communities. EDA will support these important partners to develop and execute economic development projects that they need to recover from the pandemic and build economies for the future.
A wide range of technical, planning, workforce development, entrepreneurship, and public works and infrastructure projects are eligible for funding under this program.
Indigenous communities are also eligible and encouraged to apply under all of EDA’s other programs.
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Check out ANA's ARP Grant Recipient
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Chief Harry Wallace skims through books containing the Algonquian Language of the Unkechaug Nation, which is working on a Revitalization Language Project currently implemented by the Poospatuck Cultural Foundation, Inc. (Photo: ANA video) |
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Checkout ANA’s ARP Grant Recipient Profile Video of Unkechaug Nation Chief Harry Wallace, who oversees the Algonquian Language Revitalization Project currently implemented by the Poospatuck Cultural Foundation, Inc.
In this video, Unkechaug Nation Chief Harry Wallace discusses the importance of preserving and teaching his tribes’ native language. Leveraging this ARP native language preservation funding, the Poospatuck Cultural Foundation is spearheading native language education programming on behalf of the Unkechaug Nation, a New York state-recognized tribe.
Watch the video here! Learn more about ANA's ARP grant recipients on our website!
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Check out ANA's ARP Grant Recipient
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In September 2021, the Administration for Native Americans awarded approximately $20 million in grant funding to 210 recipients of the Native Language Preservation and Maintenance Emergency grant though the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP). This ARP funding supports federally and state recognized Tribes and Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community organizations as they seek to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages.
Visit the ANA website for other ARP featured grant recipients. |
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Missing & Murdered Indigenous
Persons Memorial Shawl
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The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) offers blessings and words of healing to honor Missing and Murdered Native American victims and raise awareness for this crisis with a remembrance shawl.
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For those who want to submit a name to be added to the Administration for Native Americans’ MMNA Shawl, please email:
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Stay up to date with ANA and learn about available funding and webinar opportunities and don't forget to check your junk/spam mail when receiving the first newsletter.
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Administration for Native Americans - ANA
An Office of the Administration for Children & Families
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
330 C Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
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