The agreement provides funding to friendship house association of american indians

Specifically, the recipient will fund a fulltime project manager to plan, partner, and collaborate to implement the proposed indigenous community garden. The garden, located in golden gate park within SAN francisco, is a native-led partnership between the friendship house association, the association of ramaytush ohlone, the cultural conservancy, and SAN francisco recreation and parks department. The community garden space centers itself around traditional indigenous ecological knowledge, the cornerstone of regenerative agriculture. Project work will include planning and preparation work including collaboration with the SAN francisco recreation and parks department to ensure city compliance, development and implementation of the garden plans within the allotted parcel using partner and community feedback alike, garden establishment, and development of ongoing education and outreach programming. Once operational, the indigenous community garden will provide SAN francisco's native community with training and education on how to manage native landscapes, a ceremonial space within the city, and increase knowledge about preparation, and consumption of healthy first foods. Throughout the project period friendship house association will work to further broaden community connections and create new partnerships through their work on the indigenous community garden. Final evaluations and reviews within the project period will allow friendship house association and their partners the ability to ensure long-term garden sustainability and create a roadmap for long-lasting partnerships and collaborative efforts. Activities:the activities in this project include establishing and maintaining new collaborative tribal, government, other partnerships, planning and preparation of the project scope, initial development including all relevant permitting activities, overall garden establishment, and ongoing garden operations and optimization. In year 1 community stakeholders and partners will be identified and engaged to help design the overall project and provide input throughout the life of the project. The appropriate permits will be identified and applied for and, as a partner, the city of SAN francisco will also oversee the ceqa process and hold community meetings related to the project. Basic site preparation will be done during the first year as well, overseen by the project manager funded via this cooperative agreement. In year 2, the garden will be established. Plant species, traditional foods, and herbal plants for cultivation will be selected in partnership with the association of ramaytush ohlone and cultural conservancy. In addition, design and implementation for a land based healing program and an education and outreach program for friendship house residents and members of the public will occur, in collaboration with project partners. In year 3, overall project implementation will occur. The final year will be used to track and record the farms progress and growth, allow for implementation of the healing and educational programs, and a final assessment of project sustainability will be made in addition to a plan for sustaining future operations past the length of this cooperative agreement. Over the course of the entire project period the project manager will strive to create new and long-lasting collaborative partnerships through monthly stakeholder meetings, creating an internal framework for evaluating and sustaining long-term partnerships, and developing a recognition program to acknowledge significant contributions from partners.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include formal stakeholder partnerships with the listed project partners, documentation of stakeholder input gained through webinars, listening sessions, and community meetings held throughout the pro