The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the American Indian Child Resource Center, a non-profit organization serving the American Indian community in the greater Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area. The grant is funded through the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Title II Grants program (CFDA 15.144), which aims to promote stability and security for American Indian tribes and families by protecting children and preventing family separation. The...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office awarded a $318,182 Project Grant to Ileihno Bopachemihn Inc. of Sacramento, California on September 30, 2021 with a completion date of September 30, 2024. The grant falls under the Indian Child Welfare Act Title II Grants program (CFDA 15.144), which aims to promote stability and security for American Indian tribes and families by protecting American Indian children and preventing separation of families. Under this award,...
The Alaska Native Justice Center, Inc. was awarded a $318,182 project grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office. The grant was awarded under the Indian Child Welfare Act Title II Grants program (CFDA 15.144) to support a Tribal ICWA Conference in Alaska from September 30, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The Indian Child Welfare Act Title II Grants program aims to promote stability and security for American Indian tribes and families by protecting American...
The Project Grant award of $200,000 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Title II Grants program supports the Minneapolis American Indian Center (MAIC) in delivering tribal liaison services. Through this funding, MAIC will provide assistance to approximately 75 families per year who have children involved in the child welfare system and are members or eligible for membership in out-of-state tribes. The tribal liaisons will...
The Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness NPC received a $318,181 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office. The grant was awarded under the Indian Child Welfare Act Title II Grants program (CFDA 15.144) to support off-reservation services for Indigenous children in Maine through September 2024. The Indian Child Welfare Act Title II Grants program aims to promote stability and security for American Indian tribes and families by protecting...
This federal Project Grant award of $271,218 from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Title II Grants program (CFDA 15.144) supports the Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Tucson, Arizona to operate a range of child and family service programs. The funding will enable the Tribe to provide services such as foster care and adoption support, counseling and treatment for families, family assistance programs, and legal representation in child custody...
The Denver Indian Family Resource Center (DIFRC) received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Title II Grants program. The grant period runs from November 15, 2023 to November 14, 2025. DIFRC, a non-profit organization serving the Denver metro area, will use the funding to provide comprehensive ICWA services to preserve American Indian and Alaska Native families. Key activities include family...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office awarded a $250,000 cooperative agreement to the Alaska Native Women's Resource Center to compile data on the needs of Alaska victims of interpersonal violence. The two-year award runs from August 12, 2022 through August 15, 2024. Under the Tribal Courts program (CFDA 15.029), which provides funds for federally recognized Indian tribal governments to operate a judicial branch, the Center will collect and analyze information to...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $695,454 Cooperative Agreement to the Southern Indian Health Council (SIHC), a tribal non-profit organization, under the Family Violence Prevention and Services/Discretionary (CFDA 93.592) federal grant program. The funding will support a 2-year project from Sep 30, 2024 to Sep 29, 2026 to provide comprehensive services addressing domestic violence, family violence, and dating violence in the...
The Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska will receive $450,000 from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Children's Justice Act Partnerships for Indian Communities program (CFDA 16.583) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. With this funding, the Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska will support 1.5 tribal child safety representatives to provide investigations, forensic interviewing, and...