Project Grant A24AP00014

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 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 Central Council Tlingit And Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska received a $215,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086). The five-year project, running from September 2025 to September 2030, will implement a prevention and early intervention system for tribal families at risk of child abuse or neglect. Key services...

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 American Indian Child Resource Center (AICRC) 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 services from September 30, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The ICWA Title II Grants program aims to promote stability and security for American Indian tribes and families by protecting American Indian children and preventing...

This federal Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) provides $679,819 to support the development and evaluation of a strengths-based curriculum for tribal early childhood education settings. The "Gikinawaabi Child Wellbeing Curriculum" aims to help children learn Anishinaabe food stories, speak the Anishinaabemowin language, engage in...

The Cherokee Nation will implement a Collaboration Project between its Tribal TANF and Indian Child Welfare (ICW) programs under a $215,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.086 Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants). The project will hire a Special Projects Officer and Administrative Assistant to facilitate a collaboration team that will develop joint policies, procedures,...

The Pueblo of Zuni will use a $687,636.80 block grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families to provide child support services from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The funding will support the Pueblo of Zuni's Finance Department in operating their child support program, which works to establish paternity, obtain child, spousal and medical support from absent parents, and locate individuals who owe such support obligations....

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families is providing a $215,000 Cooperative Agreement award to the Tolowa Dee-Ni Nation under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086). The purpose of the 5-year project, from Sep 30, 2025 to Sep 29, 2030, is to implement system changes that strengthen coordination between the tribe's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and child welfare programs. Key...