Project Grant H79SM091004
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded $109,120 to Tanana Chiefs Conference (Dena Nena Henash) on April 1, 2026, under the Special Programs for the Aging, Title VI, Part A, Grants to Indian Tribes program (CFDA 93.047). The award funds the delivery of supportive services, including nutrition services, to Alaska Native older adults comparable to services provided under Title III of the Older Americans Act. Performance runs from April 1, 2026,...
- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded Tanana Chiefs Conference $735,000 on September 30, 2026, under the Center for Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.532) to establish the Strength in the Circle Project, a five-year Garrett Lee Smith Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Initiative serving 15 rural Alaska Native communities in Interior Alaska. Strength in the Circle builds sustainable,...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services) awarded the Knik Tribe $996,966 on September 30, 2026, under the Center for Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.532) to plan and design a family-driven, youth-guided, community-based system of care for American Indian and Alaska Native children, youth, and young adults from birth through age 25 and...
- The Denali Commission awarded Tanana Chiefs Conference (Dena Nena Henash) $100,000 on October 1, 2025, under the Denali Commission Program (CFDA 90.100) to conduct a feasibility and cost analysis study of ferry service in Tanana, Alaska. Performance runs through December 31, 2026, with work performed in Tanana, Alaska. The Denali Commission funds critical utilities and infrastructure projects throughout Alaska, with awards evaluated on documented need and negotiated on a case-by-case basis....
- The Federal Highway Administration awarded Tanana Chiefs Conference $361,603.03 on December 15, 2025, under the Tribal Transportation Program (CFDA 20.289) for transportation funding in fiscal year 2026. The award provides funding for transportation infrastructure and services to Alaska Native Village communities under the FHWA's Tribal Transportation Program Agreement. Tanana Chiefs Conference, doing business as Dena Nena Henash, is a tribally owned Alaska Native non-profit corporation and...
- The Dena Nena Henash organization, doing business as Tanana Chiefs Conference, received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office. The grant was awarded under the Tribal Climate Resilience program (CFDA 15.156) on August 16, 2021 for a period ending August 15, 2023. The funding will support Tanana Chiefs Conference's "MAINSTREAMING CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE IN VILLAGE PLANNING/SERVICES PLANNING" project. As indicated in...
- The Denali Commission awarded a $147,216 cooperative agreement to Tanana Chiefs Conference from April 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 under the Denali Commission Program (CFDA 90.100). The funding supported Tanana Chiefs Conference's delivery of broadband plan and technical assistance services throughout Alaska. As the Denali Commission's mission involves providing critical utilities and infrastructure projects to distressed communities across Alaska, this award likely aimed to expand...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded Central Council Tlingit And Haida Indian Tribes Of Alaska $1,318,154 on September 30, 2026, under the 988 and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Programs (CFDA 93.00R) to expand community-based suicide prevention and crisis response services for Alaska Native and American Indian communities. The recipient will expand its Community & Behavioral Services Healing Center into Washington...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $450,000 to the Anchorage Coalition To End Homelessness on August 31, 2026, under the Social Services Research and Demonstration program (CFDA 93.647) to provide culturally responsive support services for Alaska Native households experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Anchorage. The project delivers individualized case management, housing navigation, warm referrals, wellness planning, peer and...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service awarded Kenaitze Indian Tribe a $200,000 cooperative agreement under the Indian Health Service Health Management Development Program (CFDA 93.228) on September 1, 2026, to enhance sustainable models of dementia care for tribal and Alaska Native elders and their caregivers in the central Kenai Peninsula. Kenaitze will deliver comprehensive, culturally relevant, evidence-based dementia care services through its existing...
The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded $997,063 to Tanana Chiefs Conference (doing business as Dena Nena Henash) on September 30, 2026, under the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances program (CFDA 93.104). Tanana Chiefs Conference will implement the Building Pathways Children's System of Care to expand coordinated behavioral health services for children, youth, and young adults ages 0–21 across three Interior Alaska sub-regions. The project will establish a governance board, create a single point of access, strengthen cross-system partnerships, and implement a digital safety plan. Village-based care coordinators will connect families to coordinated clinical and community services using family-driven, youth-guided, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed approaches. The initiative builds on prior system of care efforts and targets Alaska Native and other youth in the region, with the goal of creating a sustainable system that improves access, coordination, and integration of behavioral health services and strengthens outcomes for children, families, and communities across Interior Alaska. The period of performance runs through September 29, 2030, with place of performance in Fairbanks, Alaska. Tanana Chiefs Conference is a tribally owned Alaska Native non-profit corporation and consortium of 37 federally recognized tribes serving approximately 16,000 Alaska Natives across 235,000 square miles of Interior Alaska.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $997.1k | 7/31/26 |