Chickaloon Native Village

Chickaloon Native Village, doing business as Chickaloon Village Traditional Council (CVTC), is a federally recognized Ahtna Dene tribal government located in Sutton-Alpine, Alaska, within the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The tribe serves a service area encompassing approximately 5,957 square miles and a population of 26,340 individuals across multiple Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas including Palmer, Butte, Sutton, Chickaloon, and Glacier View. Through federal grant awards, Chickaloon Native Village provides a comprehensive range of services and infrastructure improvements to its tribal citizens and surrounding communities, with a particular focus on transportation infrastructure, environmental protection, public safety, cultural preservation, substance abuse treatment, and victim services. The tribe operates eight distinct departments under CVTC leadership, including Justice, Health and Social Services, Environmental Stewardship, Language and Cultural, and other divisions that collectively address critical community needs through federally funded initiatives.

The scope of goods and services delivered by Chickaloon Native Village through federal grant awards is extensive and multifaceted. In transportation infrastructure, the tribe has received multiple grants from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Tribal Transportation Program (CFDA 20.289 and 20.205), totaling approximately $3.8 million across fiscal years 2024-2026, to support road construction, maintenance, and infrastructure improvements. The tribe also operates the Chickaloon Area Transit Service, funded through Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509), receiving approximately $274,746 to provide operating assistance, vehicle maintenance, and services enabling access to medical, social, educational, employment, recreational, and cultural activities. In environmental protection, Chickaloon Native Village has received grants from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) totaling over $650,000 across multiple programs, including the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (CFDA 66.926) for environmental capacity building, the Environmental Information Exchange Network (CFDA 66.608) for data management system development, the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046) for climate action planning, and State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) for brownfield assessment and remediation. In public safety and justice, the tribe has received substantial funding from the Department of Justice totaling approximately $5.2 million, including grants from the Bureau of Justice Assistance for tribal police officer hiring and training (CFDA 16.596), community policing capacity building (CFDA 16.710), tribal youth program development (CFDA 16.731), juvenile healing to wellness court implementation (CFDA 16.585), special tribal criminal jurisdiction strengthening (CFDA 16.025), and tribal justice systems support (CFDA 16.596). Additional Department of Justice funding from the Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.062) supports electronic service protection order pilot programs ($1.5 million), while the Office for Victims of Crime provides funding under the Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program (CFDA 16.841) for victim services totaling approximately $526,000. The tribe's substance abuse treatment initiatives are supported through SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment funding (CFDA 21.110) for the Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) program, with Bureau of Justice Assistance Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program funding (CFDA 16.838) providing approximately $984,969 for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery services. Cultural preservation efforts have been funded through the Institute of Museum and Library Services Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) for Katherine Wade community biography projects ($250,000), the National Endowment for the Humanities Promotion of the Humanities program (CFDA 45.149) for digital collections and cultural knowledge sharing ($339,994), the Administration for Native Americans (CFDA 93.612) for Ahtna language preservation and cultural department development, and the National Park Service Historic Preservation Fund (CFDA 15.904) for historic site surveys and nominations. Fisheries and natural resources management has been supported through U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grants, including Tribal Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.639) for salmon research ($200,000), the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) for Moose Creek watershed restoration ($3 million cooperative agreement), and NOAA Habitat Conservation Grants (CFDA 11.463) for fish passage training and implementation ($6.16 million cooperative agreement). The tribe has also received support from the Bureau of Indian Affairs for economic development and language preservation (CFDA 15.032) and from the Department of Health and Human Services for aging services under the Older Americans Act programs (CFDA 93.047, 93.044, 93.053, 93.048). Additional federal support includes funding from the Department of the Treasury Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (CFDA 21.027) for broadband infrastructure projects and the Denali Commission for victim services. Sub-award funding has been received through partnerships with the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries & Museums for archaeology and cultural documentation projects and the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development for digital collections development. The tribe's federal grant portfolio demonstrates significant capacity in grant administration and program delivery across diverse substantive areas spanning infrastructure, public safety, environmental protection, cultural preservation, and community health services.