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Chugachmiut is excited to offer a unique funding opportunity for teachers to support innovative, student-centered projects during the 2024-2025 academic year. We are inviting teachers to submit proposals using our online form for projects that provide unique experiences to Native students in grades K-12 who live in the Chugachmiut communities of Nanwalek, Port Graham, Seward, Tatitlek, Chenega, Valdez, and Cordova.
Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis until 5:00 PM on April 30, 2025. We encourage bold and creative submissions.
Project Information
This grant provides students with opportunities to learn in a wide range of environments. Teachers, schools, community leaders, and other education providers can submit proposals. Project proposals must request at least $5,000, with no ceiling on the reasonable amount that can be requested (a maximum of $5000 per Native student).
Applicants are encouraged to think creatively in bringing a wide range of educational experiences to Alaska Native children. Please see examples of proposed projects at the end of this form.
Funding will be awarded to proposals that meet the criteria of the grant.
Project Timeline
Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis through our online form until 5:00 PM, April 30, 2025. If funded, projects should be implemented within the 2024-2025 academic year, with all activities completed by no later than July 30, 2025. Applicants will be notified of funding decisions within two weeks of their proposal submission.
Submission Details
Please complete the Project Proposal Form HERE. If assistance is required, please contact either of the Key Contacts to receive technical assistance.
Responsibilities for funded projects
Teachers and/or schools receiving funding will be responsible for clearly outlining their project activities and demonstrating a reasonable budget plan in their proposals. Each proposal must indicate the number of Native students who will be impacted by this project. Project staff and volunteers will require a federal background check with Chugachmiut, and basic demographic data and Tribal enrollment will be required from the student participants.
Regular progress updates will also be required throughout the project timeline.
Proposal Timeline
| RFP Distributed | October 4, 2024 |
| Proposals due to Chugachmiut | Accepted on a rolling basis |
| Evaluation of Proposals | Evaluated on a rolling basis |
Evaluation Criteria
Chugachmiut will evaluate proposals on the following criteria:
| a) | Clear and reasonable budget plan | 35 |
| b) | Clear and reasonable project activities | 35 |
| c) | Level of community involvement (Elders, families, parents, etc.) | 15 |
| d) | Strategies to engage and involve students in the project | 15 |
Key Contacts
Following are key contacts for information you may seek in preparing your proposal:
| Paul McDonogh Department of Education Director paul@chugachmiut.org (907) 562-4155 | Haley Hakala Burnett Department of Education Manager haleyhakala@chugachmiut.org (907) 334-0172 |
Organization Information
Chugachmiut
1840 Bragaw Street, Suite 110
Anchorage, Alaska 99508
Contact:
Haley Hakala Burnett
haleyhakala@chugachmiut.org
(907) 334-0172
Project: Funding for Creative Learning Projects and Activities
Proposal Accepted on a Rolling Basis Until: 5:00 PM, April 30, 2025
Background of Chugachmiut
Chugachmiut is an Alaska Native Tribal consortium providing healthcare, social services, and education & training to the Chugach region. The Internal Revenue Service recognizes Chugachmiut as a charitable, tax-exempt organization pursuant to section 501(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. We serve the Prince William Sound and Kachemak Bay areas comprised of the following tribes: Qutekcak (Seward), Nanwalek, Port Graham, Tatitlek, Eyak (Cordova), Valdez, and Chenega. Chugachmiut was founded in 1974 with a defined mission to promote self-determination to the seven Native communities of the Chugach region, adopted in May 1994.
For more information, please visit our website at www.chugachmiut.org.
The Chugachmiut Tribal Education Department (CTED) is a new addition to the Chugachmiut community that is expanding with educational services activities through federal grant administration. The CTED incorporates the Chugachmiut Heritage Programs, which have a twenty-year history of documenting, recording, and teaching about the histories of our region’s Sugpiaq and Eyak communities. We partner with four school districts and provide educational services that improve whole learning.
For more information on the CTED, please visit www.chugachheritageak.org.
We are hosting our annual Christmas Card Design Contest with a chance to win one of three prizes! The grand prize winner will be featured on our 2024 Christmas card and will also receive a cash prize of $150. Additionally, there will be two – runners-up who will receive a cash prize of $25 and acknowledgment in Chugachmiut media outlets. Submissions must tie in the 50th anniversary theme: Self Determination at its best: 50 years of Service to the Chugach Region; Building The Next Generation.
Artwork must be submitted digitally and include an artwork release form. Submit artwork to media@chugachmiut.org by Friday, November 15, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. (AKST).
The contest is open to everyone of all ages. Once submitted, Chugachmiut assumes all rights to the artwork, including the right to sell, destroy, and/or reuse it.
Christmas Card Contest Rules
Download the artwork release form below.
Join us on Wednesdays at 11 am for our Recovery Group at the Qutekcak Native Tribe in Seward. Open to all adults, with confidentiality assured. Contact Giovanna Atkins, LMSW, at Giovanna@Chugachmiut.org or (907) 224-4914 with any questions.
Cama’i! Join us for our virtual Laugh & Learn on Wednesday, August 14, at 2 p.m. Jim Miller will present on Using Alaska Native Ancestral Ways for Healing from Trauma and Addiction. Don’t miss out—join us on Zoom for this inspiring session! Contact Barbara Siefert at BarbaraS@Chugachmiut.org ahead of time for the Zoom link. Quyanaa/AwA’ahdah!
Chugachmiut is seeking art submissions for a patch design to be worn on the Village Public Safety Officer (VPSO) uniform. We invite artists from our region to submit their color artwork, whether drawing or digital, for consideration. Selected art will be used to create a unique patch symbolic of the Sugpiaq heritage and Chugach region.
Submission Guidelines:
Selection Process:
We may work with the selected artist to make necessary edits that align with the purpose. If none of the submissions meet our needs, we may collaborate with a regional artist to design the patch identified through this process. For more information or if you have any questions, please contact Angela Gonzalez, Communications Manager, at (907) 562-4155, (800) 478-4155 (toll-free), or media@chugachmuit.org.
*Chugachmiut is an Alaska Native 501(c)3 non-profit agency incorporated in 1974 to serve the seven Native tribes in the Chugach Region, including the communities of Chenega, Eyak, Nanwalek, Port Graham, Qutekcak, Tatitlek, and Valdez.
We look forward to seeing your creative submissions!
Chugachmiut requests qualifications for an External Evaluator for an Education Innovation & Research Early Phase Grant to serve as an external evaluator to the Chugach Identity Project, a social-emotional learning intervention to regional high schools to improve learning factors related to identity, belonging, and place hood.
Budget: Up to $80K annually for five years or up to $400K
Deadline: Monday, July 15, 2024, at 5 PM AKST
KEY CONTACTS
Please email complete proposals to paul@chugachmiut.org and andrewg@chugachmiut.org. Do not hesitate to contact either Key Contact if assistance is required.
Download the External Evaluator RFQ below:
Chugachmiut requests quotes from qualified land surveyors to conduct a meets and bounds survey to generate an exhibit with a legal description for a vacant lot in Port Graham, Alaska. Chugachmiut will accept and review quotes from firms with demonstrated experience performing meets and bounds land surveys and give priority preference to responses that indicate prior experience working in rural Alaska and previous work with Alaska Native/American Indian tribes and tribal organizations.
The vacant lot, hereafter referred to as Lot A, is in Port Graham. It is rectangular and measures 161′ by 229′, or 36,021.82 sq. ft. total. The lot is undeveloped and not road accessible; access is made by brief hiking through two preceding lots. Lot A has been identified as the future site of a Chugachmiut Head Start facility.
Up to $3,000.00 is available for this contract to perform the meets and bounds survey and prepare an exhibit with a legal description for Lot A in Port Graham.
We invite you to submit a quote for consideration by 5 p.m. AKST Wednesday, July 10, 2024.
KEY CONTACTS
Please submit your quote via email to Andrew C. Garner or by mail to ATTN: Andrew C. Garner, Chugachmiut, 1840 Bragaw Street, Office 214, Anchorage, AK 99508-3463.
Download the Land Surveying Services RFQ below:
Cama’i! Join us for our virtual Laugh & Learn on Wednesday, July 3, at 2 p.m. Jim Miller, Traditional Counselor at Chugachmiut Division of Community and Family Services, will present “Into the Light: Recovery for Sexually Abused Men.”
Contact sandrak@chugachmiut.org for the Zoom link. Quyanaa/AwA’ahdah! #chugachmiutwellness
Chugachmiut has the following announcements for opportunities for our Education Innovation & Research Early Phase Grant FY24.
Chugachmiut requests considerations from qualified researchers or research firms (henceforth referred to as the “researcher”) to serve as Principal Investigators in a five-year grant application to the federal Department of Education for the FY24 Education Innovation and Research Grant (Assistance Listing Number: 84.411C Early Phase Grants). Chugachmiut is preparing an application for a five-year development of a transformative education partnership between the Chugachmiut Tribal Education Department and three remote/rural Alaska Native tribes and public high schools. (This partnership project will be henceforth referred to as the “Intervention”). Within the budget of $1 million over 5 years, we invite researchers to submit a proposal outlining the qualifications of serving as the Principal Investigator of this Intervention. Download the Request for Qualifications at: https://www.chugachmiut.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RFQ-FY24-EIR-Grant-Evaluator.pdf.
Chugachmiut requests proposals from qualified individuals or firms (henceforth referred to as the “consultant”) to partner in a five-year grant application to the federal Department of Education for the FY24 Education Innovation and Research Grant (Assistance Listing Number: 84.411C Early Phase Grants). Chugachmiut is preparing an application for a five-year grant project that will incorporate a place-based teaching model incorporating Indigenous artists into the school curricula of three remote/rural high schools (henceforth referred to as the “Intervention”). The Intervention is expected to improve the social-emotional learning factors related to identity, belonging, and placehood—ultimately impacting comprehensive school success. The consultant will oversee and direct the implementation and alignment of the grant project into the three partner schools. We invite consultants to submit a proposal for consideration by 5 PM AKT Thursday, July 12, 2024. The expected contract amount is $1 million over five years, but proposals may be considered above this amount if added costs are necessary. If proposing a larger budget, please contact Chugachmiut staff before submitting a proposal. Download the Request for Proposals here: https://www.chugachmiut.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RFP-FY24-EIR-Intervention-Consultant.pdf.
Submission: Please email complete proposals to paul@chugachmiut.org and andrewg@chugachmiut.org. If assistance is required, please contact either of the Key Contacts to receive technical assistance.
Deadline: All proposals must be received by 5 PM AKST on Thursday, July 12, 2024.
Key contacts:
| Paul McDonogh Department of Education Director paul@chugachmiut.org (907) 562-4155 | Andrew Garner Grants Administrator andrewg@chugachmiut.org (907) 334-0133 |
Heritage Preservation
Our vision is to revitalize the traditional Chugach Native culture and language. The goal is to make Sugpiaq/ Eyak history and heritage a part of the regular school curriculum with support and direction from our Elders’ traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).
Heritage Preservation
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