Administration for Children and Families, Administration for Native Americans, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Letter of Intent (Optional): May 6, 2021
Application: Jun 30, 2021

For programmatic or technical questions:
Carmelia Strickland
877.922.9262
anacomments@acf.hhs.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
Tim Chappelle
202.401.4855
tim.chappelle@acf.hhs.gov

Social and Economic Development Strategies for Alaska (SEDS-AK) provides support for village-specific projects to improve and strengthen the administrative and management capacity of Alaska Native village governments, which are central to social and economic self-sufficiency in Alaska.

Program areas of interest include:

• Governance
  • Administrative and program management capacity building
  • Comprehensive strategies to assess and address the needs of children, youth, and community members
  • Emergency preparedness and response
  • Governmental administration
  • Organizational development
  • Technology infrastructure
• Economic Development
  • Agriculture
  • Asset building
  • Career pathways
  • Commercial trade
  • Economic competitiveness
  • Economic infrastructure
  • Energy-related activities
  • Entrepreneurship and micro-business
  • Master plans for community and economic development
  • Native Community Development Financial Institutions
  • Place-based economic development
  • Subsistence
  • Tourism
  • Workforce development
• Social Development
  • Arts and culture
  • Community health
  • Community living
  • Early childhood education and development
  • Human trafficking
  • Missing and murdered Native Americans
  • Nutrition and fitness
  • Responsible fatherhood
  • Strengthening families
  • Substance abuse, smoking, and vaping
  • Suicide prevention
  • Youth development

Eligible applicants include:

• Federally recognized tribes in Alaska
• Alaska Native villages
• Nonprofit village consortia
• Nonprofit native organizations in Alaska with village-specific projects
• Incorporated nonprofit, multi-purpose, community-based Indian organizations
• Urban Indian centers
• Native Community Development Financial Institutions (Native CDFIs)
• Incorporated nonprofit Alaska Native multipurpose, community-based organizations
• Nonprofit Alaska Native regional corporations and/or associations in Alaska with village-specific projects
• Nonprofit Alaska Native community entities or tribal governing bodies

Alaska

Award ceiling: $200,000 per year
Award floor: $50,000 per year
Average projected award amount: $125,000 per year
Project period: Project periods can be 12, 24, or 36 months
Expected number of awards: 6
Estimated total program funding: $1,000,000

Grantees are required to match at least 20% of the total approved cost with cash and/or in-kind resources.

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.

While not required, applicants that submit a letter of intent may be contacted by the appropriate regional training and technical assistance center to receive free pre-application support services. Email the letter of intent to anacomments@acf.hhs.gov by May 6, 2021.

Regional training and technical assistance center websites

Abuse and violence · American Indian or Alaska Native · Behavioral health · Child welfare · Children and youth · Community and economic development · Criminal justice system · Culture and cultural competency · Emergency preparedness and response · Families · Food security and nutrition · Governance of healthcare organizations · Healthcare business and finance · Infrastructure · Mental health · Needs assessment methods and resources · Planning and strategy methods and resources · Self-sufficiency · Substance use and misuse · Suicide and suicide prevention · Technology for health and human services · Tobacco use · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Alaska