Our Voices, 1,000 Ways to Fight Abuse in Indian Communities Campaign

This funding is being provided through a partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) through a joint agreement. The purpose of this funding is to combat all types of abuse including: drug, alcohol, domestic, elder, physical, mental, and, also, suicide amongst Native Americans through the development of volunteer programs in Native American communities.

Using established VISTA and Corporation for National and Community Service networks serving Native American communities, grants of $1,000 will be awarded to interested communities.

Purpose

Outreach Topics and Issues:

• Elder Abuse: Financial, Mental or Physical
• Drug Abuse: Methamphetamines and/or other drug use prevention
• Domestic Violence Prevention
• Alcohol Abuse Prevention
• HIV/ AIDS Prevention
• Suicide Prevention
• Child/Youth Abuse Prevention

Using established VISTA networks serving Native American communities, grantees will be awarded grants of $1,000 each to develop community outreach programs. A total of 100 grants of $1,000 each will be awarded.

Grant Information

Download 100 Communities Grant Information

Application Information:

How do I apply for a 100 Communities Grant?

Apply Online
To apply online just click the below below link, "Apply For a 100 Communities Grant", and fill out the quick questionnaire by typing in your answers, and press submit at the bottom of the online form.

We will immediately receive your application upon submission of the form.

Apply For a 100 Communities Grant

Apply by Mail
To apply via mail, please download the application form by clicking "Download Application Form". Once your download of the application form is finished, print and complete the application in full and mail to:

The National Society for American Indian Elderly
200 E. Fillmore Street #151
Phoenix, AZ 85004
602-424-0542
www.nsaie.org  
info@nsaie.org

Resources:

Below are organizations that could be of help with your 100 Communities project. They offer good tools for planning and implementing projects as well as resources and could become a partner supporting your project.

One Sky Center - www.oneskycenter.org
The American Indian/Alaska Native National Resource Center for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

The One Sky Centers mission is to improve prevention and treatment of mental health and substance abuse problems and services for Native people. One Sky identifies culturally appropriate, effective evidence-based mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment practices and disseminates them so that they can be applied successfully across diverse tribal communities.

Their website contains a searchable Native Programs Directory. The One Sky Center offers many of the tools needed to get a tribal community project off the ground and is a starting place for researching and planning purposes for your project.

The Corporation for National and Community Service Resources for Tribal Communities
http://www.cns.gov/for_organizations/indian_communities/resources.asp

National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) - www.ncai.org
Current issues the NCAI is working to address are; Enhancement of Indian health care, prevention of juvenile substance abuse, HIV-AIDS prevention and other major diseases, environmental protection and natural resources management, protection of Indian cultural resources and religious freedom rights, promotion of the rights of Indian economic opportunity both on and off reservations, including securing programs to provide incentives for economic development and the attraction of private capital to Indian Country, decent, safe and affordable housing and currently is sponsoring a national Meth initiative aimed at Native Youth.

Indian Health Service (IHS) -www.ihs.gov
It has a Native Health History and Research Databases accessible online, you can create a Family Health Portrait and view Links to other databases and directories, as well as phone numbers and addresses of IHS clinics across the country.

First Nations Development Institute -www.firstnations.org
Site is dedicated to the economic development of tribes and tribal members. Information includes links to publications, research and toolkits.

Mending the Sacred Hoop, Technical Assistance Project-www.msh-ta.org
Comprehensive site with resources, toolkit and technical assistance for Domestic Violence issues, with a focus on American Indian Woman.

American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)- www.aarp.org
National association for people over 50, has State by State Elder Abuse Resource list.

National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (NCPEA) - www.preventelderabuse.org
Established in 1988 to define elder abuse and provide leadership and tools to prevent it. It is one of six partners that make up the National Center on Elder Abuse, which is funded by Congress to serve as the Nations clearinghouse on information and materials on abuse and neglect.

Other Tribal Technical Assistance Providers:

Clan Star, Inc. - http://www.clanstar.org
To restore the safety of Native women by addressing domestic battering, sexual abuse, torture, and stalking, providing assistance to their counterparts across the nation, offering help with legal issues, organizational planning, video production for public service announcements, interagency communication and collaboration, leadership training, mentorship and internet access.

Sacred Circle - http://www.sacred-circle.com
Sacred Circle National Resource Center to End Violence Against Native Women strives to increase Native Nations' capacity to provide resources and advocacy to women and their children victimized by battering and sexual violence through technical assistance, model programming, training and information that is culturally relevant. Sacred Circle is dedicated to actions that promote the sovereignty and safety of women.

Southwest Center for Law and Policy - http://www.swclap.org
SWCLAP works across jurisdictions to develop comprehensive, interdisciplinary responses to violence in Indian country. Their staff of skilled trial attorneys has decades of experience working with Tribal, state, and federal court systems.

Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) - http://www.tribal-institute.org
TLPI facilitates the sharing of resources so that Indian Nations and tribal justice systems have access to cost effective resources which can be adapted to meet the individual needs of their communities. They strive to establish programs which link tribal justice systems with other academic, legal, and judicial resources such as law schools, Indian law clinics, tribal colleges, Native American Studies programs, Indian legal organizations and consultants, tribal legal departments, other tribal courts, and other judicial/legal institutions.