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Conferences
RFPs, Grants, and Funding
ANTHC Announcements
Press Releases
Alaska Native Organizations that Help Elders
Past News & Updates
Conferences
Healing from the Center First Annual Conference
May 30 - June 1, 2008
Anchorage, Alaska
More information here
25th Annual Rural Providers' Conference
June 2-6, 2008
Glennallen, Alaska
More information here
RFPs, Grants, and Funding
From the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc:
From the Indian Health Center (IHS):
- The 2008 Long Term Care Grants request for application has been published in the Federal Register. These are grants for $50,000 - 75,000 per year for two years to either plan or implement long term care services. Key Dates: May 2 for mandatory Letter of Intent and June 20 for application deadline.
A pdf of the Federal Register Announcement can be found at: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-6409.pdf
ANTHC (Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium) Announcements
- Look At Race, Ethnicity, and Health [Apr 04, 2008]
Alaska: The Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation, which is part of the Alaska Tribal Health Consortium, held an Inaugural Raven's Ball fundraiser last week to promote the group's work and to raise money to offset a shortfall in Indian Health Services funding, the Arctic Sounder reports. The foundation has singled out five focus areas: cancer care improvement, wellness and prevention, elder health care, healthy village environment and the Alaska Native Health Professions Scholarship Fund (Ben-Yosef, Arctic Sounder, 3/31). From: kaisernetwork.org.
Press Releases
Alaska Native Organizations that Help Elders
- Alaska Mental Health Trust
View the AMHT Ad (271 KB, pdf)
- Older Persons Action Group
16th Annual Intergenerational Arts Contest - "Elders and Youth Education One Another"
Deadline: April 25, 2008
Download contest image (129 KB, pdf)
Past News & Updates
CHSW Dean Easley is president-elect of major health association
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Cheryl Easley, dean of the UAA College of Health and Social Welfare, was recently elected president of the American Public Health Association (APHA), the oldest, largest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world. Easley's tenure as president of APHA will be a first for Alaska. The APHA, founded in 1872, works to protect Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure that community-based health services and disease prevention are universally accessible in the U.S. Dean Easley will replace current president Linda C. Degutis when her term is complete in a year. Easley has been dean and professor for the College of Health and Social Welfare since 2003. The College comprises the School of Nursing, the Justice Center, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Health Sciences, the School of Social Work, the Center for Human Development and other research and academic entities. CHSW offers a variety of certificate, undergraduate and graduate degree options.¬Ý Professional programs housed within CHSW share a common interest in issues that impact the development, health and well-being of Alaska's peoples and communities.
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Tribal Project Solutions Project Orientation Meeting - Phase 1
Held December 18, 2007
Dowload the meeting flyer (279 KB, pdf)
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Elder’s Advisory Committee meeting, October 2007 (pdf, 195 KB)
Elder’s Advisory Committee meeting, January 2007 (pdf, 30 KB)
