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ANA workshop draws 15 participants
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Posted on Dec 04 2005
Fifteen representatives from government and private agencies participated last week in a grant writing training sponsored by the Administration for Native Americans. The workshop, held from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, at the Hyatt Regency Saipan, would help CNMI organizations receive up to $500,000 in federal funding annually.
Specifically, the workshop aimed to assist local groups in applying for ANA grants for community-based projects that will promote social and economic self-sufficiency for Native Americans, which include American Indians, Alaska natives, native Hawaiians, and the native peoples of American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Marianas.
“We look forward to assisting eligible organizations from CNMI access more federal funding,” Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement vice president Lilia Kapuniai said.
A similar workshop is scheduled to be held Jan. 25-27, 2006 also at the Hyatt Regency Saipan.
According to Kapuniai, the CNMI is currently underrepresented in receiving grant awards from ANA. In 2005, for instance, ANA did not fund any project from the CNMI.
“This is the perfect opportunity to access funding up to an amount of $500,000 annually to support creative community-based projects. This is one of the hardest grant proposals to write, but through training and technical assistance we can help provide guidance,” Kapuniai told the Saipan Tribune.
In 2003, the CNMI government received a Social and Economic Development Strategies award amounting to $220,000 to increase the use of the Chamorro and Carolinian languages in the home.
Library Friends is an existing three-year grantee that has been awarded $250,000 for projects that would reverse the loss of culture by providing a variety to library services. (Agnes E. Donato)
