Trust Awards $86,339 in Small Project Grants
The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority recently awarded $86,339 in grants for 11 projects around the state. The grants fund a wide range of projects and programs that assist people with mental illness, developmental disabilities, chronic alcoholism and other substance related disorders, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, and traumatic head injury that results in permanent brain injury.
Grantees include:
- Abused Women’s Aid in Crisis, Inc. (AWAIC), Anchorage -- $10,000 to create a custom database that will track data required for AWAIC’s various grantors.
- Anchorage Community Mental Health Services -- $10,000 to buy lawn maintenance equipment so that more summer employees can be hired, widening inclusion in the Anchorage community.
- Chugiak Senior Citizens, Inc., Chugiak -- $2,706 for a wheelchair-accessible scale.
- FOCUS, Inc., Eagle River -- $10,000 to buy equipment for photography and fiber arts, which will provide new avenues of artistic expression for adults who experience disabilities.
- Juneau Cooperative Christian Ministry, Juneau -- $10,000 to fund set-up costs for providing emergency shelter for homeless students of the Yakoose Alternative High School.
- Kenai Peninsula Housing Initiatives, Inc., Homer -- $5,000 to purchase furnishings for individual units and common areas for MainTree Supportive Housing.
- South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services Inc., Homer -- $5,000 to purchase furnishings for common areas and the staff office for MainTree Supportive Housing.
- South Peninsula Haven House, Homer -- $10,000 for training Trust beneficiaries and service providers in Morita and Naikan Therapy.
- SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium: Raven’s Way, Sitka -- $9,078 to fund a summer science camp for middle school students. Students will become grounded in science and math and understand how the Tlingit values of work, cooperation, and respect build self-esteem and community wholeness.
- Special Education Service Agency, Anchorage -- $4,555 to purchase Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) start-up materials for rural Alaska students with autism spectrum disorder and other related disabilities.
- Special Olympics Alaska, Inc., Anchorage -- $10,000 to help send four Alaska athletes to the 2013 World Special Olympics Winter Games in South Korea as part of Team USA.
The Trust annually budgets $250,000 for new and innovative small projects of $10,000 or less that are a direct benefit to Trust beneficiaries. Grant applications are accepted in February, June and October. The deadline for the next cycle of small project grants is June 1, 2012. Grant guidelines, eligibility requirements and an online application are available at http://www.mhtrust.org/index.cfm?section=trust-funding&page=Grant-Opportunities&viewpost=2&ContentId=673. For more information, contact Luke Lind, Trust Grants Administrator, at (907) 269-7999 or lucas.lind@alaska.gov.
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About the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority (The Trust):
The Trust (www.mhtrust.org) is a state corporation that administers the Alaska Mental Health Trust, a perpetual trust managed on behalf of people with mental illness, developmental disabilities, chronic alcoholism and other substance-related disorders, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, and traumatic brain injury. The Trust operates like a private foundation, using its resources to ensure that Alaska has a comprehensive integrated mental health program. Established in 1994 by the Alaska Legislature with one million acres of land and $200 million in cash, The Trust is managed by a seven-member Board of Trustees. Since its inception Trust cash assets have grown to approximately $480 million. Trustees annually budget approximately $26 million to support services and programs for Trust beneficiaries.
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Small Project Grants Awarded - March 2012
The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority recently awarded $86,339 in grants for 11 projects around the state.
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