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$6,000,000 $5,000,000 $4,000,000 $3,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000
0
TOTAL GRANT AMOUNT BY CATEGORY
42
Direct Service Grants (Mini Grants/Dental not included)
49
Capacity Building Grants
8
Capital - Equipment Grants
12
Capital - Construction Grants
26
Outreach/ Sponsorship Grants
14
Data/Planning Grants
22
Workforce Development/ Training Grants
1266
Mini Grants & Dental Grants
age or income level and improves access to long-term services and supports, such as transportation or in-home care, available in their communities.
ADRC specialists counsel callers and
visitors on long-term supports that fit their circumstances. Using federal, state and Trust funds, Alaska supports five ADRCs (Bristol Bay/Dillingham/Kodiak, Anchorage, Mat- Su, Kenai Peninsula/Valdez/Cordova, and Southeast), and a sixth ADRC in Fairbanks opened its doors in the summer of 2018. ADRCs in Alaska served over 1,800 Trust beneficiaries in FY 2018.
Mini Grant Recipient: Mat-Su
10
A Trust beneficiary from the Mat-Su Valley works part-time in a bakery. He loves his
job because it gives him joy to be part of the community while interacting with customers and his co-workers. His transportation source to and from his job at the bakery recently ended and he was left without a
safe and reliable way to get to work. The developmental disabilities mini grant provided funding for transportation vouchers so that the young man could safely get to and from work.