2024-2025 AmeriCorps Alaska
Sub-Grantees

Alaska Public Defender Agency:

Amanda Hillberry

AmeriCorps Program Coordinator

529 5th Ave,
Fairbanks, AK 99701
907.782.5913,
amanda.hillberry@alaska.gov

The Alaska Public Defender Agency (APDA) proposes to have 14 AmeriCorps Members who will support clients of the APDA and partner agencies, who are living in poverty, with access to substance misuse treatment, mental health services, and other vital social services in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Palmer, Ketchikan, Kenai, Kodiak, Nome, Sitka, Dillingham, Kotzebue, and Utqiagvik. At the end of the program year, the AmeriCorps Members will be responsible for serving 700 unique clients and 250 of those clients will seek access to substance misuse treatment. In addition, the AmeriCorps Members will leverage 20 volunteers who will be engaged in various service projects across the state. This program will focus on the AmeriCorps focus area(s) of Healthy Futures. The AmeriCorps investment of $336,508 will be matched with $337,963 in public funding.

Rural Alaska Community Action Program (RurAL CAP):

Cuckoo Gupta

Youth and Community Programs Manager

Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc.
731 East 8th Avenue,
Anchorage, AK 99501
907.865.7396,
cgupta@ruralcap.org

The Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc., (RurAL CAP) will have 25 AmeriCorps members who will implement the evidence-informed, RurAL CAP Community Focused Framework (CFF) and engage 200 primarily Alaska Native youth using experiential based learning and cultural activities in up to 25 predominantly remote, rural communities across the State of Alaska. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for building positive mentor relationships and increasing protective factors in youth including positive concepts of self and enculturation, which are correlated to a reduction in substance use and improved academic engagement. In addition, the AmeriCorps members will leverage 50 volunteers who will be engaged in program delivery. The AmeriCorps investment will be matched with $323,076.94, $323,076.94 in public funding and $0 in private funding.

Sitka School District:

Sarah Joan Lawrie

Sitka AmeriCorps Program Coordinator

601 Halibut Point Road,
Sitka, AK 99835
907.966.1440,
lawries@sitkaschools.org

The Sitka AmeriCorps Program proposes to have 15 AmeriCorps members who will build developmental relationships with K-12 youth through various in and out-of-school activities using the healing centered engagement framework to lessen the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for increasing youth resilience (assessed by the rugged resiliency measure). In addition, the AmeriCorps members will leverage 50 volunteers who will be engaged in expanding capacity through Family Involvement intervention activities at host sites.

Student Conservation Association, Inc:

Jason Croft

Alaska Program Coordinator

725 Christensen Drive, Suite 6,
Anchorage, AK 99501
907.322.2052,
jcroft@thesca.org

The Student Conservation Association proposes to have 40 AmeriCorps members who will provide conservation stewardship to publicly accessible lands in Alaska. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for improving over 25 miles of publicly accessible resources within the state. In addition, the AmeriCorps members will leverage 15 volunteers who will engage in conservation stewardship service.

Alaska Children’s Trust:

Lily Tegner

AmeriCorps Program Specialist

6591 A. Street, Ste 110,
Anchorage, AK 99518
907.248.7379,
ltegner@alaskachildrenstrust.org

The Alaska Children's Trust - Alaska Afterschool Network proposes to have 47 AmeriCorps members who will hold high-quality academic and SEL activities in Out of School Time programs and be trained and certified with a Child and Youth Care certification in Alaska. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for improved academic engagement or social-emotional skills. In addition, the AmeriCorps members will leverage 0 volunteers who will be engaged in (n/a).