Food Stamp Hearing Requests
If you have had a delay in your Food Stamps application please send in the fair hearing request form below and you should receive a decision within 1-2 weeks. If you haven’t received a decision within two weeks after sending in your fair hearing request form, you may call Colleen Pawling with Alaska Legal Services at 907-442-7824. Colleen may also be …
Alaska Commodity Food Program (CSFP) Partnership
Application can be found here
Eben Hopson Inupiat Day
Maniilaq Association recognizes November 7th as Eben Hopson Inupiat Day. In 1956, Eben was elected to the Alaska Territorial Legislature and when Alaska became a state, he was elected to the first State Senate. He served in the Senate until 1965 as Chairman of the Labor and Management Committee. In 1965, Eben helped organize Alaska’s first regional land claims organization …
Maniilaq Community Meetings
Travel schedule for the week of May 2nd: WTK ORV KVL Community Meetings
Promoting Community Conversations Around Research to End Suicide
PC CARES is an innovative approach to suicide prevention that is built on the knowledge of community members. It came about through collaboration between Maniilaq Wellness, University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Kawerak Wellness. The model focuses on local solutions for local problems. The program has held pilot sessions in Kotzebue, Noatak, Kiana, Noorvik, Pt. Hope and …
Sigluaq
By Kay Branch The importance of traditional foods to Alaska Native and American Indian Elders cannot be overestimated. Imagine if in your last years you were prohibited from eating the foods that sustained you and your family for countless lifetimes; that in the place where you live there are no familiar smells of moose or sheefish boiling in the kitchen. …
Summit Award 2015
Maniilaq Association has recently been awarded the prestigious Summit Award for quality. This award is presented to sites that meet all GPRA Quality Measures. GPRA (Government Performance and Results Act) requires Federal agencies to demonstrate that they are using their funds effectively toward meeting their missions. The law requires agencies to have both a 5-year Strategic Plan in place and …