NATIONAL INDIAN COUNCIL ON AGING
8500 MENAUL BLVD NE SUITE B-470, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87112 nicoa.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE NATIONAL INDIAN COUNCIL ON AGING, INC WAS FOUNDED TO ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVED COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND ECONOMIC WELL BEING TO AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE ELDERS.

SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (SCSEP) - IS A COMMUNITY SERVICE AND WORK-BASED JOB TRAINING PROGRAM FOR OLDER AMERICANS. AUTHORIZED BY THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT, THE PROGRAM OFFERS PAID TRAINING THROUGH PART- TIME COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSIGNMENTS FOR UNEMPLOYED, LOW-INCOME ELDERS. WHILE IN TRAINING, PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED WAGES FOR PART-TIME COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT.

NATIONAL CONSORTIUM ON AGING RESOURCES FOR ELDERS' EQUITY -TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER (NCAREE-TAC) THE NATIONAL CONSORTIUM WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND IS COMPOSED OF FIVE NATIONAL AGING ORGANIZATIONS. CONSORTIUM PARTNERS INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVE ORGANIZATIONS FOR EACH OF THE FOUR MAJOR RACIAL OR ETHNIC MINORITIES AND LGBT OLDER POPULATIONS. THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE NATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC CENTER ON AGING (NAPA), NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HISPANIC ELDERLY ASOCIACION NACIONAL PRO PERSONAS MAYORES (AN PPM), NATIONAL CAUCUS & CENTER ON BLACK AGING, INC (NCBA), SERVICES & ADVOCACY FOR LGBT ELDERS (SAGE) AND THE NATIONAL INDIAN COUNCIL ON AGING (NICOA). THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE NATIONAL INDIAN COUNCIL ON AGING'S NCAREE-TAC IS TO SERVE AS AN INTERCONNECTED RESOURCE CENTER. THIS CENTER IS FOCUSED ON PROVIDING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO THE AGING NETWORK AS WELL AS AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA NATIVE, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN ELDERS 55 AND OVER. THE NCAREE- TAC WILL PROVIDE EXPERTISE IN THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND SHARING OF CULTURALLY COMPETENT INFORMATION ON FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION THAT CAN IMPROVE DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA NATIVE, AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN ELDERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THIS 400,000 MULTI-YEAR GRANT FROM THE WELLS FARGO FOUNDATION SHALL BE UTILIZED BY NATIONAL INDIAN COUNCIL ON AGING, INC. ("NICOA") FOR NATIVE CAPACITY BUILDING. NATIONAL INDIAN COUNCIL ON AGING, INC.'S MISSION ALIGNS WITH WELLS FARGO'S COMMITMENT TO HELP ADDRESS THE UNIQUE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE (AI/AN) POPULATION. THROUGH THIS GRANT PROGRAM, NICOA SHALL BUILD ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR IMPROVED COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND ECONOMIC WELLBEING FOR AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE ELDERS. THE FUNDS WILL BE USED BY NICOA TO ENSURE IT HAS THE CAPACITY TO GROW AND TO ENSURE ITS LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY. QUANTIFIABLE INDICATORS OF SUCCESS WILL INCLUDE: 1.) HOSTING A SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION WITH RELEVANT STAFF, BOARD MEMBERS, KEY STAKEHOLDERS, AND RECEIVING CONSULTATION ON FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR THE ORGANIZATION, 2.) HIRING STAFF DEDICATED TO WRITING PERTINENT GRANTS AND IMPROVING NICOA'S FUNDRAISING CAPACITIES, AND 3.) PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS ON SOCIAL SERVICES AND IMPORTANT POLICIES THAT IMPACT AI/AN ELDERS. BY UTILIZING THESE GRANT FUNDS, NICOA EXPECTS TO IMPACT INDIAN COUNTRY WITH IMPROVED KNOWLEDGE OF SERVICES AND SERVICE ELIGIBILITY AMONG ELDERS, IMPROVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TRIBAL LEADERSHIP AND TRIBAL ELDERS ABOUT RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR PROGRAM AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT, AND STRENGTHEN NICOA'S POSITION IN INDIAN COUNTRY AS THE PREMIER ADVOCATE FOR AI/AN ELDER ISSUES.

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