Now that federal emergency funding for child care has expired, daycares face difficult choices about how to operate with less.
"American Rescue Plan"
University of Alaska Anchorage receives federal funds to expand state health care workforce
The grant will fund the construction of new laboratories and classrooms, which will allow the university to graduate an additional 100 healthcare workers annually.
Unalakleet endures water shortage after nasty freeze-up
Unalakleet has struggled with its water system in the past, with almost annually recurring shortages, contamination issues or freezing pipes at the water tank.
COVID money boosted Alaska federal funds by a third, study finds
Nationally, the report from Pew Charitable Trusts says COVID spending amounting to 25% of all federal grants to states in 2020, second only to Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor.
Pandemic relief will help build new homes in overcrowded Bering Straits communities
Bering Straits Regional Housing Authority received additional funds from COVID-related grants and can afford to build more homes in 2022.
Alaska Native Corporations, the last to get CARES Act funds, are having trouble spending it. They have until year’s end
Without an extension, the corporations have just three more weeks to find an authorized way to spend the money, and in some cases they’re running into a spending logjam.
COVID bills sent $1.7 billion to Alaska tribes, but distribution favored the smallest
Every tribe, even if it has just a few members and an administrator, was eligible for at least $2.64 million in American Rescue Plan funds.
Tlingit and Haida holds its 86th Tribal Assembly
Tribal citizens and delegates gathered for the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska’s 86thannual Tribal Assembly. The event is used to update tribal delegates and citizens on the past year, pass resolutions and hold elections.
Skagway will use most of its $2M Norwegian Cruise Line donation for small business relief
The most any single business could receive would be $40,000.
Up to $3,600 available to Tlingit and Haida members, Goldbelt shareholders
Tlingit and Haida’s program is funded by the American Rescue Plan Act. Goldbelt’s funding comes from last year’s CARES Act.