Increasing Capacity to Support Solutions

In Alaska, melting ice and severe erosion due to climate change mean that indigenous people face risky travel, livelihood disruptions and forced relocations. They often do not have the necessary resources to effectively adapt to these serious changes. Our $243,429 grant to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium supports the Center for Environmentally Threatened Communities in its work to empower critically at-risk Alaska Native communities. The grant funds ANTHC to hire “community catalysts” who will help communities find technical assistance and government funding. ANTHC also will develop and implement a new communications strategy.