Association of Village Council Presidents

Self-governance: through these funds, avcp operates ten (10) different programs which provide many services to our member tribes and individual tribal members; including indian child welfare services, general assistance, burial assistance, child care services, higher education scholarships, probate and other land title services which ensure that all real estate transactions comply with nhpa, nepa and nagpra, and natural resource protection and development. additionally, on behalf of our fully-compacted tribes, avcp provides pass-through funding, employee remuneration, and on-going training and support to develop the capacity of these tribes and promote their self-determination. avcp negotiates, develops and monitors compliance with applicable tribal, federal, and state laws, regulations, contracts, cooperative agreements, memoranda of understanding, and/or memoranda of agreements that impact tribal sovereignty. our tribes can compact for any or all of these programs each year.in 2015, the office of self governance funding furthered the following results:1. our indian child welfare department represented 398 children in the avcp region, monitoring each child's progress in the child welfare system, and advocating in court on behalf of the child's tribe. also in 2015, avcp increased prevention efforts to reduce the number of children entering the child welfare system in collaboration with the tanf department. this effort identifies families at risk and provides referrals and assistance in obtaining services.2. our tribal service department provided an intensive grant writing seminar for tribal administrators from around the avcp region, as well as quickbooks training for bookkeepers.3. 42 tribes compacted for higher education services through our education, employment and training (ee&t) department. altogether 159 students received higher education funding assistance.4. 40 tribes compacted for job placement and training services through the ee&t department and altogether 39 clients received job placement and funding assistance.5. 107 families in the avcp region and 238 children received childcare services through our ee&t department.6. through our hip program, avcp constructed a public safety building for the village public safety officer program as well as 5 residential homes in the avcp region.7. the natural resources department continued to work with our tribes on the kuskokwim and yukon rivers to develop the capacity of the inter-tribal fish commissions. president obama recognized this effort when he visited alaska in august of 2015, pledging to provide $350,000 in additional osg funding to support our continued work towards tribal co-management of the resources in our region.8. the natural resources department carried out two hazardous fuel reduction projects, clearing brush and trees around the perimeters of two village communities to prevent loss in the event of a wildfire.9. our realty and cultural and environmental resources departments co-hosted land jurisdictional workshops for our tribes.10. the tribal justice department continued the work of assisting tribes in creating and updating tribal code.11. our tribal services department provided 1,297 tribal id's in our bethel office and traveled throughout the region to provide an additional 1,135 tribal id's in the avcp village communities.12. direct social service assistance to or for the benefit of individuals was provided through osg social service funding and through osg (or gaming-dedicated) funeral assistance (grants out totaling $691,799 and $239,880, respectively).

General assistance: the association of village council presidents provides assistance to needy families in the yukon-kuskokwim delta region with the objective of achieving the following goals:a) to assist needy families so that children can be cared for in their own homes;b) to reduce the dependency of needy parents by promoting job preparation, work and marriage;c) to prevent out of wedlock pregnancies