Does your School District or Village Council administer Native Youth Olympics (NYO) for students in Tatitlek, Chenega, Valdez, Cordova, Port Graham, Seward, or Nanwalek?

Through a new U.S. Department of Education grant, Gwangkumciit’stun Cutmen, Chugachmiut can sponsor student NYO participation during school years 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030.

What support may include:

• Student travel to NYO meets
• Coaching (hiring/compensation)
• Local event coordination and related costs

(Specific support will be determined in coordination with each community and the project’s allowable costs.)

Community responsibilities
NYO administrators continue to manage NYO in the community(ies) they support, including hiring coaches and facilitating student travel and logistics. Eligible costs may be supported by the Gwangkumciit’stun Cutmen project.

Interested?
Contact the Litnaurwik Department of Education at education@chugachmiut.org, (907) 562-4155, or (800) 478-4155 (toll-free).

Chugachmiut requests considerations from qualified researchers or research firms to serve as the Independent Evaluator (IE) in a five-year grant program funded under the FY25 Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Grant, Early Phase Projects (Assistance Listing Number: 84.411C Early Phase Grants). The grant program began in January 2025 and is expected to conclude by December 2029. To read Chugachmiut’s accepted grant proposal, please see https://www.ed.gov/media/document/chugachmiut-narr-109365.pdf.

The fidelity and impact evaluations are being conducted to inform and report on the implementation and iteration of the Identity Project intervention and will involve active collaboration with Chugachmiut Education Department staff and its contractors. Qualified evaluators will have experience in Indigenous and Western evaluation methodologies and will demonstrate a strong capability for carrying out a quasi-experimental design model of data collection, analysis, and reporting regarding school outcomes.

Deadline: All proposals must be received by 5 PM AKT on Friday, September 5, 2025.

Key contacts for information you may seek in preparing your proposal is: Paul McDonogh, Director of Tribal Education, (907) 562-4155, paul@chugachmiut.org

Download the RFQ for an Independent Evaluator below.