| The University of Alaska, Fairbanks—Bristol Bay Campus intends to use its Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities (AN/NHIAC) grant to assist Alaska Native and community residents who have very-low- to low- and moderate-income levels through their “Healthier Sustainable Communities in Bristol Bay” project, designed to address needs in their geographically isolated rural villages. The main purpose for utilizing these funds will be to enhance the quality of in-region job training and employment assistance and to increase services to local employers, employees and future employees. Activities will concentrate primarily in three areas for economic development: education outreach for special populations, including unemployed adults and youth and those needing basic education and family literacy skills; job training/career exploration; and job creation through small business development. Educational outreach activities will include the development of a Dillingham Career Center that will provide services to local residents and families, including family literacy and an outreach component to school districts, adult basic education programs, military, and unemployed youth.
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