Student Services Inc

THE YFWO INDIAN YOUTH SERVICE CORE INTERNSHIP - 2023 WILL SUPPORT 2 AMERICAN INDIAN STUDENTS INTERNSHIP THAT WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF EARNING 640 HOURS TOWARDS A NON-COMPETITIVE 2 YEAR WINDOW AWARD. INTERNS BASE OUT OF THE YREKA FWO. DUTIES WILL INCLUDE OFFICE AND IN THE FIELD FUNCTIONS.

RST INTERNSHIP PROJECT

THE INTER-TRIBAL STUDENT SERVICES (ISS), A TRIBAL ORGANIZATION AND ITS FEDERAL PARTNERS (THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, U.S. FOREST SERVICE, AND U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY) WILL PROVIDE MINI-GRANTS SERVING NATIVE YOUTH COMMUNITY ADAPTATION LEADERSHIP CONGRESS PARTICIPANTS. TYPICALLY, MINI-GRANTS UP TO $2,000 ARE FOR (1.) STUDENTS PROJECTS IMPROVING THEIR COMMUNITIES ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCY REGARDING RELATED NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND STEWARDSHIP CAPACITY BUILDING DIRECTLY WITHIN THEIR HOME COMMUNITIES IN RESPONSE TO DEALING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES. (2.) PROGRAMMATIC INVOLVEMENTS THAT ADDRESS NATIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM), OUTSIDE OF THEIR DIRECT COMMUNITIES. IN ADDITION, (3.) FOR SCHOLARSHIPS TO FORMER CONGRESS STUDENT PARTICIPANTS ENTERING A STEM MAJOR IN EITHER COLLEGE OR TECHNICAL SCHOOL WHICH LINKS HAS COMPONENTS TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION RELATED ISSUES. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS GRANT PROGRAM AND THE PRIMARY GOAL OF CREATING A RESILIENCY PROJECT, RESILIENCE IS THE CAPACITY FOR A NATIVE COMMUNITY TO ABSORB STRESSES AND MAINTAIN FUNCTION IN THE FACE OF EXTERNAL STRESSES IMPOSED UPON IT BY ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES. AS WELL AS, TO ADAPT AND EVOLVE THEIR COMMUNITY INTO MORE DESIRABLE STATES THAT IMPROVE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY, LEAVING IT BETTER PREPARED FOR FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES. MOST NATIVE COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S. ARE HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON FISH, WILDLIFE AND WILD PLANT POPULATIONS AND OR AGRICULTURE AS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THEIR TRADITIONAL LIFE WAYS AND SUBSISTENCE. THUS, COLLECTIVELY THIS HIGHLY DIVERSE INDIGENOUS AMERICAN GROUP IS AMONG THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY TO THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF CHANGING LANDSCAPES. FOR MANY OF THESE NATIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION MESSAGE IS WITHIN THEIR TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY VALUES AND CULTURAL PRACTICES. LIFTING UP SUCH VALUES AND OR REKINDLING SUCH VALUES DIRECTLY WITHIN OUR STUDENTS COMMUNITIES IS THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE OVERARCHING PROJECT.THESE GRANTS WILL PRIMARILY SERVE TO SUPPORT CONGRESS STUDENTS PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECTS RELATED TO CLIMATE RESILIENCY DIRECTLY WITHIN THEIR HOME COMMUNITIES. THIS MAY INCLUDE PROGRAMMATIC INVOLVEMENT IN DEVELOPING THE STUDENT S ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, WHILE ENCOURAGING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) CAREER PATHWAYS THAT RELATE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES STEWARDSHIP AND CONSERVATION DIRECTLY WITHIN THE STUDENTS HOME COMMUNITIES. PROJECTS ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE OF THE STUDENTS DIRECT COMMUNITY ARE IMPORTANT, BUT WILL BE OF A LESSOR PRIORITY PER THE MINI-GRANT PROPOSALS SCORING. A THIRD POSSIBILITY, ALSO IMPORTANT, BUT IS PRIORITIZED AND SCORED THE LEAST OF THE THREE PROPOSAL TYPES, IS TO UTILIZE MINI-GRANT FUNDS TOWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FORMER CONGRESS STUDENT PARTICIPANTS ENTERING INTO A STEM MAJOR PATHWAY IN EITHER COLLEGE OR TECHNICAL SCHOOL WHICH LINKS HAS COMPONENTS TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION RELATED ISSUES.

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE MOMENTUM CREATED BY THE NATIVE YOUTH COMMUNITY ADAPTATION LEADERSHIPCONGRESS (NYCALC) HOSTED BY THE NATIONAL CONSERVATION TRAINING CENTER, INTER-TRIBAL STUDENT SERVICES(ISS) AND ITS FEDERAL PARTNERS WILL PROVIDE MINI-GRANTS (UP TO 2,000) TO SUPPORT NYCALC PARTICIPANTS TODEVELOP PROJECTS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE RESILIENCE, ADAPTATION AND RELATED NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION IN THEIRHOME COMMUNITIES.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS GRANT PROGRAM, CLIMATE RESILIENCE IS DEFINED AS THE CAPACITY FOR A NATIVE COMMUNITYTO ABSORB STRESSES AND MAINTAIN FUNCTION IN THE FACE OF EXTERNAL STRESSES IMPOSED UPON IT BY CLIMATE CHANGEAND TO ADAPT AND EVOLVE INTO MORE DESIRABLE STATE THAT IMPROVES THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY, LEAVING ITBETTER PREPARED FOR FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS.THESE PROJECTS WILL SERVE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENT CLIMATE LEADERSHIP, PUBLIC SERVICE ANDCOMMUNICATION SKILLS. ENGAGING TRIBAL YOUTH IN ADDRESSING CURRENT AND FUTURE CLIMATE CHALLENGES WILL BUILDCAPACITY IN THE NEXT GENERATION OF TRIBAL LAND MANAGERS AND LEADERS. THESE GRANTS WILL SUPPORT A LIMITEDNUMBER OF NYCALC PARTICIPANTS PROJECTS THAT MEET OUR CRITERIA.

NCTC-NYCALC STUDENT PROJECT GRANTS

NCTC: INTER-TRIBAL YOUTH CLIMATE LEADERSHIP

NCTC: ITYCLC

ISS 2021