EDC Tribal Youth TTA Center

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EDC Tribal Youth T/TA Center

• Accessing Training and Technical Assistance

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YOUR EDC T/TA TEAM

• EDC T/TA Staff Technical Assistant Specialists
• Stephanie Autumn, Project Director
• Anne Wang, Associate Director
• Erin Tackney, Research Technology Assistant
• Susan Balbas TAS
• Marlin Farley TAS
• Jacob Flores TAS
• Alberta Iron Cloud Miller TAS
• Jane Nakken TAS
• Frances Wise - TAS

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TAS - Everybody Has One !

• Every 2007 TYP Grantee is assigned a Technical
  Assistant Specialist
• Stephanie Autumn Native Village of Napaskiak,
  Petersburg Indian Association, Klawock
  Cooperative Association, Mooretown Rancheria of
  Maidu Indians of California, Karuk Tribe of
  California, Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Tribe,
  Pueblo of Taos, Alabama- Quassarte Tribal Town
• Susan Balbas Klamath Tribes Port Gamble
  SKlallam Tribe

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• Marlin Farley Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa
  Chippewa Indians, Little Traverse Bay Bands of
  Odawa Indians, St. Croix Chippewa Indians of
  Wisconsin
• Jacob Flores Native Village of Kotzebue,
  Yavapai-Apache Nation, Skokomish Indian Tribe,
  Jamestown SKlallam Tribe
• Alberta Iron Cloud Miller Turtle Mountain Band
  of Chippewa, Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, Cheyenne
  River Sioux Tribe
• Jane Nakken Hoopa Valley Tribe, Yurok Tribe,
  Mechoopda Indian Tribe, Confederated Tribe of
  Warm Springs
• Frances Wise Miami Tribe of Oklahoma

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TAS Roles Responsibilities

• Work as part of a TA team to proactively reach
  out to TYP grantees by phone, email, fax or site
  visits (when approved by the Program Manager and
  OJJDP TYP Coordinator)
• Assess grantee assets and technical assistance
  needs. Every 2007 TYP grantee will complete a
  Needs Assessment with their TAS within the next
  30 days
• Connect TYP grantees with various services of
  EDCs Tribal Youth T/TA Center, including
  teleconferences, web- based training, peer to
  peer networking, and training opportunities
  related to the five TYP program categories

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Strengthening Your Capacity for Community Change

• We believe the best technical assistance is
  achieved through one to one relationships
• EDCs TAS have lived and worked in Indian County
  and bring a unique combination of content
  expertise and sensitivity to the ongoing concerns
  of tribal communities
• Our collective experience helps to anticipate
  your needs and resolve problems as they arise
• We believe in the human factor. Each and every
  staff member is passionately committing to
  improving the hope and life circumstances for
  tribal youth through T/TA with your program

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Your TAS Will Work With You to

• Conduct needs and strengths assessments
• Create engaged partnerships for community wide
  change
• Develop action plans
• Identify local evaluation, communication and
  programmatic resources
• Employ culturally-based best practices
• Implement OJJDP TYP five program categories
• Assess program outcomes
• Identify strategies for sustaining programs after
  TYP grant has ended

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Requesting Off Site T/TA

• Call
• Email
• Fax
• U.S. Mail
• YOUR TECHNICAL ASSISANT SPECIALIST

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Requesting Onsite T/TA

• Step 1 TYP grantees can download Tribal Youth
  Assistance Request Form
• from www.tribalyouthprogram.org. You
  can also find
• a hard copy in your NGO Training
  Binder
• Step 2 Fill out and submit through email, fax or
  mail - OJJDP
• T/TA Request Form to
• Stephanie Autumn
• 40163 RES Hwy 3
• Morton, MN. 56270
• PH [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E- mail sautumn_at_edc.org

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TYP On Site T/TA Request Process

• EDC Tribal Youth T/TA Center will log Tribal
  Youth Program Assistance Request Form and notify
  TYP grantee that request has been received
• EDC Tribal Youth T/TA Center will review request
  to ensure all necessary information has been
  included in the request
• TYP Assistance Request Form is then forwarded to
  assigned OJJDP Program Manager for approval
• OJJDP Program Manager reviews approves/disapproves
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• Program Manager forwards approved TYP Assistance
  Request Form to Laura Ansera, TYP Program
  Coordinator, OJJDP Office of Policy Development
  for final approval/disapproval

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• Once approved by Laura Ansera, TYP Assistance
  Request Form is emailed back to OJJDP Program
  Manager and to Stephanie Autumn, Project
  Director, EDC Tribal Youth T/TA Center
• S. Autumn contacts the TAS assigned to the
  grantee to review request
• TAS contacts TYP Grantee and develops a T/TA
  response plan
• TAS emails On Site T/TA Response Plan to OJJDP
  Program Manager for final approval
• Once On Site Response Plan is approved by OJJDP
  Program Manager, TAS implements plan with TYP
  Grantee

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What if ??

• What if TYP grantee has a T/TA request that
• is outside of the TAS expertise?
• The TAS Team of EDC Tribal Youth T/TA Center will
  be contacted to respond to TYP Grantee T/TA
  request
• If there is not expertise among TAS team, S.
  Autumn will identify a consultant from EDCs
  Tribal Youth T/TA Center Consultant Resource List
  with appropriate expertise to work with the TYP
  grantee T/TA request

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• QUESTIONS ??

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It Begins Ends With Each ofUs

• If there is radiance in the spirit, it will
  abound in the family.
• If there is radiance in the family, it will
  abound in the community.
• If there is radiance in the community, it will
  grow in the nation.
• If there is radiance in the nation, the universe
  will flourish.
• Tao Te Ching