Passamaquoddy Tribe awarded $79,560 grant for residential care facility

Genesis grantwriting helped win funds for start up costs and staff training

The Administration for Native Americans recently awarded the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township (Princeton) a grant of $79,560 to cover the start-up costs of a residential care facility now under construction, as well as workforce training for 15 tribal members who will staff the facility or work elsewhere in neighboring communities. Genesis Associate Director Liza Fleming-Ives crafted the grant application on behalf of the tribe.

In recent years Genesis has provided significant technical assistance to the Indian Township Passamaquoddy leaders, including help in raising $1.7 million for the residential care facility and apartments for seniors.

In the spring Genesis Executive Director Beth McPherson attended the “sod turning” (pictured above) to mark construction of the Passamaquoddy tribe's $7 million water and waste-water treatment facility, a project crucial in the tribe's ability to build the two projects.

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