Bahnke Receives 2020 Howard Rock Leadership Award
We are so proud to share that Kawerak President Melanie Bahnke was awarded First Alaskans Institute's prestigious Howard Rock Alaska Native Leadership Award for [...]
New Grant Makes Young Engineers
A recent four million dollar grant award project funded by the U.S. Department of Education will bring new opportunities for an estimated 2,680 Alaska [...]
Kawerak and BSNC nominate Loretta Bullard to co-chair AFN
Oct. 9, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kawerak and BSNC nominate Loretta Bullard to co-chair AFN (Nome, Alaska) –Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) and Kawerak, [...]
Kawerak, NSEDC and NSHC provide donation to City of Nome to expedite processing of sexual assault backlog cases
Kawerak has coordinated a $38,295 donation to the City of Nome alongside partners Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC) and Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation [...]
A Message from Our Head Start Director
September 11, 2020 Dear Parents, Welcome to the 2020-21 program year! We are very happy to have seasonal staff back to work and to [...]
Communities One Step Closer in Emergency Preparedness in COVID Pandemic
Kawerak's Emergency Preparedness Specialist Charlene Saclamana assists village communities in creating their SCERP- Small Community Emergency Response Plan. In completing these plans many communities [...]
Head Start Teachers Get Lessons in Language
Our Head Start staff recently virtually spent a week with Yaayuk Alvanna Stimpfle, EHP Director at Kawerak, learning native language teaching skills through Blackboard [...]
Seeking Comment: Community Services Block Grant CARES Funding
Kawerak is looking for feedback on the Community Service Block Grant CARES funding. The CSBG CARES funds will be used to provide services to [...]
Meet Our Newest VPSOs to the Region
Kawerak is proud to congratulate our three newest VPSOs on graduating from the 9 week long Department of Public Safety training academy in Sitka [...]
SEEKING CONTRACTOR – RFP: Regional Recycling Center Feasibility Study
Kawerak Request for Proposal Regional Recycling Center Feasibility Study DUE OCTOBER 2, 2020 KAWERAK ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM Download the PDF version Table of Contents [...]