CIRI NON-PROFIT NEWS:
HEALTH, CULTURE, EDUCATION, SOCIAL PROGRAMS
| If you're interested in purchasing a home within the
Cook Inlet region, but outside Anchorage, you may be eligible for
$58,000 in federal funding to aid in the process.
Cook Inlet Housing Authority is looking for individuals and families earning at or below 60 percent of HUD's median income level who would like to buy a home. That's approximately $32,000 in income for a family of four. |
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Through December 2002, Alaska Native and American Indian households purchasing a home in rural areas of the Cook Inlet region have an opportunity to receive an $8,750 grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank. This is in addition to a maximum of $50,000 in low interest financing and closing cost assistance available through Cook Inlet Housing Authority's HOME Loan Program.
The Federal Home Loan Bank money is given in the form of a loan, but is forgiven over the first five years. There is no interest, and no monthly payment.
In conjunction with the Federal Home Loan Bank limited time offer, Cook Inlet Housing Authority is enhancing its HOME loan program enabling home buyers to receive a secondary loan totaling a maximum of 30 percent of the sales price, rather than the customary 22 percent. Interest on the HOME Loan has also been reduced from 3 percent to 2 percent (1 percent for elders and people with disabilities).
For more information, contact the Cook Inlet Housing Authority Home Loan
Department as soon as possible at (907) 276-8822 or 1-888-667-2442, or
stop by the Cook Inlet Housing Authority offices on the corner of 36th
Avenue and Spenard Road. 
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Koahnic Broadcast Corp. has partnered with Public Radio MusicSource in the online sales of music and public radio programming heard on KNBA 90.3 FM or on Koahnic Broadcast Corp.'s national Native programs Earthsongs and Native America Calling. Nearly every record in print is available, including an extensive collection of music by Native American artists. Koahnic Broadcast Corp. will receive a portion of each sale. The money earned can be used to further develop resources on Koahnic Broadcast Corp.'s web site for Native radio listeners. |
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"We are constantly asked, 'What was that song? Where can I get it?' This particularly happens when our listeners hear traditional and contemporary Native American artists who are difficult to identify and locate. Now we are able to provide our listeners with the unique music they hear on Koahnic Broadcast Corp.'s programs," said Koahnic Broadcast Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Jaclyn Sallee. To aid listeners, a growing list of Native American music "must haves" is available on KNBA's web site www.knba.org with links to artist biographies and other albums by similar artists. |
"I'm thrilled that we have established a relationship with Koahnic. They represent such an important demographic of public radio listeners well matched to what we are able to provide: up-to-date favorites throughout the public radio system and a wealth of Native American recordings," says Public Radio MusicSource Station Relations Coordinator Vera Proctor. "I'm confident that we can be a true service to their listeners and at the same time contribute to the strength of the fine programming at KBC."
PRMS is a non-profit organization that generates revenue
for the public radio system by paying a royalty to participating public
radio affiliates based on the amount of sales of musical recordings generated
from their listening area. In existence since 1992, Public Radio MusicSource
has returned more than $1.8 million to public radio stations.
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People worldwide, rural and urban, who are unable to attend the 2002 Alaska Federation of Natives Convention can stay in touch with this year's important discussions and debates by tuning in to KNBA 90.3 FM's Live Gavel-to-Gavel Coverage of the AFN Convention on www.knba.org or on Alaska public radio stations. For the fifth year, KNBA 90.3 FM will broadcast all the proceedings live from the convention floor. KNBA's live coverage will commence Thursday, Oct. 24 at 9 a.m., and will continue through Saturday, Oct. 26, until the closing gavel. KNBA News Director Dixie Hutchinson will host the event with veteran journalist Joaqlin Estus. Hutchinson and Estus will lead listeners through the agenda with informed commentary and background information designed to help listeners follow all the events. Hutchinson has been a familiar voice on Southeast Alaska radio for 10 years. Estus has worked in public radio and television news for more than a decade, and formerly served as KBC's training center instructor. |
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Producing special broadcasts such as the Live Gavel-to-Gavel
Coverage of the AFN Convention is one way that KBC seeks to fulfill its
mission to "bring Native voices to the region and nation."
 Harlyn and Farrell Andrew win national poster contest |
Two young and talented artists representing Cook Inlet Housing Authority were honored by the 2002 National Fire and Home Safety Poster Contest sponsored by AMERIND Risk Management Corp. Harlyn and Farrell Andrew, both of Anchorage, placed first in their separate age categories in the national competition and received a free trip to Disney World in Orlando, Fla. Nine-year-old Harlyn and 11-year-old Farrell are both of Inupiat, Yup'ik, and German descent and are the daughters of Bering Straits Native Corp. shareholder Jacqueline Andrew and Calista Native Corp. descendant Tigran Andrew. |
AMERIND is the company that provides fire insurance for CIHA's Mutual Help homes. Each year AMERIND pays out more than $1 million for claims as a result of children playing with fire. Cook Inlet Housing Authority used this poster contest to educate children on how to be fire safe.
"AMERIND's annual poster contest is a great way to spread the message that safety is important to our Alaska Native cultures," said CIRI shareholder Justina Meyer, Cook Inlet Housing Authority's program coordinator and poster contest coordinator for the Cook Inlet region.
For more information on home and fire safety, contact Cook Inlet Housing Authority at (907) 276-8822.
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