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Created: 02/01/2017 • Last updated: 03/16/2017 General information Organization Warrior Spirit Contact First name Julie Contact Last name Jimenez Contact e-mail equinespiritprograms@gmail.com Contact phone number 4802992506 Address Street 17016 e. san tan blvd City Queen Creek State Az ZIP Code 85142 From what tribe is the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation organization requesting the grant? Total grant amount request 25000 1 / 1 Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation 2017 Arizona Benefits Fund Grant Application Applicant Information: Equine Spirit Programs 17016 E. San Tan Blvd Queen Creek, AZ 85142 Julie Jimenez, ESP Authorized Representative Local Government Entity to Accept & Disperse Funds Maricopa County Government Relations 301 w, Jefferson 10th floor Phoenix, AZ 85032 Denny Barney, Board of Supervisor Chairman Melody Henderson, Authorized Municipality Representative Primary Contact: Julie Jimenez. Program Manager 17016 E. San Tan Blvd Queen Creek, AZ 85142 equinespiritprograms@gmail.com 480 299 2506 Narrative: 1. Proposed Program: Warrior Spirit / New Project 2. Purpose of the Program/Funding Priorities The Equine Spirit Program (ESP) is a successful Equine Assisted Learning program with a 7 year history of promoting resilience among at-risk youth and most recently the addition of veterans and their families. ESP is an established non-profit since 2014. Equine Assisted Learning is listed as a Best Practice in the First Nations Behavioral Health Association Catalogue of Effective Behavioral Health Practices. The mission of the program is to empower, enrich and educate its participants, by providing a safe, research based, equine focused educational experience. Why do we do this work? We truly believe that every person needs to feel healthy and happy to be able to reach their individual goals and potential. ESP connects rehabilitated horses with youth, adults, military veterans, and their families to promote self-discovery, target areas of personal growth, and mental health We offer a life skill focused program that utilizes a research based equine assisted learning model. The goal of ESP programs is to promote improved mental and physical health by utilizing equine assisted learning through the development of personal interactions between humans and horses. The targeted area of growth for this grant proposal will be to assist and engage veterans in their healing process through equine assisted learning. ESP founders are a military family with active military personnel currently serving with a heart for our military in service to our country. GOAL: The goal of this equine assisted learning (EAL) program is the healthcare education and learning of specific skills as defined the individual or group for the increase of resiliency characteristics for our military warriors and/or the family members who care for them. This is an experiential process where the individuals or groups participate with horses in assigned ground activities. There is no riding in this program. Horses are attuned to the feelings rather than the In the previous grant cycle year 2016, Prop 202 funding allowed for us to provide services to Veterans , their wives, and mothers and completed the grant requirements in the first 2 quarters of the grant cycle. That said, there is a great need to serve the veterans that live in and around the Gila River Indian Community and we are requesting 3 year funding for this application. ACTIVITIES: 4 cycles of 8 (1hour) EAL sessions will be delivered at the Equine Spirit Ranch in Queen Creek, a community which lies adjacent to Gila River Indian Community. Participants are continually engaged in their own healing process. The solutions offered include the specific needs of the veteran, with respect their culture, and meets them on their own terms. Programs are adapted to serve the needs of the veterans returning to their community and the needs of the family members who support and care for them. The veteran program utilizes the research based E.A.G.A.L.A. (Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Assn) curriculum, designed and adapted for 8 sessions which includes an evaluation component. Each session can accommodate up to 12 participants. Evaluation: Staff conducts ongoing observation w/ supporting notes to monitor participant’s progress during delivery, with discussion and assessment of the findings with program team, to make necessary adjustments for ongoing program improvements. Each session reviews the previous week’s findings with the participant and aligns the information with the relevancy to their everyday life. Staff conducts a client satisfaction survey at the end of each cycle. EAL is a research based strategy to health & education, two of Fort McDowell’s funding priorities. 1. Need of the program, population targeted estimated number of people served It was the experience of Equine Spirit Programs staff in the previous program year, to record the large need for the provision of alternative mental health programming to the underserved population of area veterans. This need correlates with data collected by city state and national information coverage. EAL provides easily accessible life skills programming which promotes documented need for veteran directed solutions to their health and personal healing. It is estimated that approximately 30 military members and family members will be served with 32 hours of services to be provided. 2. Partners of the program; other tribal applications ESP is a nonprofit working in partnership with various veterans groups, including the Veterans Serving Veterans group, an AmeriCorps group from the Gila River Indian Community, Honor House, Veteran transition of Phoenix, Remuda Ranch of Wickenburg and the Town of Queen Creek and Maricopa County Veterans groups to offer the equine assisted learning to area veterans and their family members. These organizations will provide referrals to area veterans for program participation as well as transportation to the ranch for services. 3. Timetable for implementation Grant Cycle year 2017=2018 (Oct. 2017-Oct 2018) Signatures: Melody Henderson, Authorized Municipality Representative Julie Jimenez, MSW, Equine Spirit Programs Program Manager Warrior Spirit Program Budget Line Item Amount Requested Program horses $ 4950 Program supplies $ 930 Facility rental/arena time $ 4579 Liability insurance $ 1935 Mental health prof. $ 2805 Eagala equine specialist $ 2145 Equine assistant $ 825 Equine helper $ 396 Program evaluation $ 825 Corral/arena set up $ 4950 Corral/arena clean up $ 660 Total Budget $ 25000 Warrior Spirit Program Budget Detail 1. 4 horses are part of the program team and are rotated to accommodate the need for equine for various sessions. Horses are leased at $150 per hour x 33 program hours $4950.00. 2. Includes the items used to interact with the horses in the actual activities, i.e. buckets, cones, brushes, curry combs, lead ropes, halters, incentives for participants. $28 x 33 program hours, $930 3. Arena time will be required to conduct all program sessions $4579.00 4. Insurance is required for those at possible risk of being sued by third parties for negligence. Among the most usual classes of mandatory policy are those that cover businesses who offer professional services to the public. Public policy therefore requires that such businesses should carry insurance so that if their activities do cause loss or damage to another, money will be available to pay for compensation.$1935 5. Contracted professional fees allows the program to contract with the certified mental health professional $85 x 33 program hours $2805.00 6. Contracted professional fees allows the program to contract with the certified equine specialist $65 x 33 program hours $2145.00 7. Contracted professional fees allow the program to contract with an equine assistant. $25 x 33 program hours. $825.00 8. Contracted professional fees allows the program to contract with an equine helper $15 x 33 program hours $ 396.00 9. Allows for staff hours needed to process all evaluation data collected for each program session & cycle and create a data summary of program services at the end of the program year. $825.00 10. Coral and arena set up staff will be required to set up for all program session’s $150 x 33 program hours. $4950.00 11. Coral and arena take down and clean up after each program session$420 x 33 program hours. $660.00 Warrior Spirit Program Budget Line Item Amount Requested Program horses $ 4950 Program supplies $ 930 Facility rental/arena time $ 4579 Liability insurance $ 1935 Mental health prof. $ 2805 Eagala equine specialist $ 2145 Equine assistant $ 825 Equine helper $ 396 Program evaluation $ 825 Corral/arena set up $ 4950 Corral/arena clean up $ 660 Total Budget $ 25000 Warrior Spirit Program Budget Detail 1. 4 horses are part of the program team and are rotated to accommodate the need for equine for various sessions. Horses are leased at $150 per hour x 33 program hours $4950.00. 2. Includes the items used to interact with the horses in the actual activities, i.e. buckets, cones, brushes, curry combs, lead ropes, halters, incentives for participants. $28 x 33 program hours, $930 3. Arena time will be required to conduct all program sessions $4579.00 4. Insurance is required for those at possible risk of being sued by third parties for negligence. Among the most usual classes of mandatory policy are those that cover businesses who offer professional services to the public. Public policy therefore requires that such businesses should carry insurance so that if their activities do cause loss or damage to another, money will be available to pay for compensation.$1935 5. Contracted professional fees allows the program to contract with the certified mental health professional $85 x 33 program hours $2805.00 6. Contracted professional fees allows the program to contract with the certified equine specialist $65 x 33 program hours $2145.00 7. Contracted professional fees allow the program to contract with an equine assistant. $25 x 33 program hours. $825.00 8. Contracted professional fees allows the program to contract with an equine helper $15 x 33 program hours $ 396.00 9. Allows for staff hours needed to process all evaluation data collected for each program session & cycle and create a data summary of program services at the end of the program year. $825.00 10. Coral and arena set up staff will be required to set up for all program session’s $150 x 33 program hours. $4950.00 11. Coral and arena take down and clean up after each program session$420 x 33 program hours. $660.00