MARICOPA COUNTY - AROUET FOUNDATION AWARD LETTER.PDF

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NOTICE OF GRANTAWARD
October 7 - 2026
The Honorable Kate Brophy McGee
Chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
301 W. Jefferson Street, lOth Floor
Phoenix, AZ 85003
Dear Chairman Brophy McGee,
The Gila River Indian Community is pleased to inform you that we have approved the application
to our State Shared Revenue Crrants Program for Arouet Foundation.
Award Date: October 7,2026
Grantee: Arouet Foundation
Project Title: Arouet's 2026 REENTRY PROSPERITY MODEL
Award Amount: $25,000.00
Grant Period of Performance: t/1/2027 - t2/31/2027 1 year grant
Payment Terms: $25,000/1
Enclosed for your records is a signed resolution authorizing the approval of this grant by the Gila
River Indian Community, Community Council. Payment for the 2026 grant award will be mailed
to the Municipality under separate cover. Additionally, we will send a grant agreement directly to
the grantee specifuing terms and reporting requirements.
Congratulations on the award! We are excited about the opportunity to support your work in
providing valuable services for citizens in the great State of Arizona.
Sincerely,
Stephen R. Lewis, Govemor
Gila River Indian Community
cc: Alison Rapping, Chief Executive Officer
525 West Gu u Ki . P.O. Box 97 Sacaton, Arizona 85147
Teleohone: 520-562-9841 Fax: 520-562-9849 . Email: executivemail@sric.nsn.us

GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY
SACATON, AZ 85147
RESOLI.iTION GR-2 I 6.26
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A GRANT AWARD FROM THE GTLA RIVER
INDIAN COMMUNITY'S STATE SHARED GAMING REVENUES TO
MARICOPA COUNTY FOR AROUET FOUNDATION, AROUET'S 2026
REENTRY PROSPERITY MODEL
WHEREAS, The Gila River Indian Community (the "Community") is a federally
recognized Indian tribe and sovereign nation; and
WHEREAS, The Gila River Indian Community Council (the "Community Council") is
the legislative goveming body of the Community; and
WHEREAS, The Community entered into the 2021 Amended and Restated Gaming
Compact ("Compact") with the State of Arizona under which the
Community operates and regulates Class III gaming on the Gila River
Indian Reservation and which became effective on May 24, 2021; and
WHEREAS, The Compact allows that up to twelve percent (12%) of the Community's
state-shared revenue can be retained by the Community for distributions to
cities, towns, or counties for govemment services that benefit the general
public, including public safety, mitigation of impacts of gaming, or
promotion of commerce and economic development; and
WHEREAS, The Community Council, as an exercise of the Community's sovereignty,
decides the manner in which those finds distributed to cities, towns, and
counties should be disbursed so as to improve the overall quality of life of
residents of Arizona; and
WHEREAS, The Community Council has reviewed a proposed application from Maricopa
County for Arouet Foundation, Arouet's 2026 Reentry Prosperity Model.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED' that the Gila River Indian Community
desires to support this proposal for a term ofone year and hereby approves
a grant in the amount of$25,000.00 (Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars) to be
paid by October 25, 2026 to Maricopa County tbr Arouet Foundation,
Arouet's 2026 Reentry Prosperity Model.

GILA RIvER INDIA\ CO\IiIIT \ITY
RESOLT' O\ CR-216-26
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that it is the grant recipient's responsibility to manage
Tribal grant funds in accordance with the gant application. The Community
reserves the right to terminate a grant and may withhold or delay any payments
due, or may request a repayment ofgrant firnds, for substantial noncompliance
in spending or reporting.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Community's Office of Special Funding is
authorized to sign and submit such documents as are necessary to effectuate
and administer this grant.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Governor, or in his absence, the Lieutenant
Govemor, is hereby authorized to sign and execute such documents as are
necessary to fulfill the intent ofthis resolution.
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to authority contained in Article XV, of the amended Constitution and Bylaws of
the Gila River Indian Community, ratified by the Tribe January 22,1960, and approved by
the Secretary ofthe lntedor on March 17,1960, the foregoing Resolution was adopted on
the 7th day of Qg!q!91, 2026, at a Regular Community Council Meeting held at the
Governance Center. Sacaton. AZ, at which a quorum of 13 members were present by a
vote of: l! FOR; LOPPOSE; QABSTAIN; {ABSENT; q VACANCY.
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