MARICOPA COUNTY - EDUCARE ARIZONA AWARD LETTER.PDF

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NOTICE OF GRANT AWARD
October 7 .2026
The Honorable Kate Brophy McGee
Chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
301 W. Jefferson Street, 1Oth 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 Grants Program for Educare Arizona.
Award Date: October 7,2026
Grantee: Educare Arizona
Project Title: Child Development Credentialing Program
Award Amount $60,000.00
Grant Period of Performance: yU2027 - 1213U2027 I year grant
Payment Terms $60,000/l
Enclosed for your records is a signed resolution authorizing the approval ofthis grant by the Gila
fuver 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 specifoing 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, Governor
Gila River Indian Community
cc: Julia Donofiio, Assistant Director of Strategy and Program Operations
525 West Gu u Ki . P.O. Box 97 Sacaton, Arizona 85147
Telephone: 520-562-9841 . Fax: 520-562-9849 ' Email: executivemail@qric.nsn.us

GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY
SACATON, AZ 85147
RESOLUTION GR-2I7-26
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A GRANT AWARD FROM THE GILA RIVER
INDIAN COMMUNITY'S STATE SHARED GAMING REVENUES TO
MARICOPA COUNTY FOR EDUCARE ARIZONA, CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CREDENTIALING PROGRAM
WHEREAS, The Gita River lndian 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 ("Compacf') 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 fwelve percent (12%) of the Communiry'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 fimds 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 Courcil has reviewed a proposed application from Maricopa
County for Educare Arizona, Child Development Credentialing Program.
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$60,000.00 (Sixty Thousand Dollars) to be paid by
October 25, 2026, to Maricopa County for Educare Arizona, Child
Development Credentialing Program.

GILA RIVf R INDIAN COMNITi\ITY
RESOLtTTTO\ CR-217-26
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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 grant application. The Community
reserves the right to terminate a grant and may withhold or delay any payments
due, or may request a repayment ofgrant funds, 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 of this 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 of the Interior on March 17, 1960, the foregoing Resolution was adopted on
the 7ft day of Qg1!q@, 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: !! FOR; [OPPOSE: QABSTAIN; {ABSENT; 0 VACANCY.
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