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Improving Health Outcomes Through Investigations of Wabanaki Food Systems in Maine

Award Number: OT2OD035832
ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, NIH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/21/2023
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/20/2028

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Improving Health Outcomes Through Investigations of Wabanaki Food Systems in Maine - Wabanaki ancestral lands historically provided abundant resources, allowing Wabanaki people to rely exclusively on hunting, fishing, and gathering for all their subsistence needs. However, as their sacred hunting and fishing grounds were lost to colonization, the Wabanaki people lost access to their traditional foods, which has had devastating impacts on the communities' health and well-being. Without access to traditional foods like fiddleheads, corn, beans, squash, wild rice, fish, and many others, the Wabanaki people experienced a surge in many nutrition-related health problems, such as diabetes, obesity, and heart-disease, which have only increased exponentially with time. This Community Research Project (CRP) seeks to improve these health outcomes for Wabanaki people by upscaling the Wabanaki Mobile Food Pantry (WMFP), an existing program that delivers fresh and traditional foods to the Tribal communities. The CRP is grounded in the understanding that food sovereignty is fundamental to achieving and sustaining the health and well-being of Wabanaki communities. The upscaled WMFP aims to increase community access to fresh, traditional, or locally sourced foods, improve community perceptions of food pantries, support cultural connection, promote sustainable, culturally relevant food systems, and increase Tribal members' knowledge and self efficacy surrounding the cultivation, preparation, and preservation of traditional foods.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $500,000 )
2026	2026	WABANAKI PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC	1 MERCHANTS PLZ	BANGOR	ME	04401	PENOBSCOT	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	005	1	9/8/2026	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$500,000
2026	2025	WABANAKI PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC	1 MERCHANTS PLZ	BANGOR	ME	04401	PENOBSCOT	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	003	1	4/2/2026	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2026	2025	WABANAKI PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC	1 MERCHANTS PLZ	BANGOR	ME	04401	PENOBSCOT	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	1	1/21/2026	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2026	2025	WABANAKI PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC	1 MERCHANTS PLZ	BANGOR	ME	04401	PENOBSCOT	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	1	3/18/2026	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2026	2023	WABANAKI PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC	1 MERCHANTS PLZ	BANGOR	ME	04401	PENOBSCOT	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	1	1/21/2026	NEW	$0
2026	2023	WABANAKI PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC	1 MERCHANTS PLZ	BANGOR	ME	04401	PENOBSCOT	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	004	1	9/8/2026	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $500,000

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $1,500,000 )
2025	2025	WABANAKI PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC	1 MERCHANTS PLZ	BANGOR	ME	04401	PENOBSCOT	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	1	9/17/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$1,500,000
2025	2023	WABANAKI PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC	1 MERCHANTS PLZ	BANGOR	ME	04401	PENOBSCOT	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	1	9/17/2025	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $1,500,000

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $372,614 )
2024	2024	WABANAKI PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC	1 MERCHANTS PLZ	BANGOR	ME	04401	PENOBSCOT	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	003	1	9/18/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$372,614
2024	2023	WABANAKI PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC	1 MERCHANTS PLZ	BANGOR	ME	04401	PENOBSCOT	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	1	6/17/2024	NEW	$0
2024	2023	WABANAKI PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC	1 MERCHANTS PLZ	BANGOR	ME	04401	PENOBSCOT	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	1	8/9/2024	NEW	$0
2024	2023	WABANAKI PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC	1 MERCHANTS PLZ	BANGOR	ME	04401	PENOBSCOT	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	1	9/18/2024	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $372,614

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $974,999 )
2023	2023	WABANAKI PUBLIC HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC	1 MERCHANTS PLZ	BANGOR	ME	04401	PENOBSCOT	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	1	9/21/2023	NEW	$974,999
														Subtotal = $974,999

Grand Total All Awards = $3,347,613

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Improving Health Outcomes Through Investigations of Wabanaki Food Systems in Maine

Award Number: OT2OD035832

ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, NIH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/21/2023

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/20/2028

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