Title
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Gaming Grant (Ordinance S-52340) - Citywide
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or the City Manager's designee, to apply for and accept up to $110,000 in new funding from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community under the 2026 funding cycle. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept and the City Controller to disburse funds as directed by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in connection with these grants.
Report
Summary
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community 12 Percent Gaming grant application process is by invitation only. The tribe selects which municipalities and local non-profits are invited to apply for funding consideration. An invitation to apply is not guaranteed that the application will be selected for funding by the Tribe. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community does not consider multi-year capital campaign projects.
If awarded, the funds would be applied as directed by Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community toward the following:
Non-Profit Applications
- Gabriel's Angels: $10,000 for Pet Therapy Programs, which includes Paws for Resilience; Animals, Books and Children; and Community Support Visits. Therapy teams are volunteers consisting of an owner and pet, most commonly a dog. Therapy teams must be registered with Pet Partners or Alliance of Therapy Dogs and clear an FBI fingerprint/background check prior to being assigned to a partner agency. Gabriel's Angels provides extensive training to its volunteers who will be working with, and structured activities that will effectively impact the core strengths needed for, vulnerable children to develop socially. There is no cost to the participating agency or school to receive therapy visits for their children. All costs to provide services are supported through community philanthropy.
- Keys to Change: $100,000 for the Street Outreach program, which works with the unsheltered homeless population in the neighborhoods surrounding the Key Campus and throughout Maricopa County, using a multidisciplinary approach to engage, assess, and triage their needs. While the long-term goal of Street Outreach is to reduce the time a person spends unsheltered, the short-term goal is to provide individuals with the support and encouragement they need to begin accessing services from Keys to Change and its partners.
The gaming compact entered into by the State of Arizona and various tribes calls for 12 percent of gaming revenue to be contributed to cities, towns, and counties for government services that benefit the public, including public safety, mitigation of impacts of gaming, and promotion of commerce and economic development. The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community will notify the City, by resolution of the Tribal Council, if it desires to convey to the City or nonprofit a portion of its annual 12 percent local revenue-sharing contribution.
Financial Impact
There is no budgetary impact to the City and no general-purpose funds are required. Entities that receive gaming grants are responsible for the management of those funds.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by City Manager Jeffrey Barton and the Office of Government Relations.