Block Grant 2019TWAX0040

The Village of Kotlik, a federally recognized tribal government in Alaska, received a $669,775 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments program (CFDA 16.587). This 36-month grant will enable the Kotlik Traditional Council to: 1) reduce incidents of domestic violence against Native women; 2) reduce sexual assault and keep women safe based on tribal law and customs; and...

This federal Project Grant award of $915,119 was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments program (CFDA 16.587). The award was granted to the Native Village of Goodnews Bay, a federally recognized tribal government in southwest Alaska, to implement their "Qaunqelluki Kinguliaput 'Protecting Our Generations'" program. The key products and services to be delivered...

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction Implementation program (CFDA 16.025) to the Village of Dot Lake, a federally recognized Indian tribe located in southeast Fairbanks, Alaska. The 60-month grant will support the tribe in exercising special tribal criminal jurisdiction over non-Indian perpetrators of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and related crimes...

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) received a $575,000 Project Grant award under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. The grant funding will support ANTHC's implementation of a 3-year project to enhance traditional services to Alaska Native victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, as well as provide culturally specific programs for...

This Project Grant award of $1,200,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.587 - Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments) will enable the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, Inc. (APIA) to provide comprehensive services to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking within tribal communities in the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands region of Alaska. The key products and...

The Alaska Native Women's Resource Center (ANWRC) was awarded a $700,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589). This 36-month grant will fund the "Improving Sexual Assault Services Awareness and Access in Rural Alaska through the Alaska Native Village Culturally Based Sexual Assault Training Project." The project aims to: 1)...

This $1,250,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments program (CFDA 16.587) will fund the Chugachmiut Auluklluku Nutan Lumacirpet Program. This 36-month initiative will address violence against Indian women in the Chugach region of Alaska by providing in-person outreach and intervention, home visits, educational trainings, community events, victim advocacy,...

This $500,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women will fund the Emmonak Women's Shelter to implement a project responding to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking in the Emmonak, Alaska community through September 2024. The grant was awarded under the Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments program to increase tribal capacity to respond to violent...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments program (CFDA 16.587), will fund the Alaska Native Justice Center's Htuchtuh (Safe Place) Project. The $800,000 award will be used over 24 months to: 1) Enhance existing legal assistance support services for American Indian/Alaska Native women survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual...

The Asacarsarmiut Tribal Council was awarded a $900,000 Project Grant by the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments program (CFDA 16.587). Over a 36-month period ending September 2024, the Tribal Council will implement a project to decrease violent crimes against Indian women in Mountain Village, Alaska. In collaboration with local nonprofit victim services programs and/or a tribal domestic...