This grant program supports the development and operation of nonprofit, nongovernmental tribal domestic violence, and sexual assault coalitions

Recognized tribal coalitions may use funding from the tribal coalitions program to: 1) increase awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault against indian or native hawaiian women; 2) enhance the response to violence against indian or native hawaiian women at the federal, state, and tribal levels; 3) identify and provide technical assistance to coalition membership and tribal communities or native hawaiian communities to enhance access to essential services to indian or native hawaiian women victimized by domestic and sexual violence, including SEX trafficking; and 4) assist indian tribes or native hawaiian communities in developing and promoting state, local, and tribal legislation and policies that enhance best practices for responding to violent crimes against indian or native hawaiian women, including the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, SEX trafficking, and stalking. With this funding, healing native hearts coalition (HNHC) will serve 40 villages 37 tribes of interior alaska, as well as tribal communities located in rural, suburban, and the urban areas. HNHC will provide members, allies, and tribal governments with services, training and technical assistance support for capacity building, education, prevention, public awareness, policy and systems change, and information to combat domestic violence, sexual assault and trafficking of native women. HNHC will 1.) offer culturally specific and tailored training and technical assistance to member tribes on topics of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking and SEX trafficking; historical trauma, protective orders, safety planning, and development of dvsa crisis response plans in tribal communities; 2) provide a small amount (less than 10%) of direct services to victims of SA and SEX trafficking including but not limited to advocacy, safety planning, referral to services for emergency transportation and transitional housing; 3.) provide community education programming that addresses the culturally appropriate and relevant materials that are specific to athabascan and inupiaq cultural values; 4) launch culturally relevant and responsive public education campaigns, healthy relationship workshops and VSP advocate training workshops; 5.) provide advocacy, through participation and facilitation in specific local, tribal, state, national and international meetings and convenings, and represent the 37 interior alaska native tribes, on increased domestic violence and sexual assault awareness, attitude change, and systems change at the local, national and world human rights policy levels. The timing for performance of this award is 12 months.