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. Restoring ancestral winds, INC. (raw)serves nine tribal nations and urban native american community members in the great basin region and provides technical assistance, training, and policy and advocacy. Raw provides training and technical assistance, and policy and advocacy services for those who work in healthcare, law enforcement, education, community-based programs, tribal, federal, state and local government agencies, tribal victim service providers, tribal child protective service personnel and individual community members. Raw provides technical assistance by assisting tribes with technical, administrative, and capacity needs. Raw provides workshops for tribal communities. Raw works with tribal, federal, state, and municipal agencies and partners to develop policy recommendations to address sexual assault and domestic violence in tribal communities on and off the tribal nations in utah. With the partnership and funding, raw will: 1.) increase the safety of native women, girls, and lgbtq/2S individuals through improved coordination of law enforcement response, investigation, and prosecution of sexual, domestic and dating violence, stalking and human trafficking across tribal, federal, state, and local jurisdictions; AND2.) increase availability and access to shelter and advocacy services for native american survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking and human trafficking that will support safety, and healing. The timing for performance of this award is 12 months.