The Minneapolis American Indian Center received a $200,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women under the Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program (SAS Culturally Specific Program, CFDA 16.023). The grant will support the Center's provision of culturally specific intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, support services, and related assistance for adult, youth and child victims of sexual assault from October...
This $199,365 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) will allow the Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center (MIWRC) to expand culturally responsive services for American Indian/Native American (AI/NA) crime victims and survivors in the East Phillips neighborhood of South Minneapolis. MIWRC will provide individualized case management, advocacy, education, and...
The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to Native Community Development, Inc. under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016). The funding supports implementing strategies to enhance culturally specific services, increase community capacity for culturally relevant resources and support, and enhance traditional services for Native American and other underserved victims of domestic violence, dating violence,...
The Northeast Native Network of Kinship and Healing, Inc. received a $400,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.016). The grant will support the organization's project to deliver culturally specific services to the American Indian community of Southeastern Massachusetts over a 3-year...
Under the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women's Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016), Wise Women Gathering Place, Inc. was awarded a $575,000 Project Grant to implement the "Native Healing Ways Culturally Specific Services Project". This 3-year grant supports the organization's provision of culturally tailored services for American Indian victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the Oneida...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $525,000 Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services (CFDA 16.016) project grant to Sewa-Aifw Asian Indian Family Wellness, a non-profit organization in Minneapolis, MN. The three-year grant, effective from October 2024 to September 2027, will enable Sewa-Aifw to provide culturally relevant and linguistically specific services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking within the...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $450,000 Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.016) grant to the Alaska Native Justice Center, Inc. The three-year project, beginning October 1, 2024, will implement culturally relevant services and resources to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking within Alaska Native/American...
The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $341,347 Formula Grant to Mending The Sacred Hoop under the Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Grant Program (CFDA 16.557). The grant period runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The funding supports Mending The Sacred Hoop's work to increase awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault against American Indian and Alaska Native women in Duluth, Minnesota....
The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians received a $719,724 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" (CFDA 16.587) program. The 36-month grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, will fund the Protect Our Relatives Project to address violence against Native American women through community-based victim advocacy and comprehensive sexual assault services. Specifically,...
The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $450,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to Stronghearts Native Helpline, Inc., a non-profit organization. The grant will fund Stronghearts to implement the following services and activities over a 3-year period from October 2023 to September 2026: Stronghearts will provide 24/7 confidential support, advocacy, crisis intervention, safety planning, education,...