The grants to indian tribal governments program assists tribal governments, and authorized designees of tribal governments, to 1) decrease the incidence of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual…

The grants to indian tribal governments program assists tribal governments, and authorized designees of tribal governments, to 1) decrease the incidence of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, SEX trafficking, and stalking in tribal communities; 2) strengthen the capacity of tribes to exercise their sovereign authority to respond to these violent crimes; and 3) ensure that perpetrators of these violent crimes are held accountable for their criminal behavior. Helping ourselves prevent emergencies (hope) is providing services on behalf of the organized village of kasaan, a federally recognized tribe, located in prince of whales island, alaska. Hope works to address violence against american indian/alaska native (AI/an) women by providing support and advocacy for victims and survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through collaboration and prevention efforts with other community partners. With this funding, hope will: 1) increase tribal capacity to respond to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking; 2) increase availability of direct victim services; 3) provide supervised visitation services; and 4) provide services to address the needs of youth (ages 11-24 years old) who have witnessed or experienced domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Hope has partnered with the rise shelter, a local non-profit, to plan this project. The timing for performance of this new award is 36 months.