The Alaska Native Justice Center, Inc. was awarded a $900,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women. The award was made under the Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments program (CFDA 16.587) and will support efforts from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The funding will increase the recipient's capacity to respond to violent crimes against Alaska Native women and strengthen victim...
This $1,099,132 federal Project Grant awarded by the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.587 - Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments) will enable Dena Nena Henash, a consortium of federally recognized tribes in Fairbanks, Alaska, to deliver a 36-month program through its Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) Tribal Protective Services. The funding will: 1) increase tribal capacity to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual...
The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $450,000 Project Grant under the Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program (CFDA 16.016) to the Alaska Native Justice Center, Inc. This three-year grant, with a project period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will enable the Alaska Native Justice Center to implement a multi-faceted project addressing the needs of Alaska Native and American Indian victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual...
This $1 million project grant from the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women will fund the Kenaitze Indian Tribe's efforts to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking in their community over 36 months. Awarded on October 1, 2022 under the Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments program (CFDA 16.587), the funding will support projects that decrease violence against Native American women,...
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)...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments program (CFDA 16.587) to the Native Village of Kwinhagak, a federally recognized tribal government located in Quinhagak, Alaska. The 36-month grant will support the tribe's efforts to: 1) develop and enhance services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and...
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,...
The Fairbanks Native Association was awarded a $1,000,000 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). The 36-month project grant will support the grantee's efforts to decrease incidents of violent crimes against Indian women in Fairbanks, Alaska by strengthening tribal authority to respond to such crimes and ensuring perpetrators are held accountable. Key...
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...