The electronic service protection order court pilot supports efforts to develop and implement programs for properly and legally serving protection orders through electronic communication methods

The Office on Violence Against Women awarded Chickaloon Native Village $1.5 million on October 1, 2025, under the Grants to State and Tribal Courts to Implement Protection Order Pilot Programs (CFDA 16.062) to develop and implement electronic service of protection orders.

Chickaloon Native Village, a federally recognized Ahtna Dene tribal government in Sutton-Alpine, Alaska, will collaborate with Chickaloon Village Tribal Police Department, Chickaloon Village Victim Services, and Alaska Native Women's Resource Center to develop and implement a program for properly and legally serving protection orders through electronic communication methods. The recipient will develop best practices relating to electronic service of protection orders, ensure program compliance with due process requirements and other procedures required by law or court order, and create training materials and policies for electronic service implementation.

The award runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030, with performance at Sutton-Alpine, Alaska. The funding supports a multidisciplinary partnership that includes tribal law enforcement, victim services, and culturally specific service providers, as well as court personnel with expertise in domestic violence and case management systems.

The program awards grants to state or tribal courts that are a part of a multidisciplinary partnership that includes, to the extent practicable, a state, tribal, or local law enforcement agency; a state, tribal, or local prosecutors office; a victim service provider or state or tribal domestic violence coalition; a provider of culturally specific services; a nonprofit program or government agency with demonstrated experience in providing legal assistance or legal advice to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault; the bar association of the state or tribe; the state or tribal association of court clerks; a state, tribal, or local association of criminal defense attorneys; at least two individuals with experience in design and management of court case management systems; at least two state or tribal court judges with expertise in domestic violence and issuing protective orders; and a judge assigned to the criminal docket of the state or tribal court. Through this new electronic service protection order court pilot project, chickaloon native village will collaborate with chickaloon village tribal police department, chickaloon village victim services, and alaska native womens resource center to develop and implement programs for properly and legally serving protection orders through electronic communication methods. During the course of the proposed project period, chickaloon native village and its project partners will 1) develop and implement a program for properly and legally servicing protection orders by electronic communication methods; 2) develop best practices relating to the service of protection orders through electronic communication methods; 3) ensure the programs compliance with due process requirements and other procedures required by law or by a court; and 4) implement any technology necessary to carry out the program.