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 Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded the Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska $1.45 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.

The recipient will collaborate with the State of Alaska Court System – First Judicial District in Juneau, Juneau Police Department, Alaska State Troopers, Village Public Safety Officer Program, Tlingit and Haida Community Advocacy Program, Sitkans Against Family Violence, Women in Safe Homes, Helping Ourselves Prevent Emergencies on Prince of Wales Island, and Tlingit and Haida Public Safety Division to design and operationalize systems for properly and legally serving protection orders through electronic communication methods. The multidisciplinary partnership includes state and tribal law enforcement, prosecutors, victim service providers, culturally specific service providers, legal assistance organizations, bar associations, court clerk associations, criminal defense attorney associations, court case management system experts, and domestic violence and protection order specialists.

Performance occurs in Juneau, Alaska through September 30, 2030. The assistance type is a Project Grant.

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, central council tlingit and haida indian tribes of alaska will collaborate with the state of alaska court system - first judicial district, juneau police department, alaska state troopers, village public safety officer program, tlingit and haidas community advocacy program, sitkans against family violence, women in safe homes, helping ourselves prevent emergencies on prince of wales island, and tlingit and haida public safety division to develop and implement programs for properly and legally serving protection orders through electronic communication methods. During the course of the proposed project period, tlingit and haida indian tribes of alaska 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.