The transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking program (transitional housing program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12351), has as…

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded Sitka Tribe of Alaska $525,000 on October 1, 2025, under the Transitional Housing Assistance for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.736). The award funds a continuation project to provide two private landlord, scattered-site transitional housing residences in Sitka, Alaska, for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their families. The project delivers victim-centered transitional housing and supportive services designed to move homeless or housing-insecure survivors toward permanent housing, with clients receiving assistance for an anticipated minimum of six months and maximum of twenty-four months. Services focus on underserved populations in the rural region, including victims of non-intimate partner sexual assault. The tribe implements the project in collaboration with Sitkans Against Family Violence and Baranof Realty. Performance runs through September 30, 2028.

The transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking program (transitional housing program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12351), has as its primary purpose the provision of transitional housing and support services to aid minors, adults, and their dependents who are homeless (as defined in 34 U.S.C. 12473(6)) or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance as a result of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The program is intended to provide assistance to victims for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient. The program supports victim-centered approaches to providing transitional housing, short-term housing assistance, and voluntary support services to assist with locating and securing permanent housing, obtaining employment, and integrating into a community. Sitka tribe of alaska, a tribal organization located in sitka, alaska, will implement the supporting survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through transitional housing program project through the provision of victim-centered approaches to transitional housing needs, in collaboration with sitkans against family violence and baranof realty. The project will provide two private landlord, scattered site transitional housing residences for survivors and their families in a rural region of alaska. This continuation project will use funds to provide both housing and supportive services to move survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who are homeless or in need of housing assistance to permanent housing. The project will assist clients for an anticipated minimum of 6 months and a maximum length of 24 months. Services offered will focus on primarily serving underserved populations in the region and supporting the housing needs of victims of non-intimate partner sexual assault and will be tailored to address the needs of victims who are served. The range of optional support services includes victim advocacy, housing advocacy, financial/employment counseling, and individual and/or group counseling. The project will provide follow-up services for at least three months once permanent housing is secured.