Abstract fort belknap indian community purpose area #3 - tribal justice systems (BJA) fort belknap indian community is a federally recognized tribe located in blaine county, montana

The Fort Belknap Indian Community was awarded a $739,501 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Justice System Infrastructure Program for Indian Tribes (CFDA 16.596). The five-year funding will support improved victim services for the Aaniiih and Nakoda Tribes located in Harlem, Montana.

Specifically, the Fort Belknap Indian Community will hire two Victim/Witness Specialists to enhance victim advocacy, connect victims to culturally-based intervention services, and coordinate with local resources. The Specialists will collaborate with tribal law enforcement and prosecutors to strengthen local policies and protocols for crime victims. The grant aims to increase available victim services, reduce response times to victim-related incidents, and decrease crimes impacting tribal members. The funding will be used to directly serve the interior boundaries of the Fort Belknap Indian Community.

Fort belknap indian community represents the aaniiih and nakoda tribes for this application with this funding request of $739,502 for a 60-month project under the tribal justice systems (bureau of justice systems). The fort belknap indian community purposes to improve victim services, and to help prevent mmip related incidents, and human trafficking instances. This will be accomplished by hiring two victim/witness specialists (VWS) to help improve victim advocacy, connections to culture-based intervention services, and other local resources. The VWS will collaborate with other agencies such as the chief tribal prosecutor, law enforcement, the criminal investigator, and the FBI to improve local laws, policies, and protocols for victims of crime. The area to be served is the interior boundaries of the fort belknap indian community. Fort belknap indian community will demonstrate programs effectiveness by increasing the number of victim services available, improving the response time of victim-related crimes, and decreasing the number of crimes involving aaniiih and nakoda victims.