Kotlik has increasing crime. Incidents are more frequent and more severe

The Village of Kotlik, Alaska was awarded a $322,908 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 grant will fund efforts to strengthen the village's court system's ability to handle juvenile alcohol and drug cases in a way that combines judicial supervision with substance abuse treatment, case management, drug testing, and graduated sanctions and incentives to help young people with substance use disorders achieve sustained recovery and avoid reoffending. Specifically, the funding will support renovations or expansions to existing single or regional court infrastructure in Kotlik, located 450 miles from Anchorage in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region, to accommodate a specialized juvenile substance abuse program through September 2027.

The project will strengthen our court to be able to handle juvenile alcohol and drug cases in a way that will combine judicial supervision, substance abuse treatment, case management, drug testing, and graduated incentives and sanctions to help young people with substance use disorders achieve sustained recovery and avoid reoffending. Kotlik is located on both banks of the kotlik river, 450 miles from anchorage, in the yukon- kuskokwim delta. The population of kotlik is 577 with approximately 306 under the age of 18 (53%). Our population is young and growing - 16% are under 5. The community is 97% alaska native.