The fairbanks native association, INC. Proposes the tribal youth program enhancement project to address the disproportionate involvement of american indian and alaska native (aian) youth in both…

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Fairbanks Native Association, Inc. $546,353 on October 1, 2025, under the Tribal Youth Program (CFDA 16.731) to deliver the Tribal Youth Program Enhancement Project.

The recipient will provide comprehensive prevention services to 70 or more American Indian and Alaska Native youth in grades 7 through 12 annually at Effie Kokrine Charter School within the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. The project pursues three primary goals: preventing AIAN youth involvement in the justice system by enhancing protective factors through tailored services; increasing school attendance and graduation rates among AIAN youth; and building and strengthening partnerships that sustain and improve the tribal youth program in the Fairbanks North Star Borough.

Performance will take place in Fairbanks, Alaska. The award period runs through September 30, 2030. The Tribal Youth Program supports a variety of activities to enhance tribal efforts to prevent and reduce juvenile delinquency, support services related to the development of a Tribal Youth Healing to Wellness Court, and strengthen the juvenile justice system response for American Indian and Alaska Native youth. This assistance type is a Project Grant.

The fairbanks native association, INC. Proposes the tribal youth program enhancement project to address the disproportionate involvement of american indian and alaska native (aian) youth in both juvenile and adult justice systems by providing comprehensive prevention services to 70 or more aian youth in grades 7 through 12 annually at effie kokrine charter school within the fairbanks north star borough school district. The project has three primary goals: (1) to prevent aian youth involvement in the justice system by enhancing protective factors through tailored services; (2) to increase school attendance and graduation rates among aian youth; and (3) to continue building and strengthening partnerships that sustain and improve an effective tribal youth program in the fairbanks north star borough. Conference activity description: n/a