The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a 3-year, $500,000 Project Grant under the VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program (CFDA 16.841) to the Wild Horse Butte Community Development Corporation (WHBCDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization in South Dakota. The grant will fund WHBCDC's Lakota Intern Project, which aims to develop a workforce to serve victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and adjacent counties. Over 18 months, the project will recruit and train at least six interns from local tribal colleges and the community to provide services at the Sacred Shawl Society Women's Shelter, potentially expanding to other victim service organizations in the area.
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