The children's justice act (CJA) partnerships for indian communities grant program (victims of crime act of 1984, section 1402(G), 34 U.S.C. 20101(G) supports american indian and alaska native…

The Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $450,000 to Hualapai Tribal Council on October 1, 2025, under the Children's Justice Act Partnerships for Indian Communities program (CFDA 16.583) to establish a child advocacy program within the tribal prosecutors office.

Hualapai Tribal Council will hire a child advocacy program manager, provide training to law enforcement on child victim interview techniques, and conduct community outreach and traditional healing services for child abuse victims and their families. The program aims to improve investigation, prosecution, and support services for child abuse victims while providing trauma-informed, culturally responsive, holistic services to victims and their families.

Performance occurs in Peach Springs, Arizona, with a period of performance through September 30, 2028. The assistance type is a project grant.

The children's justice act (CJA) partnerships for indian communities grant program (victims of crime act of 1984, section 1402(G), 34 U.S.C. 20101(G) supports american indian and alaska native communities for the purpose of improving the investigation, prosecution, and handling of child abuse cases, especially cases of child sexual abuse, in a manner that increases support for and lessens trauma to child abuse victims. The funding further supports programs to provide comprehensive and coordinated multidisciplinary responses to child abuse victims and provide trauma-informed, culturally responsive, holistic services to child abuse victims and their families. The hualapai tribe will establish a child advocacy program within the prosecutors office to improve the investigation, prosecution, and support services to victims of child abuse. With this funding, hualapai tribal council will hire achild advocacy program manager; provide training to law enforcement on techniques for conducting interviews with child victims; and conduct community outreach and traditional healing for victims of child abuse and their families.