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 Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. $450,000 on October 1, 2025, under the VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program (CFDA 16.841) to support child sexual abuse and maltreatment advocacy services for Alaska Native and American Indian youth in the Anchorage area through September 30, 2028.

Cook Inlet Tribal Council will build capacity at Southcentral Foundation to provide forensic interviewing and advocacy services to child sexual abuse and maltreatment victims. The recipient will hire a family advocate, deliver training on trauma-informed care and child maltreatment services to Southcentral Foundation medical and behavioral health staff, and provide ongoing training to the Child Advocacy Center multidisciplinary team on culturally appropriate and trauma-informed service delivery to children experiencing severe maltreatment.

Southcentral Foundation, an Alaska Native-owned tribally controlled healthcare organization, serves as the sub-recipient and delivers child maltreatment advocacy services through its Alaska Native Unit at Alaska CARES to youth ages 17 and younger. The sub-award was obligated on April 27, 2026.

Work is performed in Anchorage, Alaska. The program supports American Indian and Alaska Native communities in improving investigation, prosecution, and handling of child abuse cases while increasing support for and reducing trauma to child abuse victims through comprehensive, coordinated multidisciplinary responses and trauma-informed, culturally competent services.

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 competent, holistic services to child abuse victims and their families.cook inlet tribal council willsupport the capacity of the southcentral foundation (SCF)to provide advocacy and forensic interviewing services to victims of child sexual abuse and child maltreatment. With this funding, cook inlet tribal council will hire a family advocate; provide training on trauma-informed care and child maltreatment services for SCF medical and behavioral health staff; and provide ongoing training to the cacs multidisciplinary team on how to best provide culturally appropriate and trauma-informed services to children experiencing severe maltreatment.