The native village of pitkas point will use FY 2025 tvssa funding to expand the support services for victims of crime

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded the Native Village of Pitkas Point $256,619 on January 1, 2026, under the VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program (CFDA 16.841) to expand victim services in the Kusilvak Census Area of western Alaska.

The award funds expansion of the Native Village's victim services program through December 31, 2027. Services include counseling, therapy, traditional healing, emergency travel and relocation assistance, emergency housing, and transportation to health and behavioral health services. The funding specifically supports assistance to victims of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons and other services to be identified through ongoing planning and development. Place of performance is St. Mary's, Alaska, in the Yukon River region approximately 450 air miles west-northwest of Anchorage.

The VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program provides support to federally recognized Indian tribes, ANCSA regional corporations, and their authorized designees to develop, expand, and enhance victim services. Five percent of annual Crime Victims Fund obligations are reserved for this tribal set-aside.

Pitkas point is in the kusilvak census area in western alaska on the yukon river, 450 air miles west-northwest of anchorage. The purpose of this funding is to expand the victim services program by providing access to counseling, therapy, traditional healing, emergency travel and relocation, emergency housing, transportation to health and behavioral health services, assisting victims of mmip, and other services to be identified in the ongoing planning and development process.