Alaska Native Women's Resource Center

Alaska Native Women's Resource Center is a tax-exempt, minority-owned, woman-owned, Native American-owned nonprofit organization serving as an agency of the Orutsararmiut Native Council tribal government based in Fairbanks, Alaska. The organization operates as a federal grant recipient (65% of recent awards as prime recipient, 35% as sub-recipient) delivering domestic violence and sexual assault prevention, victim advocacy training, and tribal justice capacity-building services to federal grant programs under the Office on Violence Against Women and related federal agencies serving Alaska Native populations.

The Center's capability portfolio centers on victim advocate training, technical assistance, and culturally informed victim services for Alaska Native communities. As prime grant recipient, ANWRC received a $500,000 cooperative agreement from the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) on August 1, 2026, under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to continue the Alaska Native Advocacy Training and Technical Assistance Center, strengthening victim advocate capacity through trainings, mentorships, and technical assistance services through July 31, 2028. The Center also holds a $750,000 project grant from OVW under the Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments program (CFDA 16.587) starting October 1, 2025, focused on increasing tribal capacity to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and developing legislation and policies enhancing best practices for responding to violent crimes against Indian women. A third OVW award, the $700,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program grant (CFDA 16.589) starting October 1, 2024, funds culturally based sexual assault training for first responders and community members in rural Alaska Native villages. As a sub-recipient, ANWRC performs project management, staff recruitment, equipment procurement, and cultural programming for the Restoring Indigenous Safety and Empowerment (RISE) shelter on Prince of Wales Island under subawards from H.o.p.e. Helping Ourselves Prevent Emergencies, and provides cultural services under subawards from the Alaska Department of Public Safety.

The Office on Violence Against Women dominates customer concentration, representing 10 awards across the recent portfolio. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families accounts for 6 awards, with the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office providing supplementary funding. Award activity has grown from one award in 2022 to five in 2025, with combined dollars obligated across all awards reaching $25.5 million. Two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating modest recompete exposure. The Center serves four distinct federal customer agencies across grant programs focused on violence against women, tribal victim services, and interpersonal violence data compilation in Alaska.