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Funding Opportunity: NEW Bureau of Justice Assistance Funding to Support Tribal Reentry

Cinnamon Bankey2023-03-15T18:25:12+00:00

FY 2022 Improving Adult and Juvenile Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Program - Closing Date August 2, 2022. Grants.gov Deadline July 28, 2022. Application JustGrants Deadline August 2, 2022. Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for funding to state, local, and tribal governments, as well as community-based nonprofit organizations, to enhance or implement clinical services and other evidence-based responses to improve reentry, reduce recidivism, and address the treatment and recovery needs of people with mental health, substance use, or co-occurring disorders who are currently involved in the criminal justice system or were formerly involved. This program will [...]

Funding Opportunity: NEW Bureau of Justice Assistance Funding to Support Tribal ReentryCinnamon Bankey2023-03-15T18:25:12+00:00

Registration is open for the American Indian Justice Conference, June 28-30

Cinnamon Bankey2024-03-12T14:41:56+00:00

The American Indian Justice Conference offers tribes across the nation an opportunity to learn strategies to enhance tribal justice systems while providing essential information on topics such as court planning and development, diversionary court programs, traditional dispute resolution, justice system responses to alcohol and substance abuse, and emerging issues that are relevant to tribal justice system development. This is a free virtual event. To Register: American Indian Justice Conference 2022. Who should attend? Affiliates from all federally recognized tribes working in courts, law enforcement, prosecution, probation/reentry, corrections, treatment, social service programs, and victim services BJA Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation and Tribal Comprehensive [...]

Registration is open for the American Indian Justice Conference, June 28-30Cinnamon Bankey2024-03-12T14:41:56+00:00

Department of Justice Updates Gender Bias Guidance

Cinnamon Bankey2023-11-27T22:06:40+00:00

Last week, the Department of Justice announced updated guidance, “Improving Law Enforcement Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence by Identifying and Preventing Gender Bias,” designed to help law enforcement agencies (LEAs) improve their response to sexual assault and domestic violence. The 2015 guidance has been revised to account for the impact of bias based on factors other than gender, incorporate new resources and research, provide improved case examples illustrating a trauma-informed approach to survivors, and emphasize the need to address and prevent police misconduct. Purpose of the Guidance Examine how gender bias can undermine the response of LEAs to sexual [...]

Department of Justice Updates Gender Bias GuidanceCinnamon Bankey2023-11-27T22:06:40+00:00

NOW AVAILABLE: Two non-OVW funded solicitations that address Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI)

Cinnamon Bankey2024-03-12T14:45:44+00:00

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has released two solicitations that address gender-based violence. Below are links to their solicitations, as well as their due dates. Click on the links to learn more. FY 2022 Office of Justice Programs Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Grants.gov Deadline: 8:59 p.m. eastern time on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m. eastern time on Monday, June 27, 2022 NIJ FY 2022 Evaluation of OJP Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Grants.gov Deadline: 8:59 p.m. eastern time on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m. eastern time on Tuesday, June 21, 2022

NOW AVAILABLE: Two non-OVW funded solicitations that address Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI)Cinnamon Bankey2024-03-12T14:45:44+00:00

Amnesty International Report on VAIW Launched

Cinnamon Bankey2024-03-12T14:46:53+00:00

Today Amnesty International launched their report on Violence Against Native Women: The Never-ending Maze: Continued failure to protect Indigenous women from sexual violence in the USA: https://www.amnestyusa.org/maze/. From the report: "American Indian and Alaska Native women face some of the highest rates of sexual violence in the United States: 56.1 percent of Native women have experienced sexual violence; Native women are 2.2 times more likely to be raped than non-Hispanic white women. High rates of sexual violence have been compounded by the: Federal government’s steady erosion of tribal government authority Complex jurisdictional maze that Native survivors of sexual violence must navigate [...]

Amnesty International Report on VAIW LaunchedCinnamon Bankey2024-03-12T14:46:53+00:00

Sexual assault counselors push to protect confidentiality with victims

Cinnamon Bankey2023-11-27T22:12:30+00:00

Advocates say disclosure of information could have a chilling effect on the willingness to report. Victims' advocates say Minnesota judges inconsistently apply a state law protecting communications between sexual assault counselors and people who come to them for help. Now, those groups have taken their case all the way to the Minnesota Supreme Court, appealing a ruling in which a district court allowed review of a woman's communications with a southern Minnesota sexual assault advocacy group in a criminal case. The groups say any review of their confidential records has a chilling effect on a victim's willingness to report an assault. [...]

Sexual assault counselors push to protect confidentiality with victimsCinnamon Bankey2023-11-27T22:12:30+00:00

What Will It Take to End Violence Against Native Women?

Cinnamon Bankey2024-03-12T14:48:21+00:00

The reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act is an important step, but activist Mary Kathryn Nagle argues that only full restoration of Indigenous sovereignty will stop the epidemic. Mary Kathryn Nagle, a member of the Cherokee Nation, is one of the country’s most prominent lawyers, often appearing in court to advocate for the rights of Indigenous people. She is also a well-known playwright, and her stage work explores many of the same themes that have animated her legal career, including the epidemic of violence against Indigenous women. More than 4 in 5 Native women have reported being the victims of [...]

What Will It Take to End Violence Against Native Women?Cinnamon Bankey2024-03-12T14:48:21+00:00

Where are the Indigenous children who never came home?

Cinnamon Bankey2024-03-12T14:53:05+00:00

When Yufna Soldier Wolf was a kid, she was made well aware of why her family members only spoke English, and why they dressed the way they did. Her grandfather and other elders used to recount their experiences at boarding schools, where the government sent hundreds of thousands of Indigenous children, from nearly every Indigenous nation within U.S. borders, to unlearn their languages and cultures. “A lot of them were physically abused, verbally abused, sexually abused,” she said. At the center of the stories were the children who never came home from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, where her grandfather was [...]

Where are the Indigenous children who never came home?Cinnamon Bankey2024-03-12T14:53:05+00:00

Funding Opportunity: FY 2022 Tribal Governments Program Solicitation Now Available

Cinnamon Bankey2024-03-12T14:55:13+00:00

OVW's Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program assists tribal governments and authorized designees of tribal governments to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking in their communities. In FY 22, the OVW is particularly interested in proposals to improve outreach, services, civil and criminal justice responses, prevention, and support for survivors of sexualassault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking from underserved communities, particularly Two-Spirit/LGBTQ victims. Eligibility: Eligible applicants are limited to: Indian Tribal Governments, authorized designees of Indian Tribal Governments, andtribal consortiums in the United States or U.S. territories. Application deadlines: Apply in Grants.gov by May [...]

Funding Opportunity: FY 2022 Tribal Governments Program Solicitation Now AvailableCinnamon Bankey2024-03-12T14:55:13+00:00

Washington State creates an alert system for missing Indigenous people

Cinnamon Bankey2024-03-12T14:57:05+00:00

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday signed into law a bill that creates a first-in-the-nation statewide alert system for missing Indigenous people. The law creates a system similar to Amber Alerts and so-called silver alerts, which are used respectively for missing children and vulnerable adults in many states. The system will notify law enforcement when there's a report of a missing Indigenous person. It will also place messages on highway reader boards and on the radio and social media, and will provide information to the news media. The law attempts to address a crisis of missing Indigenous people — particularly women [...]

Washington State creates an alert system for missing Indigenous peopleCinnamon Bankey2024-03-12T14:57:05+00:00

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