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VAWA Reauthorization Headed to President’s Desk

Cinnamon Bankey2024-03-12T15:07:11+00:00

Indian Country Today: Tribal nations are celebrating the reauthorized Violence Against Women Act. Congress passed the omnibus spending package for the 2022 fiscal year late Thursday, which included major tribal provisions. It passed in the Senate with a 68-31 vote. The bill will now head to the president’s desk to be signed. This means that tribal nations “will continue to increase safety and justice for victims who had previously seen little of either,” said Fawn Sharp, president of the National Congress of American Indians in a statement. Here is a breakdown of the VAWA reauthorization: Reaffirmation of tribes’ jurisdiction to prosecute [...]

VAWA Reauthorization Headed to President’s DeskCinnamon Bankey2024-03-12T15:07:11+00:00

Now Available: FY 2022 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking

Cinnamon Bankey2024-03-12T15:09:22+00:00

OVW’s Transitional Housing Program supports programs that provide 6-24 months of transitional housing with support services for victims who are homeless or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance, as a result of a situation of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient. Eligible Applicants are limited to States, units of local government, Indian tribes, and other organizations, including domestic violence and sexual assault victim service providers, domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations, or community-based and culturally specific organizations, [...]

Now Available: FY 2022 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and StalkingCinnamon Bankey2024-03-12T15:09:22+00:00

Funding Opportunity: OVW FY 2022 Rural Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program (Rural) Solicitation

Cinnamon Bankey2023-11-27T22:17:38+00:00

The FY 2022 Rural Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program (Rural) solicitation is now open and posted on OVW’s website and Grants.gov. The Rural Program supports efforts to enhance the safety of rural victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and supports projects uniquely designed to address and prevent these crimes in rural areas. Eligible applicants include Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), City or township governments, County governments, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits Application Deadlines: Grants.gov: April 07, 2022 11:59 PM Application in JustGrants Deadline: April 12, 2022 9:00 [...]

Funding Opportunity: OVW FY 2022 Rural Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program (Rural) SolicitationCinnamon Bankey2023-11-27T22:17:38+00:00

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization Act of 2022 introduced in the Senate

Cinnamon Bankey2022-03-01T21:06:22+00:00

On Wednesday, February 10, a group of bipartisan senators introduced S. 3623, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization Act of 2022. The bill, which would reauthorize VAWA through 2027, includes provisions that restore critical categories of Tribal criminal jurisdiction necessary to protect Native women and children, including sexual assault, stalking, sex trafficking, child violence, obstruction of justice, and assault of Tribal justice personnel. This bipartisan bill also establishes an Alaska pilot project, which will enable a limited number of Tribes in the state to exercise special Tribal criminal jurisdiction (STCJ), and clarifies that Tribes in Maine are also eligible to [...]

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization Act of 2022 introduced in the SenateCinnamon Bankey2022-03-01T21:06:22+00:00

New Funding Opportunity: FY2022 Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program Solicitation Now Open

Cinnamon Bankey2022-02-28T22:44:29+00:00

Funds are now available to enhance sexual assault services provided by tribal organizations in Indian country and Alaska Native villages. The Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (TSASP) supports projects to create, maintain, and expand sustainable sexual assault services provided by Tribes, tribal organizations, and nonprofit tribal organizations within Indian country and Alaska Native villages. The funds may be used for a range of activities to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of programs and projects that provide direct intervention and related assistance to victims of sexual assault. Eligible Applicants: Limited to Indian tribes, tribal consortia, tribal organizations, and nonprofit tribal organizations Application [...]

New Funding Opportunity: FY2022 Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program Solicitation Now OpenCinnamon Bankey2022-02-28T22:44:29+00:00

Tribe grapples with missing women crisis on California coast

Cinnamon Bankey2022-02-21T20:03:46+00:00

By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press February 21, 2022 YUROK RESERVATION, Calif. — The young mother had behaved erratically for months, hitchhiking and wandering naked through two Native American reservations and a small town clustered along Northern California's rugged Lost Coast. But things escalated when Emmilee Risling was charged with arson for igniting a fire in a cemetery. Her family hoped the case would force her into mental health and addiction services. Instead, she was released over the pleas of loved ones and a tribal police chief. The 33-year-old college graduate — an accomplished traditional dancer with ancestry from three area tribes [...]

Tribe grapples with missing women crisis on California coastCinnamon Bankey2022-02-21T20:03:46+00:00

Funding Opportunity: FY 2022 OVW Justice for Families Program Solicitation

Cinnamon Bankey2022-02-11T22:34:52+00:00

View the Grant Announcement The Grants to Support Families in the Justice System program (referred to as the Justice for Families Program) was authorized in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013) to improve the response of the civil and criminal justice system to families with a history of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse. The program supports the following activities for improving the capacity of courts and communities to respond to families affected by the targeted crimes: court-based and court-related programs; supervised visitation and safe exchange [...]

Funding Opportunity: FY 2022 OVW Justice for Families Program SolicitationCinnamon Bankey2022-02-11T22:34:52+00:00

Funding Opportunity: Fiscal Year 2022 OVW Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program Solicitation

Cinnamon Bankey2022-02-11T22:27:23+00:00

The Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program is intended to increase the availability of civil and criminal legal assistance needed to effectively aid adult and youth (ages 11 and older) victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by providing funds for comprehensive direct legal services to victims in legal matters relating to or arising out of that abuse or violence. Eligibility: Limited to Indian tribal governments; tribal organizations; private nonprofit entities; publicly funded organizations not acting in a governmental capacity; and territorial organizations. Application Deadlines Grants.gov: March 10, 2022, 11:59 PM ET JustGrants: March 16, 2022, 11:59 PM [...]

Funding Opportunity: Fiscal Year 2022 OVW Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program SolicitationCinnamon Bankey2022-02-11T22:27:23+00:00

Funding Opportunity: FY 2022 OVW Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction

Cinnamon Bankey2022-02-02T21:11:17+00:00

The Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction program encourages collaborations among tribal leadership, courts, prosecutors, attorneys, defense counsel, law enforcement, probation, victim service providers, and other partners to ensure that victims find safety and justice and that non-Indians who commit crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, and violations of protection orders in the Indian country of the participating tribe are held accountable. Eligible applicants are limited to governments of Indian tribes that have jurisdiction over Indian country. Application Deadlines: Grants.gov – March 22, 2022 11:59 PM ET JustGrants – March 24, 2022 11:59 PM ET View [...]

Funding Opportunity: FY 2022 OVW Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal JurisdictionCinnamon Bankey2022-02-02T21:11:17+00:00

Systems Advocacy: Creating Safe, Respectful & Effective Responses Part 3

Cinnamon Bankey2022-02-15T15:11:46+00:00

“I was so tired I could hardly think. Petrified about going to court. The prosecutor was an angel. Kind, patient. He actually said he was sorry I got beaten up, I didn’t deserve it – no matter what. Then he said he would do the prosecution without me if I wanted. The cops did a great job investigating, documenting, and the doctor did a detailed report, so it was possible for him to go ahead without me!” “I was a new advocate in a new domestic violence program on a reservation of about 5,500 people. Went to the police station [...]

Systems Advocacy: Creating Safe, Respectful & Effective Responses Part 3Cinnamon Bankey2022-02-15T15:11:46+00:00

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