Human Trafficking in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Location
Online
Event Type
Web
Tribal
Consultation on the FY 2022 Tribal Set-Aside from the Crime Victims Fund | Day 1 | January 13, 2022
February 2022
OVC invited Tribal leaders, representatives, and stakeholders to participate in a Consultation on the Tribal Set-Aside from the Crime Victims Fund for Fiscal Year 2022. Attendees discussed proposed changes to program policy regarding the use of funds and the application process. This is the recorded webinar of the first day of the 2-day consultation.
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When a Loved One Goes Missing: Resources for Families of Missing American Indian and Alaska Native Adults
Date Published
November 2021
Agencies
OJP
17th National Indian Nations Conference Rescheduled for December 2022
OVC has rescheduled the 17th National Indian Nations: Justice for Victims of Crime Conference for December 6–9, 2022.
See attachment
2018-VO-GX-K002
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2021
$1,000,000
Call for Presentations: 17th National Indian Nations Conference
Submit your proposal to present at the 17th National Indian Nations Conference by December 1, 2021
Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials
Introduction
For children and youth, participating in the justice system as a victim or witness can be especially confusing, distressing, and even re-traumatizing. Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials was created to support children and youth during their involvement with the justice system as a victim or witness to a crime.
Based on the input of national experts and lived experience experts, these materials are...
About
About
Children are some of the most vulnerable members of our society and are widely held as needing greater care and protection. However, despite this, children are frequently victims of or witnesses to violence, abuse, and other crimes, including domestic violence, community violence, physical assault, sexual assault, commercial sexual exploitation, and child maltreatment.
Resulting from these high rates of exposure to violence, crime, and abuse...
OVC Acting Director Speaks at Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day Event
May 2021
OVC Acting Director Katherine Darke Schmitt gave remarks during a special event, hosted by the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, and Administration for Native Americans, to honor missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives in commemoration of President Biden’s 2021 proclamation on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day.
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Talking Circle - Start, Sustain, or Grow: Using federal funding for victim services
Event Dates
–
Eastern
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
OVC FY 2021 Expanding Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Services to Victims of Sexual Assault
Closing Date
OVC is seeking applications to establish or expand sexual assault examination programs, including sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) programs and sexual assault forensic examiner (SAFE) programs that focus on improving the provision of sexual assault care using a community-based approach, such as through a campus community, nonprofit, community-based, and/or tribe-affiliated victim services provider.
OVC FY 2021 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking
Closing Date
OVC is seeking applications for states or tribes to develop, enhance, and coordinate programs and activities geared toward improving outcomes for child and youth victims of sex and labor trafficking.