The Native Village of Kongiganak Establishment of a Victim Services Program

OVC’s mission is to enhance the nation’s capacity to assist crime victims and provide leadership in changing policies and practices to promote justice and healing for all victims of crime. OVC achieves this mission, in part, by administering award programs supported by the federal Crime Victims Fund (CVF) to develop innovative training and technical assistance, and to provide direct services to improve the overall quality of victim assistance.

The overall goal of the Fiscal Year 2019 Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program is to provide support to tribal communities to improve services for victims of crime. Under the solicitation, OVC solicited applications for funding to support a comprehensive range of activities including needs assessment, strategic planning, program development and implementation, program expansion, and other activities needed to address the needs of a wide variety of crime victims in tribal communities.

Under Purpose Area 1: Establishment of a New Victim Service Program, the Native Village of Kongiganak will create a Southern Kuskokwim Victim Services Task Force involving five regional tribes as well as regional, tribal, and state organizations. The Native Village of Kongiganak proposes to (1) establish partnerships, (2) convene and mobilize partners, (3) assess community needs, (4) develop a strategic/implementation plan, (5) implement a program, (6) provide victim services, and (7) provide community outreach and education. They plan to hire three new positions that will work on development of victim services, conduct a comprehensive needs assessment and develop a strategic plan. (CA/NCF)