June is Elder Abuse Awareness Month. Download the Tribal Elder Protection Team Toolkit from the National Indigenous Elder Justice Initiative at https://www.nieji.org/tribal-elder-protection-team
Funding Opportunity: The Administration for Children and Families announces the availability of FY 2021 funds for Native Languages. These funds will be used to make emergency awards to eligible recipients to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American Read more…
June 16, 2021. Register for the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center webinar, “LGBTQ2S: Policies and Practices for Tribal Shelters and DV Programs” to learn how the Southwest Indigenous Women’s Coalition (SWIWC) is working to improve the tribal response to LGBTQ Read more…
Funding Opportunity: The FY 2021 Community Policing Development: Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) Program is now open. These funds are available for expansion of the use of crisis intervention teams in order to embed mental and behavioral health services with law Read more…
June is Elder Abuse Awareness Month. The National Resource Center on Native American Aging is committed to helping develop community-based solutions to improve the quality of life and delivery of services to Tribal Elders. Explore resources at https://www.nrcnaa.org
June is Elder Abuse Awareness Month. Most cases of Elder abuse are undetected, underreported, and unresolved which results in injury, financial decimation, and even death. The National Indigenous Elder Justice Initiative (NIEJI) was created to address the lack of culturally Read more…
In 2018, the Department of Justice held the Rural and Tribal Elder Justice Summit to enhance the ability of elder justice professionals to more robustly respond to the unique needs of older adults residing in rural and tribal communities through Read more…
Know the signs of human trafficking. Help to end trafficking by learning the red flags and indicators. Access the resource at https://humantraffickinghotline.org/human-trafficking/recognizing-signs
The Department of Justice Family-Based Alternative Sentencing Program seeks to build the capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments to implement new or enhance existing alternative sentencing programs for parents in Read more…
The OJJDP “FY 2021 Post-Secondary Education Opportunities for Child Protection Professionals” grant provides funding to support the training of future mandated reporters and child protection professionals and support efforts across the country to train child protection professionals in the field, Read more…