August 29, 2020

Absenee Shawnee tribe among those getting funding to address Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Crimes in Indian Country

Author: The Shawnee News-Star

Oklahoma tribal governments and the Oklahoma tribal domestic violence and sexual assault coalition, the Native Alliance Against Violence, were among the fiscal year 2020 funding awards of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) as announced by the United States Attorney Offices - Oklahoma on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at a press event in Tulsa, OK.
Of the nearly $12 million in grant awards to assist law enforcement agencies, tribes, victims service agencies,