U.S. Attorney’s Office Announces Over $6.2 Million in Justice Department Grants to Tribal Communities and Organizations in Arizona

PHOENIX, Ariz. - United States Attorney Gary M. Restaino today announced $6,285,698 in Department of Justice (DOJ) grants to tribal communities and organizations in the District of Arizona. The grants were awarded by the Department's Office of Justice Programs to prevent and reduce crime and by the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) to bolster coordinated community responses aimed at bringing an end to domestic violence.

Specifically, the following organizations received funding:

• Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community awarded $1,250,000 under OVW Violence Against Women Tribal Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Initiative.
• San Carlos Apache Tribal Council awarded $963,000 under Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants Program.
• Gila River Indian Community awarded $873,094 under Adult Treatment Court Program.
• Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation awarded $610,000 under OVW Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program.
• Southwest Indigenous Women's Coalition awarded $414,147 under OVW Grants to Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions.
• Hopi-Tewa Women's Coalition to End Abuse awarded $414,147 under OVW Grants to Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions.
• San Carlos Apache Tribal Council awarded $315,724 under OVC Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Program.
• Hopi Tribe awarded $315,724 under OVC Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Program.
• Gila River Indian Community awarded $282,632 under OVC Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Program.
• Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community awarded $282,632 under OVC Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Program.
• White Mountain Apache Tribe awarded $250,000 under SMART Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program.
• Yavapai Apache Nation awarded $229,973 under OVC Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Program.
• Pascua Yaqui Tribe awarded $66,071 under OVW Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Reimbursement Program.
• Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indican Community awarded $18,554 under OVW Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Reimbursement Program.

The U.S. Attorney's office will hold its annual Tribal Listening Conference in November, during which it convenes with its law enforcement and sovereign tribal partners to listen to, engage with, and educate one another. While the issues covered by these grants are long-standing challenges in tribal communities, the Tribal Listening Conference will provide an opportunity for all of the stakeholders to rededicate themselves to preventing crime and violence in the affected communities.

The awards announced above are being made as part of the regular end-of-fiscal year cycle. More information about these and other OJP awards can be found on the OJP Grant Awards Page.

The Office of Justice Programs provides federal leadership, grants, training, technical assistance, and other resources to improve the nation's capacity to prevent and reduce crime; advance equity and fairness in the administration of justice; assist victims; and uphold the rule of law. More information about OJP and its program offices - the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office for Victims of Crime, and SMART Office - can be found at www.ojp.gov. More information about the Office of Violence Against Women, along with the recent grants, can be found at www.justice.gov/ovw.

RELEASE NUMBER: 2024-133_OJP Grant Awards

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