CSKT awarded more than $420,000 for victim services

Five Montana Indian tribes and two Montana state agencies have been awarded Department of Justice grants totaling $6,631,190 to support services to victims. The funding is from the Office of Victims of Crime (OVC).

“These funds are focused on providing culturally-appropriate victim services in Indian Country communities, which experience far too much domestic and violent crime," Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said. "The funds also will enhance State Victim Compensation payments to eligible crime victims. As we recognize November as National Native American Heritage Month, we need to support and highlight the work being done to help victims of violence, sexual assault and child abuse."

Individual tribes or organizations receiving funds for Fiscal Year 2021 from the Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Grant Program Victim Services Projects include:

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, $422,695; Boys & Girls Clubs of the Northern Cheyenne Nation, $472,469; Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, $371,289; Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, $422,694; Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Nation, $543,066.

OVC also awarded funds through the Victim of Crime Act, Victim Compensation Formula Grant program. The Montana Department of Justice received $609,000, and the Montana Department of Corrections received $3,789,977.