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Bureau of Indian Affairs

OVC FY 2023 Developing Future Victim Specialists to Serve American Indian/Alaska Native Victims of Crime

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OVC seeks to develop a workforce of victim service providers to serve American Indian and Alaska Native victims in locations that are remote and where positions are hard to fill. This will be accomplished by engaging interested individuals, including but not limited to, college and university students, who are from, live, and/or attend school in these areas.

Bureau of Indian Affairs: Victim Assistance Program

This program offers direct services to victims including crisis intervention, referrals and information for mental and emotional health and other types of specialized responses, provide emergency services and transportation, and follow up for additional assistance.

OVC FY 2020 Developing Future Victim Specialists to Serve American Indian/Alaska Native Victims of Crime

Closing Date
This program will develop a workforce of direct victim service providers to American Indian and Alaska Native victims in hard-to-staff positions and locations. By identifying and training prospective victim service professionals in, or from, the communities to be served, tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs’ victim service programs will be better able to fill direct victim service positions in remote Indian Country and Alaska Native...