Kodiak Area Native Association

The Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (rural Program) Is Authorized by 34 U.s.c. 12341. Rural Program Funds Are Used to Support Programs That: 1) Identify, Assess, and Appropriately Respond to Child, Youth, and Adult Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, and Stalking in Rural Communities; 2) Establish and Expand Victim Services in Rural Communities to Child, Youth, and Adult Victims; 3) Increase the Safety and Well-being of Women and Children in Rural Communities, by (a) Dealing Directly and Immediately With Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, and Stalking; and (B) Creating and Implementing Strategies to Increase Awareness and Prevent These Crimes; and 4) Develop, Expand, Implement, and Improve the Quality of Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Examination or Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs. Grantees Must Use at Least One of the Following Strategies in Implementing Their Projects: 1) Implement, Expand, and Establish Cooperative Efforts and Projects Among Law Enforcement Officers, Prosecutors, Victim Service Providers, and Other Related Parties to Investigate and Prosecute Incidents of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking; 2) Provide Treatment, Counseling, Advocacy, Legal Assistance, and Other Long-term and Short-term Victim and Population Specific Services to Adult and Minor Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking in Rural Communities; 3) Work in Cooperation With the Community to Develop Education and Prevention Strategies Directed Toward Such Issues; 4) Develop, Enlarge, or Strengthen Programs Addressing Sexual Assault; and 5) Develop Programs and Strategies That Focus on the Specific Needs of Victims of Who Reside in Remote Rural and Geographically Isolated Areas. Through This Continuation of the Ovw Rural Program Project, Kodiak Area Native Association, in Partnership With Kodiak Womens Resource and Crisis Center, Kodiak Police Department, and Office of Childrens Services, Will Implement the Rural Grant Program. This Victim Service Project Addresses the Following Purpose Areas: 1, 2, and 4 for Kodiak Island in Alaska. Specific Activities Will Include: 1) Strengthening and Advancing a Formal and Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Response to Csa, Adult Sa, DV, Dating Violence, and Stalking; 2) Providing Rural Victims and Their Non-offending Family Members With an Immediate and Comprehensive Response for Csa, Sa, DV, Dating Violence, and Stalking; 3) Providing Training or Educational Presentations to Professionals and the Rural Residents of Kodiak; and 4) Planning and Arranging for a Medical Provider to Receive Needed Training of the Online Adult/adolescent Sane and Pediatric Training Followed by the Didactic Training at Providence Alaska Cares.