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Option(s):a) Incorporating attitudes of respect toward women/girls, people of (different) color, persons withdifferent abilities, etc. “Walking the talk,” empowering youth, keeping them safe.b) Develop and deliver (through local alcohol/drug counselors and elders) a culturally appropriateand comprehensive prevention curriculum in the school to educate children 1-8 th grade onsubstance abuse and healthy relationships and behaviors.c) “Few Good Men” approach – let the people in the community identify and acknowledge theleaders/elders. Empower humble people to see themselves as the leaders they are. Pay attentionand utilize cultural/traditional ways to recognize mentors.______________________________________________________________________________D-DS 4Statement of problem:Funding challenges for non-profit agencies serving victims of domestic violence, sexual assaultand child abuse.Current Status:Too many separate funding sources with no coordination between them. Money for pilot projectsand not core services. Funding is competitive, unsure, and short term. High overhead andadministration costs.Ideal Status:Long term, secure, operating funds with reasonable compliance guidelines.Structural Barriers (e.g., statutes, regulations, etc.):Multiple funding sources, no coordination among funding agencies.Option(s):a) Block grant/consolidation within departments, and coordination with compliance and reportingrequirements.b) Provide educational & therapeutic services for sexual assault victims and child sexual abusevictims.______________________________________________________________________________D-DS 5Statement of problem:Impact of Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) on DV/CP.Current Status:Handful of diagnostic teams in rural areas, estimated 30-40 percent of children in ruralcommunities fetal alcohol exposed in Bristol Bay, for example.Ideal Status:Women of child bearing age who are sexually active will not drink alcohol.Structural Barriers (e.g., statutes, regulations, etc.):a) Lack of effective prevention programs.b) Inter-generational FAE adults having FAE children.c) No statewide resource for information and referral.Option(s):Prevention programs aimed at family planning, alcohol abuse and domestic violence for all menand women.Alaska Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission - Page 97
______________________________________________________________________________D-DS 6Statement of problem:Prevention programs in rural Alaska do not have sufficient resources to do prevention.Current Status:a) Kawerak has a dual track program, provides prevention services to children and their families.(MOA available for review).State DHSS offers a few mini grants to provide preventive services (Safe and Stable FamiliesTitle IVB funding).AFN Wellness initiative provided for some prevention type programs in rural Alaska.Wellness Initiative – 4 areas covered: Control of Alcohol, Supporting VPSO, Enforcing localoption law, and violence prevention. Best practices shared among villages.b) ANDVSA DELTA project (CDC grant) funds prevention programs in Valdez, Sitka, Juneau,Dillingham.c) TCC and YKHC Regions have Tribal Family and Youth Specialists in every village, but theyare stretched with multiple duties that do include prevention activities but also include childprotection services. Nothing targeted specifically for prevention.d) Tundra Women’s Coalition in Bethel has a prevention program for teens.Ideal Status:a) Prevention programs coordinated, non-duplicative, cultural appropriate effective locally orvillage based provided throughout Rural Alaska.b) An initiative in each village to spearhead prevention workshops and healthy activities.c) Have smaller organizations work together, coordinating regularly.d) Utilize successful already established models.e) Have well funded prevention projects with capacity for intervention when prevention workuncovers issues.Structural Barriers (e.g., statutes, regulations, etc.):a) Very few Funding opportunities for prevention activities.b) Funding and expertise.c) Different funding streams not being coordinated at village or statewide level.d) Funding mechanisms do not exist to help groups providing services or new funding.e) Most of time spent in intervention rather than prevention.Option(s):a) Prevention programs available in the schools and offered by DV/SA, tribal, state and non-profithealth organizations, tribal councils or AK Native Village agencies that provide crisisintervention services.b) Review of Family Wellness Warriors Initiative (Southcentral Foundation) and other local andregional initiatives.c) Statewide curriculum available for use in every village, with statewide staff support fortechnical assistance to the villages.d) Existing programs have funds to offer newly developing prevention projects the training andtechnical assistance they need to build a foundation.______________________________________________________________________________D-DS 7Statement of problem:There are not enough healthy youth and family activities in rural Alaska.Alaska Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission - Page 98
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IntroductionFor years, Alaska Nativ
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In MemoriamEric D. JohnsonApril 27,
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continuous. Those who worked hardes
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Executive SummaryCreated by Congres
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8. Increase Access to Judicial Serv
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Chapter I. Statement of NeedThe Ala
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When domestic violence services are
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With the advent of statehood in 195
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Village Council Presidents, Bristol
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“[M]any of the laws that we have
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“[W]e’re 10 times the national
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Great contrast exists today between
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The literature has often decried th
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Another resource on economic opport
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The continuing escalation of fuel c
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In 1999, in an effort to curb youth
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and follow-up contacts. Since it wa
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Chapter II. Charge to the Commissio
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♦ Gail Schubert, Executive Vice P
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Chapter IIIResponse and Recommendat
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example, during a protracted negoti
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staffing in Alaska is a significant
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