Justice Department Awards Funds To Tribes For Victim Services
Five Montana Indian tribes and two 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.
Individual tribes or organizations receiving funds for Fiscal Year 2021 from the Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Grant Program: Victim Services Projects include:
•Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes - $422,694
•Boys & Girls Clubs of the Northern Cheyenne Nation $472,469
•Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation - $371,289
•Blackfeet Indian Nation $543,066
•Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes - $422,695 OVC also awarded funds through the Victim of Crime Act, Victim Compensation Formula Grant program to the Montana Department of Justice, $609,000; and Montana Department of Corrections, $3,789,977.
