Crisis Intervention/Response

The reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) expanded the jurisdiction of tribal courts over crimes of domestic violence committed on tribal land. This authority empowers tribal justice systems to protect victims of domestic violence and provide greater access to victim services in Indian County. Collaboration among state, local and tribal victim services is essential to meet the needs of Native women and children who are victims of domestic violence.

Conference Goals
•To highlight successful strategies for developing effective services
•To reveal the latest and most innovative child welfare and children’s mental health service delivery practices
•To highlight tactics and strategies for financing and sustaining services that impact children
•To showcase strategies for involving youth and families in developing services and policies that lead to systems change

Conference Goals
•To highlight successful strategies for developing effective services
•To reveal the latest and most innovative child welfare and children’s mental health service delivery practices
•To highlight tactics and strategies for financing and sustaining services that impact children
•To showcase strategies for involving youth and families in developing services and policies that lead to systems change

This training provides individuals with various options that they can take to prevent and survive violent attacks on a college campus. Topics include; Available Response Options to an Active Shooter, Diffusion of Emotionally Charged Individuals, and Basic Self Defense Tactics.
The instruction includes practical exercises intended to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to survive and others from an active shooter as well as basic hands-on self-defense tactics that can be used for protection from a physical attack.

NCJTC provided 4 staff under this grant to provide A/V support to the Indian Nations Conference. Two staff also provided workshop instruction.

NCJTC provided 2 staff under this grant to provide A/V support to the Indian Nations Conference.

Attitudes and Awareness About Childhood Exposure to Violence: Results from a Survey of Five Communities, American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA. November 19, 2014. Elise Jensen presented results from a survey about community attitudes and awareness about childhood exposure to violence for the Defending Childhood Initiative to an audience of researchers and practitioners in the criminology and criminal justice fields.

Rachel Swaner and Elise Jensen presented on
The Defending Childhood Initiative and Culture as Healing
12/10/14
Indian Nations Victims of Crime conference, Palm Springs, CA
Co-presented with Rosebud Sioux colleagues on the Defending Childhood Initiative