The purpose of this report is to provide findings from the national program evaluation of the Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative (DVPI) funded by the Indian Health Service (IHS) Division of Behavioral Health. The data included in this report is from the period September 30, 2016 through September 29, 2017. Findings are aggregated from DVPI Programs that submitted annual progress at the end of the reporting period.
This report reviews research, legal implication, and recommendations for professionals regarding the sexual exploitation of American Indian women and children.
This excerpt from the National Council for Juvenile and Family Court Judges newsletter provides a brief look at sex trafficking in Native communities, including risk factors, data, and recommendations.
This brief by the NCAI Policy Research Center discusses the history, current trends, and impacts of human and sex trafficking in Indian Country with recommendations for victim support, services, and tribal code development.
Connecting the dots shares research on the connections between different forms of violence and describes how these connections affect communities.
The topic of this report is the commercial sexual exploitation of American Indian women and girls in Minnesota, including but not limited to sex trafficking.
Resource guide to support beginning and running a Tribal girls’ empowerment program and running commentary of three years of La Jolla Yawaywish Girls’ Program reflections.
This toolkit is to raise awareness and prevent trafficking of Native youth by educating them on what human trafficking is, available resources, safety tips, and ways to get involved in their communities. Developed Administration for Children & Families November 2017
An exploration of best practices for Native Americans. It looks at contemporary behavioral health and substance abuse treatment and prevention practices of Native Americans in a context that is both historical and aware of Native American ways of knowing.
This briefing describes key implementation challenges in the context of evidence-based programs and presents research based strategies that can be used to facilitate sound implementation in real-world settings. It is designed to help State Administrative Agencies (SAAs) and their grantees achieve positive programming outcomes and realize the full potential of the evidence-based programs they adopt.
