California Tribal Domestic Violence Services Program
Inter Tribal Council of California
The California Tribal Domestic Violence Services Program has been established to enhance existing and develop new methods for providing Tribal women and families the protection and services they need to pursue safe and healthy lives and enable communities to hold their offenders accountable for the crimes they have committed.
Strategies will involve partnering with the Attorney General's Office of Indian Affairs, the California Consortium of Urban Indian Health Clinics, and local law enforcement agencies to provide resources to all California Indians in the area of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking. Our staff of culturally competent trained Domestic Violence Advocates and our collaborative efforts with local community, County, and State partners will work statewide with California Indians to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
In addition we will also work to establish education and training services to decrease the number of violent crimes committed against Indian women.
ITCC works with Indian tribes to establish tribal authorities within their local communities to more effectively respond to violent crimes against Indian women; and assure that violators are held accountable for their actions.
Historically, tribal people have, through cultural beliefs and practice work to ensure that people within the Tribal community will be served with compassion, understanding and respect.
Trainings on cultural competency, the impact of domestic violence on children and domestic violence in Tribal communities
will be available to Tribal governments, community organizations,
and law enforcement agencies.
For more information, please download our
California Tribal
Family Domestic Violence and Services Program Brochure.
Additional
Resource Web Links
Partners include:
- Attorney General's Office of Native American Affairs
- California Consortium of Urban Indian Health Clinics
- Local law enforcement agencies
- Tribal communities
Program training and activities will include:
- Training local law enforcement on conducting outreach to Tribal communities,
- Conducting outreach to Tribal communities and engagement of Tribal services and programs
- Training on P.L. 280
- Cultural Competency Training
To request training in your community please contact the Inter Tribal Council of California inc. office for further information.
Connie Reitman-Solas, ITCC Executive Director
connier@itccinc.org
Dee Saulque, Program Coordinator
dees@itccinc.org
(916) 973-9581 ext. 36
This program was funded by grant #2008-TW-AX-0064 through the
Department of Justice Violence Against Woman Act
