I expect more Alaska tribes to take advantage of DOJ support this year.
This Committee has been a great forum to both shed light on the need to improve public safety and justice in Native communities.
We saw that through passage of VAWA 2022, which included the tribal title that we authored.
Sometimes it is easier to have somebody be that assistance in some community somewhere else in America where they have no idea they are spea...
We can't have DOJ over here not talking and intersecting with what Interior and HHS is.
Following 477 is very important to us, and something that the Department fully supports.
I am trying to make sure that as you are taking these initial steps, again, there is a sharing of information back and forth.
This all takes time, this is work. But know that there are so many of us that are really committed to keeping that momentum going.
I cannot underscore enough how important this is for Department of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Interior....
We are trying to build some efficiencies, but that efficiency is going to come when we leverage the resources of everybody.
I think Attorney General Garland seemed to agree with me, and I think that is why he directed the Office of Tribal Justice and the DOJ grant...
The efficiencies that are created, we have seen them in play.
I cannot underscore enough how important this is for Department of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Interior,...
If you are in that position, we would like to see the direction and some proposal before we go on the August break.
