Alaska domestic violence network gets $3.5 million federal grant for 24 providers

The Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault will use a $3.5 million federal grant to fund 24 subawards to direct service providers across Alaska, who would offer safety planning, emergency safe housing, and emergency supplies and transportation to crime victims.

The U.S. Department of Justice obligated the money to the Juneau-based network on Sept. 30, according to the federal award record. It came through the department's Office of Justice Programs as a congressionally recommended award. The grant period runs from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30, 2030.

The grant also covers training for advocates, data collection and outreach to teach Alaskans how to support crime victims and find the services they may need. The record lists expected outcomes: more crime victims receiving support, advocates who know more about helping victims, including those with behavioral health issues, and greater statewide awareness of how to find services.

The award record does not name the providers that will receive subawards. The $3.5 million is the amount obligated, or committed, to date, not what has been spent.

The network is a membership organization. Brenda Stamfill, its executive director, told the Alaska State Senate Judiciary Committee in March that it represents 24 direct service programs across the state that serve survivors of domestic and sexual violence, according to the committee's March 23 meeting record.

The 2020 Alaska Victimization Survey found that 48 of every 100 adult women in Alaska, about 127,000 women, have experienced intimate partner violence in their lifetime. The figures appear in the Alaska FFY2026-FFY2029 STOP Implementation Plan, prepared by the state Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.

The network also received $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in March for work on health inequities and intimate partner violence, HHS TAGGS records show.