Rick Haskins Garcia
Director of Law, Policy, and Tribal Justice · Alaska Native Women's Resource Center
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Fifteen Alaska tribal recipients get about $4.4 million for crime victim services
“it's very few dollars and it's very, very limited. And so oftentimes leaves our tribes to compete for funding, pinning one tribe against the next.”
House Judiciary advances bill extending confidentiality to tribal advocates
The House Judiciary Committee advanced a bill to grant tribal victim advocates the same legal confidentiality protections as other state programs.
Senate Judiciary hears testimony on crime omnibus combining five bills
The Senate Judiciary Committee is weighing a crime omnibus bill that targets sexual assault, hit-and-run crimes, and AI abuse.
House panel advances tribal victim advocate confidentiality bill
House committee unanimously advanced a bill adding two words to Alaska law to give tribal domestic violence advocates the same confidentiality protections as other victim service providers.
House panel hears bill to extend confidentiality to tribal victim advocates
House Bill 384 would grant tribal victim advocates the same legal confidentiality protections currently held by nonprofit and military counselors.
