{"id":63412,"date":"2019-03-22T20:13:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T02:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/southern-ute-tribe-awarded-grant-to-assist-victims-of-crime\/"},"modified":"2019-03-23T02:13:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T02:13:07","slug":"southern-ute-tribe-awarded-grant-to-assist-victims-of-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/southern-ute-tribe-awarded-grant-to-assist-victims-of-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Ute Tribe awarded grant to assist victims of crime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=601faae8-c1f5-446f-aec8-a4a0ad463c45&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"700\" height=\"433\" alt=\"The Southern Ute Indian Tribe received almost $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice to support crime victims.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The Southern Ute Indian Tribe received almost $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice to support crime victims.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">JERRY MCBRIDE\/Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The federal government awarded the Southern Ute Indian Tribe almost $400,000 to expand direct victim services and trauma-informed personnel support \u2013 part of a nationwide effort to improve victim services in Native American communities, U.S. Department of Justice officials announced this week.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of Justice Programs\u2019 Office for Victims of Crime gave the Southern Ute tribe $391,425 as part of a nationwide effort to support crime victims in Native American communities. Native American communities \u201cexperience violent crimes at rates far greater than the general population,\u201d according to the National Institute of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>The Southern Ute Indian Tribe plans to use the money to buy new supplies, pay for staff training and purchase new equipment for forensic medical services, child forensic interviews and clinical therapeutic services for crime victims, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerican Indian and Alaska Native crime victims continue to face challenges in identifying vital services and resources needed to help survivors address their trauma and navigate a complex system,\u201d said Office for Victims of Crime Director Darlene Hutchinson in the release. \u201cThe Justice Department has made it a priority to partner with tribes to help victims and their families rebuild their lives in the aftermath of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An Office for Victims of Crime spokeswoman in Washington, D.C., did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Southern Ute Victims Services Department will be utilizing this funding to strengthen the capacity for implementation of victim services through improved response and support,\u201d said Lindsay Box, spokeswoman for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. \u201cWith the help of this funding, our community will become safer and when these paramount services are dispatched, victims of these horrible crimes will be rendered the resources they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:bhauff@durangoherald.com\">bhauff@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funding part of national effort to support Native American communities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,29,629],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-63412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter","tag-southern-ute-indian-tribe"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63412"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=63412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}