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Read. Follow. Verify.Senate Hearing on Victim Services in Indian Country
Record date · January 1, 2015
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What This Bill Does
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a hearing on June 10, 2015, to examine the lack of adequate victim services and resources for crime victims in Native American communities. The committee discussed how current federal funding mechanisms, specifically the , are failing to reach tribal populations effectively.
The hearing addresses the systemic failure of federal funding to reach tribal victims of crime, directly impacting the availability of support services for Native American populations facing high rates of violent crime.
Who It Affects
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Native American and Alaska Native communities
These populations experience high rates of violent crime and currently lack adequate access to victim services and federal funding.
Tribal governments
Tribal authorities are responsible for providing services on their lands but face significant resource and capacity constraints.
Key Facts
- Native youth experience violent crime rates up to ten times the national average.
- Violence is a factor in 75 percent of deaths among American Indian and Alaska Natives aged 12 to 20.
- American Indian women are murdered at a rate more than ten times the national average on some reservations.
- The Crime Victims Fund is identified as the primary source of victim assistance funding, but is currently not effectively serving Native victims.
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- Tribes currently lack the resources and capacity to provide basic services to victims of crime on their lands.
- The hearing took place on June 10, 2015, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
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Funding Gap Identification
The hearing explicitly identifies a structural failure in the Crime Victims Fund's distribution mechanism regarding tribal nations.
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