Happy New Years! January 2021 Newsletter Happy New Year, Relatives! January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. It is a key time for us all as individuals to learn and increase our awareness of human trafficking to identify the signs of trafficking. Human trafficking can happen to anyone, at any time, especially during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Within our tribal communities, Native women, cis and trans women, and girls are victimized by human trafficking at rates higher than that of the general population due to factors that include (but are not limited to) poverty or lack of access to work or services on or near reservations. It is also a time for us take these messages to our workplaces, our communities, our schools, our representatives and everywhere else. January is also National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM)! Though millions of men, women and non-binary people are stalked every year in the United States, the crime of stalking is often misunderstood, minimized and/or ignored. And stalking often predicts and/or co-occurs with sexual and domestic violence. Stalking is a pattern of behavior directed at a specific person that causes fear. Many stalking victims experience being followed, approached and/or threatened. No matter where you are, or where you come from, everyone has the inherent right to be and feel safe in their own home, community, and online. We all have a role to play in identifying stalking and supporting victims and survivors. Join us this month as we continue to take a stand against trafficking and stalking in our tribal communities. Follow us as we support national efforts and share information through social media to bring awareness to the underground crime of human trafficking and the crime of stalking that affects our relatives. ‌ ‌ ‌ Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault’s Restorative Justice Summit A few CSVANW staff attended the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault’s Restorative Justice Summit from December 2nd to the 3rd, 2020. The summit explored what restorative justice for sexual violence could look like for communities and what it looks like from other programs. Speakers included those doing restorative justice within the criminal legal system through diversion and those working within culturally specific communities. Our Training and Education Director, Jolene Holgate, provided a virtual presentation at NMCADV’s 40-Hour Advocate Training on behalf of CSVANW regarding the services CSVANW provided and the issue of domestic violence in tribal communities. NMCADV Membership Spotlight is CSVANW Our Training and Education Director, Jolene Holgate, was invited to NMCADV’s Membership Spotlight and spoke on behalf of CSVANW regarding the services we provided, the history stemming from colonization, and the violence in NM tribal communities. watch the conversation The 2020 holiday season was like no other. We knew our little ones were worried about missing Santa for Christmas, so our elves at the Coalition tracked down the Big Guy. In December Santa Claus had personal zoom meetings with families from some of our Member Programs. Thank you to the staff at Seekhaven Shelter, Valencia Shelter Services and Fives Sandoval Indian Pueblos, Inc. for making this possible. CSVANW partnered with Red Planet Books and Comics, Indigenous owned bookstore, for our 6th Annual Little One Holiday Book Drive to get new books into New Mexico domestic violence shelters for little ones during the holiday season. Thank you Red Planet for this partnership. ‌ ‌ ‌ Follow us on social media to stay updated when CSVANW is in the community. We are happy to announce the newly drafted ICWA bill will be going into the 2021 NM Legislative Session sponsored by NM State Representative Georgene Louis (D) and NM State Senator Benny Shendo Jr. (D). If passed the bill will codify the federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) into state law, to protect Native American children so they can remain within their tribal communities and extended families. The rate of removals of Native children from their families is sometimes four times higher than white children removals. Join us for our Member Meeting January 29th 11-1 via Zoom to learn more as Donalyn Serracino, (Director of Tribal Affairs for the Office of the Secretary for Child, Youth and Families Department and of the Pueblo of Acoma) and Kandace Littlefoot (Bold Futures, Policy Fellow) join us to discuss the efforts of the workgroup and answer questions about how to support and what this means for tribal communities. Bill to codify the federal Indian Child Welfare Act into state law an important step, say advocates - NM Political Report (11/16/2020) "A bill to protect Native American children so they can remain within their tribal communities and extended families will be pre-filed in the state Legislature in January, supporters say. The bill, still in draft form, will codify the federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) into state law if it’s passed by the state Legislature next year. The U.S. Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act into law in 1978 but it is too often not enforced, according to experts working on the state law." Read More The Advocate Coordinator will continue to host monthly CSVANW Advocate Community Meetings. The next scheduled meeting is set for January 21, 2021 at 10:30 AM-12:00 PM. This meeting was created to get information out and support to our tribal/non-tribal advocates working in community with our Indigenous relatives. Monthly, the Advocate Coordinator nominates the CSVANW Advocate of the Month and the internal review team makes a decision based on the selection criteria to highlight and give appreciation for the amazing efforts towards ending the cycles of violence in communities. Advocates who are interested in attending the next meeting please contact the Advocate Coordinator, Tiffany Jiron at [email protected] for zoom link. Also, another exciting announcement for our member advocates to support their work is they have another opportunity to receive a one-time stipend for $500.00! That’s right, Advocates, if you received a $500.00 stipend from us in 2020, you have another opportunity for another one in 2021. New advocates who join the CSVANW Membership meeting on January 29th could also earn a $500.00 stipend. THANK YOU TO OUR CHANGE MAKERS December 2020 DONORS General contributions and donations from individual supporters and organizational partners are essential for CSVANW's sustainability and effectiveness. Your donation helps make it possible for us to cultivate and strengthen our ability to advocate for Native women and children and breaking of cycles of violence. Donate today CSVANW Virtual Member Meeting Friday, January 29th, 2021 11 AM to 1 PM (MT) VIA ZOOM This is just a friendly reminder that we will be sending invoices for Membership Dues in the coming weeks for those who are due. Tribal Member Fees are $500 annually Organizational Member Fees are $250 annually Advocate Level Member Fees are $75 Relative Member Fees are $50 Thanks so much for all that you do! Tentative Agenda 9th Annual Native Youth Summit The 9th Annual Native Youth Summit is a series of 1 hour workshops over 4 days and is a powerful leadership development experience that connects, challenges, and cultivates a cohort of 10 Native youth ranging in age from 13 to 17 years old from across the state of New Mexico. Our theme for the summit is Black and Indigenous Solidarity and it will focus on self-awareness and land to strengthen our Tribal communities through the following learning opportunities:  Encourage Native youth to work towards strengthening their voice; Building our Native youth knowledge on the basics of violence prevention so they may share with their relatives in their territories; and, Support Native youth in their building of knowledge to eliminate violence against all of our relatives. Apply today FY22 STOP VAWA Request for Proposal Solicitation The New Mexico Crime Victims Reparation Commission (CVRC) is soliciting competitive proposals to be funded under the 2020 STOP Violence Against Women Grant Program from New Mexico governmental agencies and non-governmental, non-profit victim service organizations for the purpose of fostering more widespread apprehension, prosecution and adjudication of persons committing the crimes of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and dating violence, as well as to strengthen services to victims of these crimes. ISSUANCE OF RFP The RFP (Request for Proposal) for the STOP VAWA Program is issued by CVRC on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. ELIGIBILITY Applicants must be able to present their organizational capacity to complete the mandatory elements outlined within their proposal. The New Mexico Crime Victims Reparation Commission has determined that applications will be ineligible for consideration if they are late, incomplete or fail any of the mandatory elements outlined within the Request for Proposal Solicitation. GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP CVRC will record a STOP VAWA grant-writing workshop, which will include step by step instructions on how to apply within the system, that will be available to watch via a YouTube link. The recorded workshop will be available to view on the [link removed] page by Friday, January 15, 2021. The workshop will present information, provide grant-writing tips, clarify issues and answer questions. This workshop is not mandatory, but applicants are encouraged to watch the video. In addition, a recorded STOP VAWA Q & A was held, Tuesday, January 12, 2021. You can view this at: [link removed] REGISTRATION FOR WEBGRANTS ONLINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Applicants must register within the New Mexico Crime Victims Reparation Commission WebGrants Online Grants Management Systemhttps://nmcvrcgrants.com/index.do to submit their new/competitive and/or continuing applications. A “How to Register as a User Video” can be found at [link removed]. Please note that registrations are not automatically approved. They are reviewed Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST. You are encouraged to register prior to this final date to ensure full access to the system. The deadline to register within the WebGrants Online Grants Management System is February 25, 2021. Registration within the system is not the submission of the application. Applicants who do not register by this deadline and do not submit a complete proposal within the New Mexico Crime Victims Reparation Commission WebGrants Online Grants Management System will not be considered for protest. APPROPRIATION AND AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS In accordance with Federal guidelines, at least 25% of the funds granted will be allocated for prosecution purposes, at least 25% percent will be allocated for law enforcement purposes, at least 30% will be allocated for victim services purposes, and at least 5% will be allocated to the judiciary. Approximately 15% will be allocated under the discretionary category. All awards must support the STOP VAWA Federal Purposes outlined in the Violence Against Women Act of 2013 and the priorities outlined within the State of New Mexico Crime Victims Reparation Commission 2017 - 2020 Implementation Plan . Total available funding for this RFP is $1,216,906.00. Of that, $526,997.00 is designated for continuation projects that have not yet completed a four-year cycle. The remaining $689,909.00 is available for new/competitive projects. Of the funds available for new/competitive projects, $152,537.00 must support prosecution purposes, $154,344.00 must support law enforcement purposes, $267,613.00 must support victim services purposes, $60,845.00 must go to the courts for court purposes and $54,570.00 can enhance any of these allocations or support Federal Purposes that do not fit within these categories. The 2017 -2020 Implementation Plan outlined a statewide priority to support new and innovative approaches, in addition to allocating funds to support projects for underserved, marginalized, and culturally specific population specific services. To support the current strategic plan, priority consideration will be given for positions or programs that specifically improve services to underserved, marginalized, and culturally specific populations and/or support new and innovative approaches.  All awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds, the mandated allocation categories and provisions of the STOP VAWA award and any modifications or additional requirements that may be imposed by law. Become a Member Donate Today Follow us on Social Media ‌ ‌ ‌ Stay Updated: Sign Up for Our Emails Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women | 4600 B Montgomery Blvd NE, Ste 202, Albuquerque, NM 87109 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!