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SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom July 16 announced the state has awarded almost $20 million in grants to 18 Native American tribes in California to support their efforts addressing the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People or MMIP crisis.
The California Board of State and Community Corrections or BSCC approved a second round of awards under the MMIP Grant Program, established in the 2022 budget to provide competitive grants to California tribal nations. Grants focus on work such as developing culturally-based prevention strategies, strengthening responses to human trafficking, providing culturally appropriate support services to affected families and their communities, and improving cooperation and communication on jurisdictional issues between state, local, federal, and tribal law enforcement agencies.
Some of the work funded by these grants includes:
The MMIP crisis is a worldwide issue, recognized in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In the United States alone, 84% of Native women and 82% of Native men will experience violence in their lifetimes. MMIP cases are seven times less likely to be solved than any other group, and Native women are victims of murder at rates more than ten times the national average. California has worked closely with tribes across the state to develop strategies to support tribal work and investigations to solve and prevent these cases.
The Governor has signed several bills into law to address the MMIP crisis, including:
The 2024-2025 state budget provides an additional $13.25 million for the MMIP grants, and the BSCC anticipates releasing another Request for Proposals later this year.
Details: MMIP Grant page.
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