State grants help rural agencies.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: Inside Alaska Business

The State of Alaska awarded four domestic-violence-prevention grants to groups in rural Alaska. The Department of Health and Social Services Division of Behavioral Health will oversee the grant program. Successful applicants proposed new ideas, demonstrated community involvement and set measurable goals to reduce domestic violence and sexual assault in

their regions, which include Bethel, Dillingham, Kodiak and Sitka.

Safe and Fear-Free Environment in Dillingham received a grant of $372,642 in the first year and up to $1 million per year in the next three years. The group will also...