American Indian And Alaska Native Children Exposed To Violence Task Force To Hold First Public Hearing

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Dec 05, 2013, 10:19 ET

Dec. 9 in Bismarck, N.D.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Advisory Committee of the Attorney General's Task Force on American Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence will hold its first public hearing in Bismarck, N.D., 8:30 a.m. CST, December 9, 2013.

The Advisory Committee, which includes tribal members and national experts in American Indian studies, child health and trauma, victim services and child welfare and law, will use information gathered during four public hearings to produce a final report of policy recommendations for the Attorney General in late 2014.

For more information on the Advisory Committee, upcoming hearings, the full list of members, how to register for the event, and how to provide written testimony, please visit: justice.gov/defendingchildhood.

WHO:	Associate Attorney General Tony West
	Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Administrator
	Robert L. Listenbee
	Members of the Advisory Committee of the Attorney General's Task
	Force on American Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence

WHAT:	Public hearing of the Advisory Committee of the Attorney General's Task
	Force on American Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence

WHERE:	Ramkota Hotel
	800 S. 3^rd Street
	Bismarck, N.D.

WHEN:	Monday, December 9
	8:30 a.m. CST