Promoting Accountability, Safety, and Healing
The Batterer’s Intervention Program is operated by the Native Village of Dot Lake. The culturally grounded accountability and behavior-change initiative is designed to reduce domestic and family violence while strengthening community safety.
The program blends evidence-based intervention approaches with Indigenous values of respect, responsibility, and relational healing. Our approach incorporates structured group sessions, individualized case management, and coordinated referrals to behavioral health and substance-use support services.
The Program
Our BIP’s trauma-informed and psychoeducational methods include:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
- Solution-focused approaches.
- Mindfulness-based behavior-change strategies.
- EMAP (Evidence-Based Model Accountability Program) curriculum.
Participants work through a structured curriculum that may extend up to 40 weeks, supporting meaningful and sustained behavioral transformation while meeting Alaska’s BIP requirements.
Integrated Community Response
This program operates in coordination with:
- Dot Lake Village Tribal Court.
- Dot Lake Village Sexual Assault Response Team (SART).
- TeeJuh Behavioral Health and substance-use services.
- Regional victim advocacy and service providers.
This coordinated response ensures survivor safety remains the highest priority while providing participants with pathways to accountability, education, and positive change.

