$500,000 for DV shelter never reached ADABI, director says
Special to the Times | Donovan Quintero
Lorena Halwood, the executive director of Amá Dóó Áłchíní Bíghan Inc., stands inside the organization’s kitchen space in Chinle, where meals and daily support are prepared for families and children.
By Donovan Quintero
Special to the Times
CHINLE – Elouise Begay, the bookkeeper for Amá Dóó Áłchíní Bíghan Inc., began drafting a long-delayed wish list after staff were told the Chinle-based nonprofit would receive $500,000 in Arizona state funding to support victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
That expectation unraveled about 13 months later, when ADABI Executive Director Lorena Halwood said she learned during a Dec. 30, 2025, meeting at the Office of the President and Vice President that the funding had been converted into a request-for-proposals process by the Navajo Nation Division for Children and Family Services. Halwood said ADABI was never notified that the money would be handled that way.
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