The Office on Violence Against Women has announced a grant program to encourage collaborations among tribal leadership, courts, prosecutors, attorneys, defense counsel, law enforcement, probation, victim service providers, and other partners to ensure that victims find safety and justice and that non-Indians who commit crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, and violations of protection orders in the Indian country of the participating tribe are held accountable.
Donor Name: Office on Violence Against Women
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/22/2022
Grant Size: $450,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 1304(f), funds under this program must be used for one or more of the following purposes:
- To strengthen tribal criminal justice systems to assist Indian tribes in exercising SDVCJ, including: (A) Law enforcement (including the capacity of law enforcement or court personnel to enter information into and obtain information from national crime information databases); (B) Prosecution; (C) Trial and appellate courts; (D) Probation systems; (E) Detention and correctional facilities; (F) Alternative rehabilitation centers; (G) Culturally appropriate services and assistance for victims and their families; (H) Criminal codes and rules of criminal procedure, appellate procedure, and evidence.
- To provide indigent criminal defendants with the effective assistance of licensed defense counsel, at no cost to the defendant, in criminal proceedings in which a participating tribe prosecutes a crime of domestic violence or dating violence or a criminal violation of a protection order.
- To ensure that, in criminal proceedings in which a participating tribe exercises SDVCJ, jurors are summoned, selected, and instructed in a manner consistent with all applicable requirements.
- To accord victims of domestic violence, dating violence, and violations of protection orders rights that are similar to the rights of a crime victim described in section 3771(a) of Title 18, consistent with tribal law and custom.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards :$450,000.00
- Period of Performance Duration (Months) : 36
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $5,000,000.00
Eligibility Criteria
- Governments of Indian tribes that have jurisdiction over Indian country are eligible to apply for this program.
- Per 25 U.S.C. § 1301(1), “Indian tribe” means any tribe, band, or other group of Indians subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and recognized as possessing powers of self-government. Per 18 U.S.C. § 1151, “Indian country” means (a) all land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States Government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and, including rights-of-way running through the reservation, (b) all dependent Indian communities within the borders of the United States whether within the original or subsequently acquired territory thereof, and whether within or without the limits of a state, and (c) all Indian allotments, the Indian titles to which have not been extinguished, including rights-of-way running through the same.
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