The Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program, referred to as the Tribal Governments Program, is authorized to assist tribal governments, and authorized designees of tribal governments, to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking in tribal communities.
Donor Name: Office on Violence Against Women
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/23/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
OVW is a component of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). Created in 1995, OVW administers grant programs authorized by the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and subsequent legislation and provides national leadership on issues of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. OVW grants support coordinated community responses that provide services to victims and hold offenders accountable.
Purpose Areas
Pursuant to 34 U.S.C. § 10452, funds under this program must be used for one or more of the following purposes:
- Develop and enhance effective governmental strategies to curtail violent crimes against women and increase the safety of Indian women consistent with tribal law and custom.
- Increase tribal capacity to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking crimes against Indian women.
- Strengthen tribal justice interventions including tribal law enforcement, prosecution, courts, probation, and correctional facilities.
- Enhance services to Indian women victimized by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking.
- Work in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies directed toward issues of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking.
- Provide programs for supervised visitation and safe visitation exchange of children in situations involving domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking committed by one parent against the other with appropriate security measures, policies, and procedures to protect the safety of victims and their children.
- Provide transitional housing for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking, including rental or utilities payment assistance and assistance with related expenses such as security deposits and other costs incidental to relocation to transitional housing, and support services to enable a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking to locate and secure permanent housing and integrate into a community.
- Provide legal assistance necessary to provide effective aid to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking who are seeking relief in legal matters arising as a consequence of that abuse or violence, at minimal or no cost to the victims.
- Provide services to address the needs of youth (ages 11-24 years old) who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking and the needs of youth and children exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including support for the non-abusing parent or caretaker of the youth or child.
- Develop and promote legislation and policies that enhance best practices for responding to violent crimes against Indian women, including the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking.
- Develop, strengthen, and implement policies, protocols, and training for law enforcement regarding cases of missing or murdered Indians as described in 25 U.S.C. § 5704.
Funding Information
- The award period for new awards is 36 months. The award period for non-competitive continuation awards is 24 months. Only Tribal Governments Program grantees that received a new, 36-month award in 2021 are eligible to apply for a 24-month non-competitive continuation award. Budgets, including the total “estimated funding” on the SF-424, must reflect 36 months of project activity for new awards and 24 months of activity for continuation awards. OVW anticipates that the award period will start on October 1, 2024.
- Although there is no budget cap for this program, OVW typically makes awards in the range of $500,000 – $1,200,000 for new awards and $400,000-$800,000 for non-competitive continuation awards. OVW estimates that it will make up to 60 awards for an estimated $52,000,000.
Types of Applications
In FY 2024, OVW will accept applications for this program from the following:
- New Applications: All applicants other than FY 2022 and FY 2023 Tribal Governments Program grantees are eligible to apply as new applicants. Applicants that have never received funding under this program should apply as a new applicant. Applicants applying for new awards will apply for a 36-month project period. This program does not have an award floor nor an award cap, however, new award application budgets typically range between $500,000 and $1,200,000.
- Non-competitive Continuation Applications: Current grantees that received a new, 36-month award under this program in FY 2021 are the only applicants eligible to apply as continuation applicants. Continuation project periods are for 24 months. This program does not have an award floor nor an award cap, however, non-competitive continuation application budgets typically range between $400,000-$800,000. Continuation applications are non-competitive meaning they are not subject to peer review. Continuation funding is not guaranteed.
Eligibility Criteria
Pursuant to 34 U.S.C. § 10452, the following entities are eligible to apply for this program:
- Indian Tribal Government, meaning the governing body of an Indian tribe or any tribe, band, pueblo, nation or other organized group or community (including any Alaska Native Village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. §1601 et seq.)) that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians (34 U.S.C. § 12291(a)(22) & (43).
- Indian Tribal Governments, authorized designees of Indian Tribal Governments, and Tribal Consortiums in the United States or U.S. territories.
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