The Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program, referred to as the Tribal Governments Program, assists 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: 04/08/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
Purpose Areas
- Government Strategies
- 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.
- Tribal Capacity
- Increase Tribal capacity to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking crimes against Indian women.
- Tribal Justice
- Strengthen Tribal justice interventions including Tribal law enforcement, prosecution, courts, probation, and correctional facilities.
- Enhanced Services
- Enhance services to Indian women victimized by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking.
- Education and Prevention
- 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.
- Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange
- 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.
- Transitional Housing
- 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.
- Legal Assistance
- 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.
- Youth Services
- 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.
- Legislation and Policies
- 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.
- Missing or Murdered Indians: Law Enforcement
- 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.
- Missing or Murdered Indians: Data
- Compile and annually report data to the Attorney General related to missing or murdered Indians, as described in 25 U.S.C. § 5705.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $52,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,200,000
- Award Floor: $400,000.
Grant Period
36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
