The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) is now accepting applications for the 2025 SASP grant program.
Donor Name: Indiana Criminal Justice Institute
State: Indiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Reimbursement
Deadline: 10/31/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Funded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, the Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP) directs grant dollars to states to assist them in supporting rape crisis centers and other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations or tribal programs that provide direct intervention, and related assistance to victims of sexual assault, without regard to age.
Pursuant to 34 U.S.C. § 12511, funds under this program must be used to provide intervention and related assistance to:
- Adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault;
- Family and household members of such victims; and
- Those collaterally affected by the victimization, except for the perpetrator of such victimization.
Funds under this program must be used to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of rape crisis centers and other nongovernmental or tribal programs and programs and activities that provide direct intervention and related assistance to individuals who have been victimized by sexual assault, without regard to the age of the individual.
Intervention and related assistance may include:
- 24-hour hotline services providing crisis intervention services and referral;
- Accompaniment and advocacy through medical, criminal justice, and social support systems, including medical facilities, police, and court proceedings;
- Crisis intervention, short-term individual and group support services, direct payments, and comprehensive service coordination and supervision to assist sexual assault victims and family or household members;
- Information and referral to assist sexual assault victims and family or household members;
- Community-based, culturally specific services and support mechanisms, including outreach activities for underserved communities; and
- Development and distribution of materials on issues related to the services described above.
In cases when victims of domestic violence disclose a history of sexual assault, including by a current or former intimate partner, services may be provided with SASP funding to the extent that such victim expresses a need for services related to the sexual assault. For example, SASP funds could support accompaniment of victims to sexual assault forensic medical exams but could not be used to support a general domestic violence-related crisis shelter.
Funding Information
ICJI has approximately $1,200,00 available in funding for this one-year grant award period. ICJI estimates providing 10-16 grants ranging from $30,000 to $100,000.
Grant Period
The award period for the current grant cycle is from January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025.
Eligible Criteria
- Eligible applicants include the entity types listed below that assist victims (and their dependents) of sexual assault and have a documented history of effective work involving sexual assault victims.
- Rape Crisis Centers- a nonprofit, nongovernmental, or tribal organization, or governmental entity in a state other than a territory that provides intervention and related assistance to victims of sexual assault without regard to their age.
- In the case of a governmental entity, the entity may not be part of the criminal justice system (such as a law enforcement agency) and must be able to offer a comparable level of confidentiality as a nonprofit entity that provides similar victim services.
- Dual programs that provide sexual assault and domestic violence services.
- Faith-based organizations that have staff specifically trained to serve victims of sexual assault.
- Other state, local public, and nonprofit agencies, such as mental health or counseling centers or other programs that have staff specifically trained to serve victims of sexual assault.
- Rape Crisis Centers- a nonprofit, nongovernmental, or tribal organization, or governmental entity in a state other than a territory that provides intervention and related assistance to victims of sexual assault without regard to their age.
- If selected, SASP grantees must protect the privacy and confidentiality of those being provided services and adhere to all of the requirements outlined in the request for proposal.
- SASP is a reimbursement-based grant.
For more information, visit ICJI.
