OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program | O OVW 2024 172046

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The OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (TSASP) is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). It is authorized under 34 U.S.C. 12511(e) and is listed under CFDA 16.024. The central purpose of TSASP is to strengthen sexual assault services in Indian country and Alaska Native villages by helping Tribes and tribal entities build, sustain, and expand programs that directly support survivors and their families. The program is designed to fund practical, on-the-ground services that are survivor-centered and can be maintained over time, not just short-term or one-time efforts.

TSASP funds are intended to support a wide range of sexual assault services, including crisis intervention, advocacy, and accompaniment. Accompaniment can include having an advocate go with a victim to key appointments and proceedings such as court hearings, medical examinations, or meetings with law enforcement. In addition to these immediate response services, projects may provide ongoing support services and related assistance that help victims navigate recovery and systems involvement. The program serves adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault, and it also recognizes the broader impact of sexual violence by allowing services for non-offending family and household members, as well as others who are collaterally affected by the assault. In other words, the program supports services that address both the survivor's needs and the ripple effects on families and communities.

Eligibility is intentionally limited to tribal-specific applicants. Only Indian Tribes, tribal consortiums, tribal organizations, and nonprofit tribal organizations may apply. The eligible applicant categories in the source data include federally recognized Native American tribal governments and Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), reflecting that both governmental and certain tribal community-based structures can compete for funding as long as they meet the program's tribal eligibility requirements. This focus is meant to ensure that funding supports culturally relevant, locally grounded services that are accountable to the communities they serve.

From an administrative and funding standpoint, this opportunity is categorized under Law, Justice, and Legal Services and uses a grant funding instrument. The funding opportunity number is OVW 2024 172046. Applications were due by August 13, 2024, with the opportunity created on July 1, 2024. OVW anticipated making about 16 awards under this solicitation, and the maximum award amount (award ceiling) listed is $675,000. In practical terms, that ceiling indicates the upper limit an applicant could request or receive under this competition, though actual award amounts can vary depending on OVW decisions, program design, and available appropriations.

Overall, TSASP is aimed at improving access to comprehensive sexual assault services in tribal communities by resourcing programs that provide direct victim support, advocacy, and system navigation help, while also strengthening long-term capacity so that services remain available and reliable for survivors and their families in Indian country and Alaska Native villages.

• The Office on Violence Against Women in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.024.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-07-01.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-08-13. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $675,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 16 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Others.

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