Deadline: 16-Sep-20
Office on Violence Against Women (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 to hold offenders accountable and serve victims.
This solicitation allows tribes (and as applicable, tribal designees, tribal organizations, and tribal nonprofit organizations) to submit short, simplified applications for special funding under the OVW Grants to Tribal Governments Program and the Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program.
Scope
OVW Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program (Tribal Governments Program)
- Operate domestic violence court services online or create physical distancing in courts.
- Implement cleaning protocols in shelters.
- Purchase hotel vouchers to meet additional shelter needs.
- Provide personal protective equipment for law enforcement officers responding to
domestic violence calls or advocates providing in-person victim services. - Provide COVID-19 testing and medical treatment for inmates convicted under Special
Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction or for victims in domestic violence shelters. - Increase staffing on a short-term basis to respond to increased calls for services related
to the COVID-19 national emergency.
Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (TSASP)
- Provide personal protective equipment for sexual assault victim advocates. Purchase equipment needed to offer online sexual assault victim services, including equipment for staff to work remotely.
- Purchase Plexiglas shields for separation during in-person sexual assault victim
services. - Add victim advocate time, temporarily, to address increased calls for sexual assault
victim services related to the COVID-19 national emergency.
Purpose Areas
Tribal Governments Program
The Tribal Governments Program provides funding to tribal governments or their designees to:
- Develop and enhance effective governmental strategies to curtail violent crimes against women.
- Increase tribal capacity to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, sexual assault, and sex trafficking crimes against Native women.
- Strengthen tribal justice interventions including tribal law enforcement, prosecution, courts, probation, and correctional facilities.
- Enhance services to victims.
- Develop prevention and education strategies.
- Provide supervised visitation services.
- Provide transitional housing and related support services to victims.
- Provide legal assistance to victims.
- Provide services to youth victims and children and youth exposed to these crimes.
- Develop and promote legislation and policies to respond to violent crimes against Indian women.
TSASP
- TSASP provides funding to tribes, tribal organizations, and nonprofit tribal organizations for the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of programs or projects within Indian country and Alaska Native villages to provide intervention and related assistance to those victimized by sexual assault, family and household members of such victims, and those collaterally affected by the victimization (except for the perpetrator of such victimization).
By statute, 34 U.S.C. § 12511(b)(2)(C), intervention and related assistance includes:
- 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, and comprehensive service coordination and supervision to assist sexual assault victims and family or household members.
- Information and referral to assist the sexual assault victim and family or household members.
- Community-based, culturally specific services and support mechanisms, including outreach activities for underserved communities.
- The development and distribution of materials
Funding Information
- Awards under the two programs covered by this solicitation will be in an estimated range of $50,000-$100,000.
- Awards may be made for a greater amount with sufficient justification. OVW estimates that it will make up to 75 awards for an estimated $5,000,000.
Eligible Applicants
- Tribal government — any tribe, band, 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 that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
- Tribal designee- an organization that is acting as the authorized designee of a tribal government.
- Tribal organization-
- the governing body of any Indian tribe; or
- Any legally established organization of Indians which is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by such governing body of a tribe or tribes to be served, or which is democratically elected by the adult members of the Indian community to be served by such organization and which includes the maximum participation of Indians in all phases of its activities.
- Tribal nonprofit organization-
- A victim service provider that has as its primary purpose to assist American Indian or Alaska Native victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and
- Staff and leadership of the organization must include persons with a demonstrated history of assisting American Indian or Alaska Native victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
- Tribal consortium- A coalition of two or more separate Indian Tribes that join together for the purpose of participating in self-governance.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=328413
