The national tribal clearinghouse on sexual assault (NTCSA) is authorized by consolidated appropriations act, 2022, PUB

This Cooperative Agreement award of $199,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) will fund the Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition (Miwsac) to expand and maintain the National Tribal Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault (NTCSA). The NTCSA program (CFDA 16.027) aims to provide training and technical assistance on issues related to sexual assault of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women.

Through this award, Miwsac will manage the NTCSA's online presence, including the website, marketing, outreach, learning management system, and calendar of national sexual violence events. Miwsac will also use the funding to deliver virtual and in-person training and technical assistance to tribal and non-tribal victim service providers and organizations serving AI/AN populations. The goal is to improve tribal responses, sexual assault advocacy, and systemic responses to sexual assault for this community. The performance period for this award is 24 months, from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025.

L. No. 117-103, 136 stat. 49, 121 and consolidated appropriations act, 2023, PUB. L. No: 117-328, 136 stat. 4459, 4529. Beginning in 2012, congress appropriated funds for a national clearinghouse to provide training and technical assistance (TTA) on issues related to sexual assault against american indian and alaska native (AI/an) women, designed to improve victim services for AI/an sexual assault victims as well as increase offender accountability for such crimes. The NTCSA addresses the unique cultural and traditional needs of AI/an sexual assault victims and strengthens training to improve tribal medical responses, sexual assault advocacy, systemic responses to sexual assault, and criminal justice responses. The NTCSA funding may be used to establish, sustain, and/or expand a clearinghouse that provides resources, training opportunities, educational materials, and TTA on issues related to sexual assault of AI/an women. With this funding, the minnesota indian womens sexual assault coalition (MIWSAC) will expand and maintain the online national tribal clearinghouse on sexual assaultincluding but not limited to the website, marketing, outreach, collated social media presence, learning management system, and calendar of national sexual violence events. Additionally, MIWSAC will use this funding to supportvirtual and in-persontraining and technical assistance for tribal and non-tribal victim service providers and organizations that work with AI/an populations to improve tribal responses, sexual assault advocacy, and systemic responses to sexual assault. The timing for performance of this award is 24 months.