The sexual assault services formula program (SAS formula program) was created by the violence against women and department of justice reauthorization act of 2005 (vawa 2005), 34 U.S.C. § 12511

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women awarded $553,005 under the Sexual Assault Services Formula Program (CFDA 16.017) to the New Hampshire Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General. The award period is from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2024.

Funds will support rape crisis centers and other nonprofit organizations in providing core services, direct intervention, and related assistance to victims of sexual assault in New Hampshire. This includes increasing access to intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, support services, and related help for victims, their families and households, and others affected by victimization. A $553k subaward was granted to the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic And Sexual Violence to distribute funding to crisis centers statewide to provide support services for sexual assault victims. The funding supplements other sources addressing sexual assault and allows vital victim assistance through the healing process and allied systems.

The SAS formula program directs grant dollars to states and territories to assist them in supporting rape crisis centers (including governmental rape crisis centers not in territories and tribal governmental programs) and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations that provide core services, direct intervention, and related assistance to victims of sexual assault, regardless of age. Funds provided through the SAS formula program are designed to supplement other funding sources directed at addressing sexual assault on the state and territorial levels. Rape crisis centers and other nonprofit organizations, such as dual programs providing both domestic violence and sexual assault intervention services, play a vital role in assisting sexual assault victims through the healing process, as well as assisting victims through the medical, criminal justice, and other social support systems.