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 Sexual Assault Services Formula Program (SASP) grant of $899,287 was awarded on August 1, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice. This formula grant funding is designed to support comprehensive intervention, advocacy, counseling, and related assistance services for adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault across Louisiana. The Louisiana Commission will distribute subawards to local non-profit organizations to provide direct victim services, including medical and court advocacy, trauma counseling, crisis intervention, and referrals to help survivors navigate the healing process and access community resources. Subawardees include Project Celebration, Hearts of Hope, STAR Center, Washington Parish Rape Crisis Center, Saint Landry Evangeline Sexual Assault Center, The Wellspring, Oasis, Pine Hills Children's Advocacy Center, New Orleans Family Justice Alliance, and Metro Centers For Community Advocacy.

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.