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

This $783,733 Sexual Assault Services Formula Program (CFDA 16.017) grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women, provides funding to the Executive Office of the Governor of Delaware, operating as the Criminal Justice Council, to support comprehensive services for sexual assault victims across the state. The grant will enable the Council to deliver critical intervention, advocacy, counseling, and related assistance to adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault through local rape crisis centers, nonprofit organizations, and governmental agencies. This funding is designed to supplement existing resources and enhance the capacity of service providers to deliver culturally-sensitive, victim-centered support to help survivors navigate medical, legal, and social support systems while facilitating healing and recovery. The grant has an award date of August 1, 2024 and a completion date of July 31, 2026.

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.