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 Attorney General Hawaii Department Of TH, Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division, received a $796,889 Sexual Assault Services Formula Program (CFDA 16.017) grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. This formula grant, awarded from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026, will support the division's efforts to provide comprehensive services for sexual assault victims across Hawaii. The funding will enable the division to assist rape crisis centers, nonprofit organizations, and governmental agencies in delivering critical intervention, advocacy, counseling, and related services to adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault. These services aim to help survivors navigate medical, legal, and social support systems while facilitating healing and recovery.

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.