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 $769,122 Sexual Assault Services Formula Program (CFDA 16.017) grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women to the Attorney General of Wyoming, Division of Victim Services, on August 1, 2024. The grant will fund comprehensive sexual assault victim services through rape crisis centers and other nonprofit organizations in Wyoming over a two-year period ending on July 31, 2026. Key services to be provided include intervention, advocacy, counseling, and related assistance to adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault, as well as their family and household members. The grant aims to enhance the capacity of service providers to deliver culturally-sensitive, victim-centered support across the state. The Attorney General of Wyoming will serve as the primary grantee and may subaward portions of the funding to local organizations to implement these critical victim services.

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.