The tribal sexual assault services program (tsasp), which is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12511(e), is one of five grant programs funded within the sexual assault services program (sasp)

The Robinson Rancheria Citizen's Business Council has been awarded a $675,000 Project Grant under the Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (TSASP) from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women. This three-year grant will enable the tribe to consult with a designated training and technical assistance (TTA) provider to conduct a comprehensive assessment and develop a customized plan to create, maintain, and expand sustainable sexual assault services within the Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians community in Nice, California. The funded activities will focus on enhancing crisis intervention, victim advocacy, accompaniment, support services, and service coordination for adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault, as well as non-offending family members and those collaterally affected. The grant will support the tribe's efforts to address high rates of sexual assault in their community and provide critical services and resources to those impacted.

Sasp was created by the violence against women and department of justice reauthorization act of 2005 (vawa 2005) and is the first federal funding stream dedicated solely to the provision of direct intervention and related assistance for victims of sexual assault. Overall, the purpose of sasp is to provide intervention, advocacy, accompaniment (e.g., accompanying victims to court, medical facilities, police departments), support services, and related assistance for adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault, non-offending family and household members of victims, and those collaterally affected by the sexual assault. Tsasp supports projects to create, maintain, and expand sustainable sexual assault services provided by tribes, tribal organizations, and nonprofit tribal organizations within indian country and alaska native villages. Robinson rancheria citizens business council is a rural community located in lake county, california. Through this three-year improving tribal responses to sexual assault (itrsa) capacity-building award the robinson rancheria citizen's business council will consult with an OVW-designated training and technical and assistance (TTA) provider to engage in a comprehensive assessment process and develop a customized project implementation plan to provide sexual assault services. TTA will target areas such as, but not limited to 1) crisis intervention services and referral, 2) accompaniment and advocacy through medical, criminal justice and support social systems, 3) short-term individual and group support services, and 4) comprehensive service coordination.