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 San Carlos Apache Healthcare Corporation (SCAHC) was awarded a $675,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (CFDA 16.024). This 3-year capacity-building award will enable SCAHC to establish tribal sexual assault program services for the San Carlos Apache Tribe, including accompaniment, transportation, and comprehensive sexual assault services. The TSASP program supports efforts 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. This award will help SCAHC, a tribally owned healthcare enterprise, deliver critical intervention, advocacy, and support services for adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault, as well as non-offending family members, within the San Carlos Apache community.

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. The SAN carlos apache tribe, one of 22 federally recognized tribes located in arizona, with an enrollment of 10,815, spans the counties of graham, gila and pinal counties in southeastern arizona. Through this three-year improving tribal responses to sexual assault (itrsa) capacity-building award the SAN carlos apache tribe will work with TTA to establish tribal SA program services including accompaniment, transportation, comprehensive SA services.