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)

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 non profit tribal organizations within indian country and alaska native villages. The otoe-missouria tribe is a federally recognized tribe with jurisdictional area in noble and KAY counties oklahoma. Through this three-year improving tribal responses to sexual assault (itrsa) capacity-building award the otoe-missouria tribe 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.