The legal assistance for victims (LAV) grant program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. 20121, is intended to increase the availability of civil and criminal legal assistance needed to effectively aid victims…

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded Wyandotte Nation $367,191 under the Legal Assistance for Victims program (CFDA 16.524) on October 1, 2025, for a two-year project period ending September 30, 2027.

Wyandotte Nation's Victim Services Program will establish legal representation services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking ages 11 and older across northeast Oklahoma, southeast Kansas, southwest Missouri, and northwest Arkansas. The Legal Assistance for Victims—Expanding Legal Services Initiative (ELSI) component enables organizations without existing legal services to develop comprehensive direct legal assistance in family, tribal, territorial, immigration, employment, administrative agency, housing, and protection order proceedings; criminal justice investigations, prosecutions, and post-trial matters including sentencing, parole, and probation; alternative dispute resolution and restorative practices; and post-conviction relief proceedings where a victim's conviction relates to or arises from abuse or violence.

Place of performance is Wyandotte, Oklahoma 74370.

The legal assistance for victims (LAV) grant program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. 20121, is intended to increase the availability of civil and criminal legal assistance needed to effectively aid victims (ages 11 and older) of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by providing funds for comprehensive direct legal services to victims in legal matters relating to or arising out of that abuse or violence. Legal assistance includes assistance to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in: a) family, tribal, territorial, immigration, employment, administrative agency, housing matters, campus administrative, or protection or stay away order proceedings, and other similar matters; b) criminal justice investigations, prosecutions, and post-trial matters (including sentencing, parole, and probation) that impact the victims safety and privacy; c) alternative dispute resolution, restorative practices, or other processes intended to promote victim safety, privacy, and autonomy; and d) post-conviction relief proceedings in state, local, tribal, or territorial court where the conviction of a victim is related to or arising from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or SEX trafficking. 34 U.S.C. 12291(a)(24)(c). The LAV grant program'sexpanding legal services initiative (elsi) is intended to enable eligible organizations that do not currently offer legal services to establish a program that provides legal representation to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Through this new legal assistance for victims - expanding legal services initiative project, the wyandotte nation'S477 victim services program will enhance the legal representation available to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in northeast oklahoma, southeast kansas, southwest missouri and northwest arkansas. The project will address the statutory priority area of programs assisting victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault on lands within the jurisdiction of an indian tribe.