The tribal sexual assault services program (TSASP), is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12511(E)

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded $524,844 to the Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska on January 1, 2026, under the Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (CFDA 16.024). The Central Council will establish a new sexual assault intervention and advocacy project serving tribal citizens in Juneau, Alaska through December 31, 2028. The project will deliver direct advocacy services, accompaniment through medical and other systems, and culturally grounded support for victims of sexual assault. The Central Council will partner with regional healthcare providers, tribal clinics, the AWARE Shelter, and KIC Victim Services to implement the project. The Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program funds projects to create, maintain, and expand sustainable sexual assault services in Indian country and Alaska Native villages, providing intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, and related assistance for adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault, their non-offending family and household members, and those collaterally affected by sexual assault.

IT 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 nonprofit tribal organizations within indian country and alaska native villages. The central council tlingit and haida indian tribes of alaska is a federally recognized tribe located in juneau, alaska. The tribes healing center works to address violence against indian women. With this funding, the central council of tlingit & haida indian tribes of alaska will establish a new project to provide intervention and related assistance to tribal citizens victimized by sexual assault. The project will address direct advocacy services, accompaniment through medical and other systems, and culturally grounded support. The project will partner with regional healthcare providers, tribal clinics, the aware shelter, and KIC victim services to implement the project. This is a new award.