The tribal sexual assault services program (TSASP),is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12511(E).itis one of five grant programs funded within the sexual assault services program (SASP)

The Office on Violence Against Women awarded the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin $504,803 under the Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (CFDA 16.024) on January 1, 2026. This is a new project supporting a three-year period of performance through December 31, 2028, with place of performance in Hayward, Wisconsin.

The recipient will provide direct intervention and related assistance to sexual assault victims through crisis response, shelter, advocacy, and housing services. The Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program funds projects within Indian country and Alaska Native villages to create, maintain, and expand sustainable sexual assault services delivered by tribes, tribal organizations, and nonprofit tribal organizations. The broader Sexual Assault Services Program, authorized under the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, provides intervention, advocacy, accompaniment (such as accompanying victims to court, medical facilities, and police departments), support services, and related assistance for adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault, non-offending family and household members, and those collaterally affected by sexual assault.

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 relatedassistancefor 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 LAC courte oreilles band of lake superior chippewa indians of WI is a federally recognized tribe, located within sawyer county.through thistribal sexual assault services program project, tribe will implement a project to provide intervention and related assistance to those victimized by sexual assault. The program will address the following areas of intervention by providing direct victim service: crisis response, shelter, advocacy, and housing. This is a new project.