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 the Spirit Lake Tribe $469,000 on January 1, 2026, under the Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (CFDA 16.024) to expand sexual assault services within Indian Country.

The Spirit Lake Victim Assistance Program will deliver crisis intervention services, survivor advocacy and support, emotional support, safety planning, accompaniment, access to traditional healing practices, shelter and transportation assistance, clothing and other material support, culturally specific healing services, and peer-led support groups for adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault and their non-offending family and household members. Performance occurs at Fort Totten, North Dakota, through December 31, 2028. This is a new award. The Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program 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. Assistance Type: Project Grant.

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 spirit lake tribe is a federally recognized tribe located in rural east-central north dakota, primarily in benson and eddy counties. The spirit lake victim assistance program (slvap) currently provides crisis counseling, emergency services, limited transportation and shelter referrals to victims of violence. With this funding, the slvap project will focus on five key areas of intervention and related assistance: 1) crisis intervention services; 2) survivor advocacy and support; 3) emotional support, safety planning, accompaniment, and access to traditional healing practices; 4) shelter, transportation, clothing, and other assistance; culturally specific healing services; and 5) peer-led support groups. This is a new award.