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

The Office on Violence Against Women awarded the Northern Arapaho Tribe $535,000 on January 1, 2026, under the Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (CFDA 16.024) to provide enhanced and comprehensive direct intervention and support services to victims of sexual violence in the Wind River Reservation.

The Wind River Family and Community Health Care System, a subsidiary agency of the Northern Arapaho Tribal Government, will deliver planned services including advocacy and accompaniment, direct material assistance, and culturally-specific trauma-informed healing activities. The program operates as a new initiative across the Fort Washakie, Wyoming area through December 31, 2028.

Partners in service delivery include the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone Departments of Family Services and Tribal Fitness Centers. 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, offering intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, 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.

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. Northern arapaho tribe is a federally recognized tribe located in fremont county, wyoming. The wind river family and community health care system, an agency of the northern arapaho tribal government, works to address violence against indian women by providing comprehensive victim services including housing and emergency financial services. With this funding the wind river family and community health care system provide enhanced and comprehensive direct intervention and support services to victims of sexual violence. Planned services include advocacy and accompaniment, direct material assistance, and culturally-specific trauma-informed healing activities. Partners include the northern arapaho and eastern shoshone departments of family services and tribal fitness centers. This is a new program.