OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (STCJ) Grant Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-OVW-2024-171919
- Agency
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Office on Violence Against Women
Offices Boards and Divisions, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Not on record
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (STCJ) Grant Program, offered by the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, supports tribal governments in their efforts to exercise special Tribal criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians who commit specific "covered crimes" within the Tribe's jurisdictional boundaries. The program aims to ensure that victims find safety and justice and that non-Indians who commit these crimes are held accountable. Key requirements include demonstrating preparedness to exercise or currently exercise the jurisdiction, and the program will evaluate applications based on the applicant's capacity and need. The deadline to apply is July 9, 2024.
The funding available for this grant program is not specified, but the program is intended to provide technical assistance and support tribes in planning and implementing changes to their criminal justice systems necessary to exercise the special Tribal criminal jurisdiction. The place of performance is within the applicant tribe's jurisdictional boundaries.
Synopsis
The OVW Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Grant Program (Tribal Jurisdiction Program) (Assistance Listing # 16.025) supports tribes in their efforts to exercise special Tribal criminal jurisdiction (STCJ) over non-Indians who commit "covered crimes" within the Tribe's jurisdictional boundaries and provides technical assistance for planning and implementing changes in their criminal justice systems necessary to exercise the jurisdiction. "Covered crimes" are: assault of Tribal justice personnel; child violence; dating violence; domestic violence; obstruction of justice; sexual violence; sex trafficking; stalking; and violation of a protection order. The program supports tribes in preparing to exercise or exercising the jurisdiction to ensure that victims find safety and justice and that non-Indians who commit covered crimes within their communities are held accountable.
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