OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Violence Against Women Tribal Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Initiative
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-OVW-2024-172103
- Agency
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Office on Violence Against Women
Offices Boards and Divisions, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- $850,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Full announcement
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About this opportunity
The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women is seeking applications for the OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Violence Against Women Tribal Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Initiative (Assistance Listing # 16.055). This grant opportunity supports Tribes and United States Attorney's Offices in investigating and prosecuting domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, sex trafficking, and stalking cases in Indian country. The grant funds will support salary, fringe benefits, training, travel, and supplies for dedicated tribal prosecutors who are cross-designated as Tribal Special Assistant United States Attorneys (Tribal SAUSAs) to work directly with their USAOs. The goals of the initiative include filling jurisdictional gaps, increasing communication and coordination with law enforcement agencies, establishing relationships between federal prosecutors and tribal communities, and improving the quality of investigations and prosecutions through training and best practices.
The recent Federal Grant Awards under this program have been Project Grants valued at approximately $830,000 each, with 60-month performance periods. The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded these grants to several federally recognized tribes. The funding is intended to support the investigation and prosecution of Indian country cases related to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, sex trafficking, and stalking, with the goals of improving jurisdictional coverage, enhancing inter-agency coordination, and strengthening relationships between federal prosecutors and tribal communities.
Synopsis
The OVW Violence Against Women Tribal Special Assistant United States Attorney (Tribal SAUSA) Initiative (Assistance Listing # 16.055) is authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, Pub. L. No. 118-42, 138 Stat. 25, 143. This initiative supports Tribes and United States Attorney's Offices (USAOs) in their investigation and prosecution of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, sex trafficking, and stalking cases in Indian country. Grant funds support salary, fringe benefits, training, travel, and supplies for dedicated tribal prosecutors who are cross-designated as Tribal SAUSAs to work directly with their USAOs. The goals of the initiative are to fill gaps in jurisdictional coverage; increase communication and coordination with Tribal, federal, and state law enforcement agencies; establish consistent relationships between federal prosecutors and the Tribal community(ies); and improve the quality of investigation and prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking cases through training and best practices, such as DOJ's recently released framework for prosecutors on strengthening responses to these crimes.
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