OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (STCJ) Grant Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-OVW-2025-172402
- Agency
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Office on Violence Against Women
Offices Boards and Divisions, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- $1,000,000 to $1,500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Points of contact
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (STCJ) Grant Program, administered by the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women, supports federally recognized tribal governments in preparing to exercise or exercising jurisdiction over non-Indians who commit specific covered crimes within tribal lands. The program aims to enable tribes to prosecute offenders, provide victim services, and enhance tribal sovereignty by addressing violence through a comprehensive approach to criminal justice system development. Eligible applicant types include other entities and tribal governments. Proposals must demonstrate tribes' capacity to implement comprehensive criminal justice systems, provide indigent defense, ensure due process, and protect victims' rights within their jurisdictional boundaries. The application deadline is June 24, 2025.
The federal grant awards under this program typically range from $300,000 to $1,500,000, with performance periods spanning 24 to 60 months. The place of performance is consistently within the applicant tribe's jurisdictional boundaries, with a focus on enhancing tribal criminal justice infrastructure and victim protection capabilities.
Synopsis
The Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (STCJ) Grant Program supports Tribal governments in preparing to exercise or exercising STCJ over non-Indians who commit "covered" crimes within the Tribe's jurisdictional boundaries. "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. More information on the scope and requirements of STCJ, including the pilot program for under which the Attorney General may designate Alaska Tribes to exercise STCJ over non-Indians who commit covered crimes in their Villages, is available on the DOJ website at https://www.justice.gov/tribal/2013-and-2022-reauthorizations-violence-against-women-act-vawa. In prior years, OVW issued a separate NOFO for Alaska Tribes, but for FY 2025, Alaska Tribes interested in preparing to exercise STCJ may apply under this NOFO.
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