Recovery Act - Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants For Indian Tribal Governments

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women funded tribal domestic violence and victim services programs under CFDA 16.806, with the most recent grant awards disbursed in July 2009. This program is no longer active. The portfolio shows 35 Project Grants totaling $20.8 million in federal obligations, all awarded in 2009 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. No grant opportunities are currently open, and no awards have been made since 2009.

The funded activities centered on building tribal capacity to respond to violent crimes against Indian women and strengthening victim services. Representative awards included domestic violence shelters and transitional housing (Legacy of Healing Victims of Crime Advocacy Center at $899,999; Forest County Potawatomi Community Domestic Violence Shelter at $354,951), sexual assault and domestic violence prosecution support ($899,983), victim advocacy and education programs (Choctaw ProjectEMPOWER2 at $899,999; Women Who Are Victims of Crime Education/Employment Program at $447,488), and coordinated community response initiatives such as Sexual Assault Response Teams ($388,747). Award values ranged from $261,299 to $899,999, with a median around $600,000 to $700,000.

All 35 awards were Project Grants from the single funding source—the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. The program was a Recovery Act discretionary grant initiative with a defined three-year performance period (June 2009 through June 2012 for most awards). All recipient organizations were federally recognized Indian tribes or tribal consortia. Because all awards concluded in 2012 and no subsequent funding cohorts appear in the portfolio, this Assistance Listing represents exhausted Recovery Act funding rather than an ongoing discretionary grant program. Organizations should not pursue this listing for current funding.