Grants to Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program

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This program provides grants for the development and operation of nonprofit, nongovernmental tribal domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions.

Funds must be used for one or more of the following purposes:

• Increasing awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault against Indian or Native Hawaiian women
• Enhancing the response to violence against Indian or Native Hawaiian women at the federal, state, and tribal levels
• Identifying and providing technical assistance to coalition membership and tribal or Native Hawaiian communities to enhance access to essential services to Indian or Native Hawaiian women victimized by domestic and sexual violence, including sex trafficking
• Assisting tribes or Native Hawaiian communities in developing and promoting state, local, and tribal legislation and policies that enhance best practices for responding to violent crimes against Indian or Native Hawaiian women, including the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking

Coalitions may receive additional funding if they propose activities in the following areas:

• Work with local sexual assault programs and other providers of direct services for sexual assault victims to encourage appropriate responses to sexual assault within the state, territory, or tribe
• Work with judicial and law enforcement agencies to encourage appropriate responses to sexual assault cases
• Work with courts, child protective services agencies, and children's advocates to develop appropriate responses to child custody and visitation issues when sexual assault has been determined to be a factor
• Design and conduct public education campaigns on sexual assault
• Plan and monitor the distribution of sexual assault related grants and grant funds to their state, territory, or tribe
• Collaborate with and inform federal, state, or local public officials and agencies to develop and implement policies to reduce or eliminate sexual assault

Priority will be given to proposed projects that:

• Work to combat human trafficking and transnational crime, particularly crimes linked to illegal immigration and cartel operations, that support safety and justice for trafficking victims who have also suffered domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and/or stalking
• Provide victim services, especially housing, and improve law enforcement response in rural and remote areas, Tribal nations, and small towns that often lack resources to effectively combat domestic violence and sexual assault

Eligible applicants include tribal coalitions that have been recognized by Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) as meeting the statutory definition of a "tribal coalition" and providing services to tribes or Native Hawaiian communities.

Funding levels: Recognized sexual assault only or dual domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions are eligible for $337,640 plus an additional $34,248 for the sexual assault purpose areas, for a total of $371,888.

Project period: 12 months
Estimated number of awards: 21
Estimated total program funding: $7,809,648

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.

Applicants should submit an SF-424 in grants.gov by September 16, 2025.

Submit the full application, including attachments, in the JustGrants grants management system by September 18, 2025.