Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program

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The Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program provides grants to assist tribal governments and authorized designees of tribal governments to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking in their communities.

There are 2 types of grants:

• Non-competitive continuation - For eligible grantees with current, ongoing projects
• Strengthening Tribal Advocacy Responses Track (START) - focused on Tribal governments that have never, or not recently, received funding through the Tribal Governments Program. START grantees will focus on capacity building early in the project and will receive additional training, technical assistance, and support.

Funds must be used for one or more of the purpose areas:

• Develop and enhance effective governmental strategies to curtail violent crimes against women and increase the safety of Indian women consistent with Tribal law and custom
• Increase Tribal capacity to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking crimes against Indian women
• Strengthen Tribal justice interventions including Tribal law enforcement, prosecution, courts, probation, and correctional facilities
• Enhance services to Indian women victimized by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking
• Work in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies directed toward issues of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking
• Provide programs for supervised visitation and safe visitation exchange of children in situations involving domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking committed by one parent against the other with appropriate security measures, policies, and procedures to protect the safety of victims and their children
• Provide transitional housing for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking, including rental or utilities payment assistance and assistance with related expenses such as security deposits and other costs incidental to relocation to transitional housing, and support services to enable a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking to locate and secure permanent housing and integrate into a community
• Provide legal assistance necessary to provide effective aid to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking who are seeking relief in legal matters arising as a consequence of that abuse or violence, at minimal or no cost to the victims
• Provide services to address the needs of youth (ages 11-24 years old) who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking and the needs of youth and children exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including support for the non-abusing parent or caretaker of the youth or child
• Develop and promote legislation and policies that enhance best practices for responding to violent crimes against Indian women, including the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking
• Develop, strengthen, and implement policies, protocols, and training for law enforcement regarding cases of missing or murdered Indians
• Compile and annually report data to the Attorney General related to missing or murdered Indian

Priority consideration will be given to:

• Measures 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
• Projects to 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:

• The governing body of a Tribe
• Authorized designees of Tribal governments
• Tribal consortia
• A Tribe, band, pueblo, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians, including any Alaska Native Village or regional or village corporation that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States

Award ceiling: $1,000,000
Award floor: $400,000
Project period: 3 years
Estimated number of awards: 50
Estimated total program funding: $52,000,000

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

Applicants should submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in grants.gov by June 24, 2025.

Submit the full application, including attachments, in the JustGrants grants management system by June 26, 2025.