Nebraska Sexual Assault Services Program

Emily Schoenleber
402.416.4129
emily.schoenleber@nebraska.gov

Sajia Qasemi
402.471.3998
sajia.qasemi@nebraska.gov

The Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP) offers funding to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of rape crisis centers and other essential programs that directly serve victims of sexual assault. SASP funding supports 6 key purpose areas and eligible programs must address at least one of the following:

• 24-hour hotline services
• Accompaniment and advocacy
• Crisis intervention, short-term individual and group support services, direct payments, and comprehensive service coordination
• Information and referral services
• Community-based, culturally specific services
• Development and distribution of educational materials

Priorities include victim services, especially housing, and improved 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 are rape crisis centers and other nonprofit or tribal organizations and governmental entities that are not part of the criminal justice system.

Up to $850,000 over 18 months

Links to additional guidance, application instructions, and the online application portal are available on the program website.