OVW Fiscal Year 2021 Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program Solicitation | O OVW 2021 32001

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The OVW Fiscal Year 2021 Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (TSASP) Solicitation is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). Authorized under 34 U.S.C. 12511(e) and listed under CFDA 16.024, TSASP is designed to strengthen sexual assault services in Indian country and Alaska Native villages by helping Tribes and tribal organizations create new services, maintain existing programs, and expand capacity in ways that can be sustained over time. The focus is on building or reinforcing victim-centered, community-based responses that recognize the unique legal, geographic, cultural, and resource realities many Tribal communities face.

The program’s core purpose is to support direct sexual assault services for victims and survivors across age groups, including adults, youth, and children. Funded activities can include intervention and crisis response, ongoing advocacy, and accompaniment services, such as supporting survivors during medical exams, law enforcement reporting, and court or other justice-system processes. In addition to serving victims directly, TSASP also supports services for non-offending family and household members and other individuals who are collaterally affected by sexual assault, reflecting the broader ripple effects these crimes often have in tight-knit communities. While the solicitation emphasizes service delivery, it also implies a broader goal of strengthening coordinated responses and ensuring survivors can access practical help, emotional support, and informed guidance without being forced to navigate complex systems alone.

Eligibility is limited to entities rooted in Tribal communities, specifically federally recognized Native American tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), and other applicants as clarified in the solicitation’s additional eligibility language (often used to include nonprofit tribal organizations or similarly situated Tribal-serving entities). The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity category is aligned with law, justice, and legal services, which fits the program’s emphasis on advocacy, accompaniment, and survivor support across medical, legal, and community systems.

For FY 2021, the opportunity number is OVW-2021-32001. OVW anticipated making around 12 awards, with a maximum award (ceiling) of $375,000 per grant. The solicitation was posted on January 13, 2021, with an original application closing date of March 4, 2021. As with many OVW programs, applicants are typically expected to propose clear, actionable plans for delivering services, building organizational capacity where needed, and tracking progress through OVW’s performance measurement framework.

OVW links TSASP to broader Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) goals and reporting expectations. Applicants and grantees are generally expected to align their work with OVW program objectives and to collect and report performance data under OVW’s Measuring Effectiveness Initiative. The solicitation points applicants to OVW’s grants and programs resources, performance measures guidance, and examples from OVW’s biennial reporting on VAWA grant effectiveness, signaling that successful projects are those that can demonstrate meaningful service delivery, strong implementation practices, and measurable outcomes that reflect improved access to survivor services in Tribal communities.

• The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW Fiscal Year 2021 Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program Solicitation" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.024.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jan 13, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 04, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $375,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 12 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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