Federal Funding for Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction

(Closed) FY 2024 OVW Tribal Governments Program and Tribal Governments Program – Strengthening Tribal Advocacy Response Track (START)

 

The FY 2024 OVW Tribal Governments Program and Tribal Governments Program – Strengthening Tribal Advocacy Response Track (START) solicitations are posted.

 

Please find the link to the solicitations in the notice, below. Feel free to share with anyone that may be interested in these funding opportunities.  

 

OVW is conducting optional weekly, web-based Pre-Application Information Sessions. During these sessions, OVW staff answers questions about the solicitation and application process. These sessions are held every Wednesday, starting February 7, 2024, and ending April 24, 2024, from 5:30pm-6:30pm ET. Registration is required. In addition, OVW will post a pre-recorded Pre-Application Information Session on its website. Listening to this session is optional and not a requirement to be eligible to apply. The session is tentatively scheduled to be available by February 1, 2024, on the OVW website. 

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• OVW's FY 2024 Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program Solicitation 

• OVW FY 2024 Tribal Governments Program – Strengthening Tribal Advocacy Responses Track (START) Solicitation 

 

The Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program (referred to as the Tribal Governments Program) assists tribal governments and authorized designees of tribal governments to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking in their communities.  

 

The Tribal Governments Program – Strengthening Tribal Advocacy Responses Track (referred to as Tribal Governments START) is targeted toward Tribal governments, or their designees, that have never, or not recently, received funding through this program.  Tribal Governments START grantees will focus on capacity building early in the project and will receive additional training, technical assistance, and support.  

 

Eligible applicants for Tribal Governments Program and Tribal Governments START include federally-recognized Native American tribal governments, authorized designees of Indian Tribal Governments, and Tribal Consortiums in the United States or U.S. territories. For more information, see the Eligibility Information section of the solicitation. 

 

New This Year 

• Most notably, OVW is issuing two separate solicitations under the Tribal Governments Program. The first is the standard OVW Tribal Governments Program solicitation. The standard solicitation is appropriate for current Tribal Governments Program grantees and recent Tribal Government Program grantees interested in continuing and enhancing existing Tribal governmental responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking. The second, the Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program: Strengthening Tribal Advocacy Responses Track (START) is targeted toward Tribal governments, or their designees, that have never, or not recently, received funding through this program. Tribal Governments START grantees will focus on capacity building early in the project and will receive additional training, technical assistance, and support. Applicants should apply only to the Tribal Governments START or Tribal Governments Program. Applicants that apply under both the standard Tribal Governments and Tribal Governments START solicitations can only receive one award. All open OVW solicitations can be found on the OVW Open Solicitations Page. 

 

• In FY 2024, OVW has one programmatic priority for the Tribal Governments and Tribal Governments START solicitations. Applicants are strongly encouraged, but not required, to address this priority area. Applications proposing activities in the following area will be given special consideration:  ​​​

  • Strengthen efforts to prevent and end sexual assault, including victim services and civil and criminal justice responses. 

 

• In FY 2024, OVW has provided a Proposal Narrative Sample for both the Tribal Governments Program and Tribal Governments START solicitations. The Proposal Narrative Samples can be found on the OVW Applicant Resources page, under Tribal Governments and Tribal Governments START. Please be sure to reference the sample narrative that aligns with the correct Tribal Governments solicitation your program is applying for (Tribal Governments Program OR Tribal Governments START). 

 

Important Dates and Information  

• Application deadline for Grants.gov: April 24, 2024 11:59 p.m. ET  

• Application deadline for JustGrants: April 25, 2024 8:59 p.m. ET  

 

To submit an application, all applicants must register online with the System for Award Management (SAM) and with Grants.gov. To ensure sufficient time to complete the registration process, applicants should register online with SAM and with Grants.gov immediately, but no later than April 4, 2024. 

Contact: OVW.TribalGovernment@usdoj.gov or 202-307-6026 

 

 

In FY 2024, OVW has provided a Proposal Narrative Sample for both the Tribal Governments Program and Tribal Governments START solicitations. The Proposal Narrative Samples can be found on the OVW Applicant Resources page, under Tribal Governments and Tribal Governments START. Please be sure to reference the sample narrative that aligns with the correct Tribal Governments solicitation your program is applying for (Tribal Governments Program OR Tribal Governments START).