OVW Fiscal Year 2021 Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction: Targeted Support for Exercising Tribes Solicitation

 

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) is pleased to announce the following FY2021 Open Solicitation.

 

APPLY NOW!!

 

We listened to your requests, … we heard your needs, … so now is the time to make an application to increase your tribal justice system’s resources to plan for and exercise SDVCJ.  This program can support law enforcement, courts, prosecution, indigent defense counsel, batterer’s intervention programming, incarceration costs (including medical care of SDVCJ defendants), and more.

 

 

OVW Fiscal Year 2021 Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction: Targeted Support for Exercising Tribes Solicitation

Grants.gov deadline: March 26, 2021

JustGrants deadline: March 30, 2021

 

Eligible applicants are limited to: Governments of Indian tribes that have jurisdiction over Indian country and are currently exercising Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction (SDVCJ).

This targeted solicitation under the Tribal Jurisdiction Program assists Indian tribes that currently are exercising special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction (SDVCJ) by providing financial support for discrete costs that result from the exercise of SDVCJ and related training and technical assistance (TTA). Note: Tribes that have not yet begun to exercise SDVCJ and tribes that are currently exercising but are seeking funding to plan and complete broad-scale system improvements to strengthen the exercise of SDVCJ should apply for funding through the FY 2021 OVW Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction Solicitation.

 

POC for questions, Rebekah Jones, Grant Program Specialist

OVW.TribalAffairs@usdoj.gov.  

 

 

HOW DO WE BEGIN? 3 QUICK TIPS

 

• ACT NOW to be ready to apply. Confirm your registrations in SAM.gov, DUNS, Grants.gov, and JustGrants are current and accurate. If you need to update or register for any of these systems, start NOW.

• DOWNLOAD AND REVIEW the solicitation you intend to apply for. Review the OVW How to Apply webpage including the pre-application webinars under the Program-Specific Resources. If you have questions, reach out to the OVW Point of Contact ASAP.

• PLAN to be successful. Sketch out your timeline for developing and submitting your proposal focusing your time and effort where it counts most and on the required documents.  

If you have any questions, please contact Rebekah Jones, Grant Program Specialist.