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O-OVW-2024-171930: OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Reimbursement Program

Closed Closed January 26, 2024 Opportunity O-OVW-2024-171930 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$50,000
• Award floor$1
• Total funding$925,000
• Expected awards18
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeOther

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to tribes.

• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Federally Recognized Tribes exercising Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction over any covered crime.

More grants for tribes.

Is this a realistic fit?

• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

This program is authorized by 25 U.S.C. § 1304(h)(1). The Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Reimbursement Program (Tribal Reimbursement Program, assistance listing #16.059) reimburses tribal governments for expenses incurred in exercising “Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction” (STCJ) over non-Indians who commit certain covered crimes (the term “covered crime” means: assault of Tribal justice personnel; child violence; dating violence; domestic violence; obstruction of justice; sexual violence; sex trafficking; stalking; and a violation of a protection order.) The Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (VAWA 2022) recognized the inherent power of “participating tribes” to exercise STCJ over all persons. STCJ, in turn, means the criminal jurisdiction that a “participating tribe” may exercise under 25 U.S.C. § 1304 but could not otherwise exercise. A “participating tribe” is a federally recognized tribe that elects to exercise STCJ over the Indian country of that tribe. VAWA 2022 also established a pilot program under which the Attorney General may designate up to five Alaska tribes per calendar year as participating tribes to exercise STCJ over all persons present in the tribe’s Village, without requiring that the crime occur in “Indian country.” Tribes interested in the Alaska Pilot Program should visit https://www.justice.gov/tribal/vawa-2022-alaska-pilot-program for more information.

Category: Law, Justice and Legal Services.

We found no grant awards under Assistance Listing 16.059 in fiscal 2021 to 2025, which usually means the program is new or very small.

Applying now

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