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O-OVW-2026-172440: OVW Calendar Year 2025 Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Reimbursement Program

Closed Closed July 24, 2026 Opportunity O-OVW-2026-172440 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Office on Violence Against Women notices from 2026.

• Award ceiling$4.4 million
• Award floor$1
• Total funding$4.4 million
• Expected awards20
• 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)

Eligible applicants are limited to: 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 reimburses Tribal governments for expenses incurred in exercising “Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction” (STCJ) over non-Indians who commit certain covered crimes (assault of Tribal justice personnel; child, dating, sexual and/or domestic violence; obstruction of justice; sex trafficking; stalking; and protection order violations) in Indian country pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 1304 (or in Alaska Native Villages pursuant to a DOJ pilot program established by 25 U.S.C. § 1305(d)).

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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