OVW FY 07 Grants to Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions

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	Federal Grant Title:	OVW FY 07 Grants to Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions
	CFDA Number:	16.557
	CFDA Description:	Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program
	Federal Agency Name:	Office of Violence Against Women
	Category of Funding Activity:	Law Justice and Legal Services
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	OVW-2007-1505
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Dec 05, 2006
	Creation Date:	Jan 12, 2007
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jan 25, 2007
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Feb 24, 2007
	Expected Number of Awards:	20
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$700,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Individuals Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Applicants are limited to established nonprofit, nongovernmental tribal coalitions, or individuals or organizations that propose to incorporate as nonprofit, nongovernmental tribal coalitions. Coaltions are not required to organize across a particular type of geographic area. Eligible applicants may include but are not limited to local and regional tribal coaltions. Eligible coalitions may choose to focus on domestic violence or sexual assault or may develope an approach that addresses both crimes which must be evident in the coalitions mission statement, proposed goals and objectives.
Grant Description: In 1978, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) was created, in part, through the leadership of American Indian and Alaska Native women survivors, advocates, and their allies. The first meeting of NCADV was hosted in 1979 by an American Indian nonprofit, nongovernmental organization on an Indian reservation. One year later, in 1980, the first battered women's shelter designed for Indian women opened its doors on a reservation. Prior to the shelter's establishment, Indian women opened up their homes and used their own resources to provide services to Indian victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.These efforts by American Indian and Alaska Native women (Indian women) to improve systemic and community responses to violence against Indian women began to multiply across the nation, developing into a movement for victims' rights in Indian country. Drawing from unique traditions, Indian governments have been working in partnership with nonprofit organizations to promote the safety of Indian victims and the accountability of offenders. The VAWA offered additional resources and training to Indian tribes to develop specific responses to end domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.Statistics highlight the need for further resources and organizations devoted to the issue of violent crimes against Indian women. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports the following between 1992 and 2001:. Indians experienced a per capita rate of violence twice that of the U.S. resident population; . Indians were more likely to be victims of assault and rape/sexual assault committed by a stranger or acquaintance rather than an intimate partner or family member; and. Nearly 80% of Indian victims of rape/sexual assault described the offender as white. Studies also indicate that Indian women suffer a disproportionate level of intimate partner violence and sexual assault. Responding to this critical need, in Fiscal Year 2001, Congress appropriated resources for the development and operation of nonprofit, nongovernmental tribal domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions to address the unique issues that confront Indian victims. The Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Grant Program (Tribal Coalitions Program) provides much needed resources for organizing and supporting efforts to end violence against Indian women. The purpose of the Tribal Coalitions Program is to build the capacity of survivors, advocates, Indian women's organizations, and victim services providers to form nonprofit, nongovernmental tribal domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions to advance the goal of ending violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women. A portion of the funds provided under the Tribal Coalitions Program has been set aside to provide technical assistance to tribal coalitions.The Tribal Coalitions Program implements certain provisions of the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 Public Law No. 106-386, the Justice for All Act of 2004, Public Law No. 108-405, and the Violence Against Women Act of 2005, Public Law No. 109-162. This solicitation provides program and application guidelines for grant awards to be administered by OVW.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Office on Violence Against Women Website
http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/currentsolicitations.htm
Grant Announcement Contact: Kathy Howkumi
Program Specialist
202-307-6026 OVW.Tribalcoalitions@usdoj.gov OVW Program Mailbox
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