Opportunity Information: Apply for OVW 2020 18533
The OVW Fiscal Year 2020 National Tribal Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault Solicitation is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), intended to support a national clearinghouse focused on sexual assault against American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women. Congress first set aside funding for this kind of national resource in 2012, recognizing the need for a centralized effort that can strengthen how communities respond to sexual violence affecting AI/AN women. This initiative has been funded in past years under the name National Indian Country Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault (NICCSA), and this solicitation continues that general mission under the updated title.
At its core, the clearinghouse is meant to deliver training and targeted technical assistance that improves both services for victims and the broader justice system response. The solicitation emphasizes practical support designed to strengthen victim services, improve criminal and civil justice responses, and increase offender accountability. In other words, the clearinghouse is not just an information repository; it is expected to actively build capacity across systems that touch sexual assault cases, including victim advocates and service providers as well as justice stakeholders who handle reporting, investigation, prosecution, and related civil legal needs.
Funding through this program can be used to establish, sustain, and/or expand training, educational programming, and technical assistance connected to sexual assault of AI/AN women. The intent is national in scope: the clearinghouse should be positioned to reach and support a wide range of entities working on these issues, not only in tribal communities but also in settings where AI/AN survivors live and seek services outside reservation or rural areas. A stated funding priority is given to applicants that propose innovative, effective ways to reach a national audience of organizations addressing sexual assault of AI/AN women, explicitly including both tribal and non-tribal organizations operating in urban areas. This reflects the reality that many AI/AN survivors reside in or travel to urban communities and may interact with non-tribal service systems.
The award is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically signals substantial federal involvement during the project period, often including ongoing coordination, shared planning, or close oversight between OVW and the recipient. The opportunity is categorized under education and other related activities, consistent with its emphasis on training, technical assistance, and educational outreach rather than direct service delivery alone.
Eligible applicants include a range of organizations that could credibly operate a national clearinghouse function: public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education when applying under the nonprofit categories). The program is listed under CFDA 16.027. The solicitation was posted May 28, 2020, with an original closing date of July 23, 2020. OVW anticipated making up to two awards, with an award ceiling of $500,000 per award.
Overall, this grant opportunity is designed to fund an organization (or organizations) capable of operating at a national level to strengthen training and technical assistance infrastructure around AI/AN sexual assault, with particular attention to improving survivor-centered services, enhancing justice system responses across criminal and civil contexts, and promoting accountability, while also prioritizing creative and effective national outreach approaches that include urban-serving tribal and non-tribal entities.Apply for OVW 2020 18533
- The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women in the education, other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW Fiscal Year 2020 National Tribal Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault Solicitation" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.027.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 28, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 23, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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