OVW FY 2017 Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction

Funding Opportunity ID: 290515 Opportunity Number: OVW-2017-11906 Opportunity Title: OVW FY 2017 Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal JurisdictionOpportunity Category: DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)Category Explanation: OVW Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction
This grant program supports tribal governments with establishing criminal process to prosecute non-Indian offenders of domestic violence, dating violence and violations against protection orders.CFDA Number(s): 16.025Eligible Applicants: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Additional Information on Eligibility: Agency Code: USDOJ-OJP-OVWAgency Name: Department of JusticeOffice on Violence Against WomenPosted Date: Dec 07, 2016Close Date: May 03, 2017Last Updated Date: Mar 22, 2017Award Ceiling: $450,000Award Floor: $0Estimated Total Program Funding: $38,850,000Expected Number of Awards: 7Description: Native American women suffer domestic violence and dating violence at epidemic rates, often at the hands of non-Indian abusers. Following the Supreme Court’s 1978 decision in Oliphant v. Suquamish Tribe, however, tribes lacked criminal jurisdiction to prosecute domestic violence and datin...

Source: Grants.gov - March 23, 2017 Category: Research Tags: Other (see text field entitled Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity for clarification) Source Type: funding