Funded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, the Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP) works to support rape crisis centers and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations that provide core services, direct intervention and related assistance to victims of sexual assault in Indiana.
Donor Name: Indiana Criminal Justice Institute
State: Indiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/31/2022
Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Rape crisis centers and other nonprofit organizations such as dual programs providing both domestic violence and sexual violence intervention services play a vital role in assisting sexual assault victims through the healing process, as well as assisting victims through the medical, criminal justice, and other social support systems.
Pursuant to federal law, funds under this program must be used to provide intervention and related assistance to: (2) adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault; (2) family and household members of such victims; and (3) those collaterally affected by the victimization, except for the perpetrator of such victimization.
Funds under this program must be used to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of rape crisis centers and other nongovernmental or tribal programs and programs and activities that provide direct intervention and related assistance to individuals who have been victimized by sexual assault, without regard to the age of the individual. Intervention and related assistance may include:
- 24-hour hotline services providing crisis intervention services and referral;
- Accompaniment and advocacy through medical, criminal justice, and social support systems, including medical facilities, police, and court proceedings;
- Crisis intervention, short-term individual and group support services, and comprehensive service coordination and supervision to assist sexual assault victims and family or household members;
- Information and referral to assist sexual assault victims and family or household members;
- Community-based, culturally specific services and support mechanisms, including outreach activities for underserved communities; and
- Development and distribution of materials on issues related to the services described above.
Priority Area
Priority will be given to programs that can and will promote civil rights (including by meeting the needs of underserved and marginalized survivors), improve access to justice for survivors, and enhance survivor safety. For the purposes of this solicitation, underserved communities are communities consisting of “populations who face barriers in accessing and using victim services, and include populations that are underserved because of geographic location, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity; underserved racial and ethnic populations; and populations that are underserved because of special needs (such as language barriers, disabilities, alienage status, or age).
Funding Information
- ICJI has approximately $700,000 available in funding for this 1-year grant award period. ICJI estimates providing 10-14 grants ranging from $10,000 to $100,000.
- The award period for the current grant cycle is from January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants include the entity types listed below that assist victims and their dependents of sexual assault and have a documented history of effective work involving sexual assault victims.
- Nonprofit, nongovernmental rape crisis centers.
- Nonprofit, nongovernmental dual programs that provide sexual assault and domestic violence services.
- Governmental entity rape crisis (or dual) centers. In the case of a governmental entity, the entity may not be part of the criminal justice system (such as a law enforcement agency) and must be able to offer a comparable level of confidentiality as a nonprofit entity that provides similar victim services.
- Faith-based organizations.
- Other state, local public, and nonprofit agencies, such as mental health or counseling centers or other programs that have staff specifically trained to serve victims of sexual assault.
If selected, SASP grantees must protect the privacy and confidentiality of those being provided services and adhere to all of the requirements outlined in the request for proposal.
SASP is a reimbursement-based grant.
For more information, visit Indiana Criminal Justice Institute.