Opportunity Information: Apply for O OVW 2025 172402
The OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (STCJ) Grant Program is a discretionary federal grant offered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), designed to help Tribal governments build the capacity needed to prepare for or actively exercise Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction. This jurisdiction allows qualifying Tribes to investigate, prosecute, convict, and sentence certain non-Indian offenders who commit specified offenses within the Tribe's jurisdictional boundaries. The overall purpose is to strengthen Tribal justice responses to serious violence and related crimes that occur in Indian country, especially in situations where gaps in jurisdiction have historically limited accountability and victim safety.
The program focuses on supporting Tribes in addressing "covered crimes" as defined for STCJ purposes. These covered crimes include assault of Tribal justice personnel, child violence, dating violence, domestic violence, obstruction of justice, sexual violence, sex trafficking, stalking, and violations of protection orders. In practical terms, the funding is aimed at helping Tribes put in place the legal authorities, policies, trained personnel, victim services coordination, and court and detention capacity necessary to handle these complex cases in a way that is both effective and consistent with applicable federal requirements tied to exercising STCJ.
A notable feature of the FY 2025 opportunity is that Alaska Tribes are included under this same notice of funding opportunity. In previous years, OVW used a separate funding notice for Alaska Tribes, but for FY 2025, Alaska Tribes that want to prepare to exercise STCJ can apply through this single STCJ NOFO. The opportunity references the broader VAWA 2013 and VAWA 2022 reauthorizations and highlights that there is also a pilot program framework under which the Attorney General may designate Alaska Tribes to exercise STCJ over non-Indians who commit covered crimes in their Villages. Additional background on these authorities and requirements is provided through the DOJ tribal justice/VAVA resources page: https://www.justice.gov/tribal/2013-and-2022-reauthorizations-violence-against-women-act-vawa.
Eligible applicants are governments of Indian Tribes, or consortia of Indian Tribes, that have jurisdiction over Indian country, as well as those that occupy a Village in Alaska. The listing also indicates eligibility for federally recognized Native American tribal governments and notes "Others," which commonly refers to certain allowable Tribal consortia or similar arrangements described in the full solicitation. The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity area is categorized under Law, Justice and Legal Services, with CFDA number 16.025.
Key funding details provided in the source information include an anticipated maximum award amount (award ceiling) of up to $1,500,000 per award, with an estimated total of 7 awards expected. The funding opportunity number is O-OVW-2025-172402. The opportunity was created on May 16, 2025, and the original application closing date is June 24, 2025.Apply for O OVW 2025 172402
- The Office on Violence Against Women in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (STCJ) Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.025.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2025-05-16.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-06-24. (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 $1,500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 7 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Others.
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