Opportunity Information: Apply for OVW 2016 10120
Apply for OVW 2016 10120
- The USDOJ-OJP-OVW in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW FY 2016 Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction" 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 May 09, 2016 and posted on May 09, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 20, 2016. (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 $450,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 7 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).
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Opportunity Summary:
The OVW FY 2016 Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction (Funding Opportunity Number OVW 2016 10120) was a discretionary grant program from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (USDOJ-OJP-OVW), listed under CFDA 16.025. It was created and posted on May 9, 2016, with an application deadline of June 20, 2016. The program anticipated making about 7 awards, with a maximum award amount (ceiling) of $450,000 per recipient, and it was open to federally recognized Native American tribal governments.
The opportunity was built around a specific and long-standing public safety gap in Indian Country. Native American women experience domestic violence and dating violence at disproportionately high and often described as epidemic rates, and a significant portion of that harm is committed by non-Indian abusers. For decades, a major barrier to accountability was jurisdictional: after the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Oliphant v. Suquamish Tribe (1978), tribes generally could not prosecute non-Indians for crimes committed in Indian Country. Before 2013, when an Indian victim was harmed by a non-Indian perpetrator, prosecution typically depended on federal authorities (and sometimes the state where the Indian Country is located), which could lead to delays, declinations, or limited capacity to pursue cases, leaving victims with fewer timely and culturally responsive options for justice and protection.
VAWA 2013 changed that landscape by creating a landmark pathway for certain tribes to exercise what is called Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction (SDVCJ). Signed into law on March 7, 2013, VAWA 2013 recognized the authority of participating tribes to prosecute certain offenders for specific crimes in Indian Country, including domestic violence, dating violence, and certain violations of protection orders, even when the defendant is non-Indian. At the same time, the law made clear that tribes choosing to exercise SDVCJ must provide specific procedural rights to defendants in those cases, reflecting the seriousness of criminal prosecution and the need for due process protections that align with the statutory requirements.
Within that context, the Tribal Jurisdiction Program funded by this opportunity was meant to help tribes do the practical work required to make SDVCJ possible in real life, not just on paper. The grants were designed to support planning, development, and implementation activities that strengthen and modernize tribal criminal justice systems so they can lawfully and effectively exercise SDVCJ. In practice, that could involve reviewing and revising criminal codes and court rules, building or expanding prosecution and indigent defense capacity, improving law enforcement and investigative procedures, enhancing probation and supervision approaches, developing protocols for protection order enforcement, and ensuring that court operations, evidence handling, records systems, and detention arrangements can support these cases from arrest through adjudication and sentencing.
A central theme of the program was coordinated, system-wide change rather than isolated improvements. OVW emphasized collaboration across the full range of tribal justice and community partners, including tribal leadership, tribal courts, prosecutors, tribal attorneys, public defenders or defense counsel, law enforcement, probation, victim service providers, and other stakeholders. The idea was that SDVCJ only works safely and credibly when the entire system is aligned: victims need accessible services and safety planning, law enforcement needs clear authority and workable protocols, prosecutors need case screening and trial capacity, courts need procedures that satisfy SDVCJ requirements, and defense functions must be adequately resourced to protect defendant rights as required by VAWA 2013. By encouraging these partnerships and coordinated responses, the program aimed to strengthen offender accountability while keeping victim safety at the center of implementation.
Overall, this 2016 OVW funding opportunity was a targeted investment in tribal capacity to close a jurisdictional accountability gap created decades earlier and partially remedied by VAWA 2013. The grants were intended to help participating tribes build the legal frameworks, operational readiness, and interagency coordination needed to prosecute covered domestic violence and dating violence offenses, including when perpetrators are non-Indian, while also meeting the statutory defendant-rights requirements that come with exercising SDVCJ.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. What is the full name of this grant opportunity?
The opportunity is titled OVW FY 2016 Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction.
2. Who offered this grant?
This was a discretionary grant program offered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (USDOJ-OJP-OVW).
3. What is the funding opportunity number?
The Funding Opportunity Number is OVW 2016 10120.
4. What CFDA number is associated with this opportunity?
This opportunity was listed under CFDA 16.025.
5. When was the opportunity posted?
It was created and posted on May 9, 2016.
6. What was the application deadline?
The application deadline was June 20, 2016.
7. How many awards were anticipated?
The program anticipated making about 7 awards.
8. What was the maximum award amount per recipient?
The maximum (ceiling) award amount was $450,000 per recipient.
9. Who was eligible to apply?
The opportunity was open to federally recognized Native American tribal governments.
10. What problem was this grant designed to address?
The grant focused on a long-standing public safety and accountability gap in Indian Country related to domestic violence and dating violence, including the reality that a significant portion of harm to Native American women has been committed by non-Indian abusers.
11. Why has jurisdiction been a barrier in these cases?
For decades, jurisdiction limited tribal options for holding non-Indian offenders accountable. After the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Oliphant v. Suquamish Tribe (1978), tribes generally could not prosecute non-Indians for crimes committed in Indian Country.
12. What happened before 2013 when a non-Indian harmed an Indian victim in Indian Country?
Prosecution typically depended on federal authorities (and sometimes the state where the Indian Country is located). This could lead to delays, declinations, or limited capacity to pursue cases, leaving victims with fewer timely and culturally responsive options for justice and protection.
13. What change did VAWA 2013 introduce?
VAWA 2013, signed into law on March 7, 2013, created a pathway for certain tribes to exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction (SDVCJ).
14. What is Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction (SDVCJ) in the context of this opportunity?
SDVCJ refers to the authority recognized in VAWA 2013 that allows participating tribes to prosecute certain offenders for specific crimes committed in Indian Country, including domestic violence, dating violence, and certain violations of protection orders, even when the defendant is non-Indian.
15. Did VAWA 2013 attach conditions to exercising SDVCJ?
Yes. VAWA 2013 made clear that tribes choosing to exercise SDVCJ must provide specific procedural rights to defendants in SDVCJ cases, reflecting due process protections required by the statute.
16. What was the purpose of the Tribal Jurisdiction Program funded by this opportunity?
The Tribal Jurisdiction Program was meant to help tribes complete the practical work needed to make SDVCJ possible in real-world operations. The grants were designed to support planning, development, and implementation activities to strengthen and modernize tribal criminal justice systems so they can lawfully and effectively exercise SDVCJ.
17. What kinds of activities could this funding support?
Based on the description, supported activities could include:
- Reviewing and revising criminal codes and court rules
- Building or expanding prosecution capacity
- Building or expanding indigent defense capacity
- Improving law enforcement and investigative procedures
- Enhancing probation and supervision approaches
- Developing protocols for protection order enforcement
- Strengthening court operations to meet SDVCJ requirements
- Improving evidence handling and records systems
- Ensuring detention arrangements can support cases from arrest through adjudication and sentencing
18. Was the program focused on isolated improvements or system-wide coordination?
The program emphasized coordinated, system-wide change rather than isolated improvements. The idea was that SDVCJ works safely and credibly when the entire justice system is aligned.
19. What partners or stakeholders were OVW emphasizing for collaboration?
OVW emphasized collaboration across a broad range of tribal justice and community partners, including:
- Tribal leadership
- Tribal courts
- Prosecutors
- Tribal attorneys
- Public defenders or defense counsel
- Law enforcement
- Probation
- Victim service providers
- Other relevant stakeholders
20. Why does SDVCJ implementation require coordination across the justice system?
The description highlights that SDVCJ requires many parts of the system to work together: victims need accessible services and safety planning, law enforcement needs clear authority and workable protocols, prosecutors need screening and trial capacity, courts need procedures that satisfy SDVCJ requirements, and defense functions must be adequately resourced to protect defendant rights as required by VAWA 2013.
21. What was the core public safety goal of the funding?
The core goal was to strengthen offender accountability and close a jurisdictional accountability gap, while keeping victim safety at the center and ensuring SDVCJ prosecutions comply with the defendant-rights requirements tied to exercising SDVCJ.
22. What stage(s) of SDVCJ readiness was the grant intended to support?
The grant was intended to support tribes at multiple stages of readiness by funding planning, development, and implementation activities needed to exercise SDVCJ in practice.
23. What types of cases was this program focused on?
The focus was on prosecutions involving domestic violence, dating violence, and certain violations of protection orders committed in Indian Country, including cases where the defendant is non-Indian, as permitted under SDVCJ.
24. How does this opportunity connect to the history of tribal criminal jurisdiction?
The opportunity was positioned as a targeted investment to address a gap created after Oliphant v. Suquamish Tribe (1978), and to help tribes operationalize the authority recognized by VAWA 2013 through the creation and exercise of SDVCJ.
25. What is the overall intent of the 2016 OVW funding opportunity in plain terms?
In plain terms, it was designed to help eligible tribes build the legal rules, staffing, procedures, and partnerships needed to prosecute covered domestic and dating violence crimes in Indian Country under SDVCJ, including when the offender is non-Indian, while meeting the procedural rights requirements that come with exercising that jurisdiction.
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