OVW Calendar Year 2025 Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Reimbursement Program

Key Facts

Status: Forecasted

Posted date: June 4, 2026

Close date: July 7, 2026

Opportunity ID: 362683

Opportunity number: O-OVW-2026-172440

Opportunity category: Other

Agency name: Office on Violence Against Women

Agency code: USDOJ-OJP-OVW

Award floor: $1

Award ceiling: $4,400,000

Cost sharing required: No

Funding Instrument Types
  • Other
Category of Funding Activity
  • Law, Justice and Legal Services
Eligible Applicants
  • Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
  • Others
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
  • agency_code:usdoj_ojp_ovw
  • category_of_funding_activity:law_justice_and_legal_services
  • cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
  • eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_governments_federally_recognized
  • eligible_applicants:others
  • funding_instrument_type:other
  • opportunity_category:other
  • status:forecasted
Description

This program reimburses Tribal governments for expenses incurred in exercising “Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction” (STCJ) over non-Indians who commit certain covered crimes (assault of Tribal justice personnel; child, dating, sexual and/or domestic violence; obstruction of justice; sex trafficking; stalking; and protection order violations) in Indian country pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 1304 (or in Alaska Native Villages pursuant to a DOJ pilot program established by 25 U.S.C. § 1305(d)).

OVW Calendar Year 2025 Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Reimbursement Program
This program reimburses Tribal governments for expenses incurred in exercising “Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction” (STCJ) over non-Indians who commit certain covered crimes (assault of Tribal justice personnel; child, dating, sexual and/or domestic violence; obstruction of justice; sex trafficking; stalking; and protection order violations) in Indian country pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 1304 (or in Alaska Native Villages pursuant to a DOJ pilot program established by 25 U.S.C. § 1305(d)).
[Forecasted] OVW Calendar Year 2025 Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Reimbursement Program
Forecasted
Office on Violence Against Women
Law, Justice and Legal Services
Other
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Others
2026-06-04