Tribal GovtPRogram Statute

34 U.S. Code § 10452 - Grants to
Indian tribal governments
(a)GRANTSThe Attorney General may make grants to Indian tribal
governments or authorized designees of Indian tribal governments to—
(1)
develop and enhance effective governmental strategies to curtail violent
crimes against and increase the safety of Indian women consistent with
tribal law and custom;
(2)
increase tribal capacity to respond to domestic violence, dating violence,
sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking crimes against Indian women;
(3)
strengthen tribal justice interventions including tribal law enforcement,
prosecution, courts, probation,[1] correctional facilities;
(4)
enhance services to Indian women victimized by domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking;
(5)
work in cooperation with the community to develop education and
prevention strategies directed toward issues of domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking;
(6)
provide programs for supervised visitation and safe visitation exchange of
children in situations involving domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking
committed by one parent against the other with appropriate security
measures, policies, and procedures to protect the safety of victims and their
children;
(7)
provide transitional housing for victims of domestic violence, dating violence,
sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking, including rental or utilities
payments assistance and assistance with related expenses such as security
deposits and other costs incidental to relocation to transitional housing, and
support services to enable a victim of domestic violence, dating violence,
sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking to locate and secure permanent
housing and integrate into a community;
(8)
provide legal assistance necessary to provide effective aid to victims of
domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, sex trafficking, or sexual assault

who are seeking relief in legal matters arising as a consequence of that
abuse or violence, at minimal or no cost to the victims;
(9)
provide services to address the needs of youth who are victims of domestic
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking and the
needs of youth and children exposed to domestic violence, dating violence,
sexual assault, or stalking, including support for the nonabusing parent or
the caretaker of the youth or child;
(10)
develop and promote legislation and policies that enhance best practices for
responding to violent crimes against Indian women, including the crimes of
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and
stalking;
(11)
develop, strengthen, and implement policies, protocols, and training for law
enforcement regarding cases of missing or murdered Indians, as described
in section 5704 of title 25; and
(12)
compile and annually report data to the Attorney General related to missing
or murdered Indians, as described in section 5705 of title 25.
(b)COLLABORATION
All applicants under this section shall demonstrate their proposal was
developed in consultation with a nonprofit, nongovernmental Indian victim
services program, including sexual assault and domestic violence victim
services providers in the tribal or local community, or a nonprofit tribal
domestic violence and sexual assault coalition to the extent that they exist.
In the absence of such a demonstration, the applicant may meet the
requirement of this subsection through consultation with women in the
community to be served.