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Tribal Coalitions Program Fact Sheet

Tribal Coalitions Program

The Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Grant Program (Tribal Coalitions Program) supports the development and operation of Tribal domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions.

Tribal Coalitions grant funding can be used to:

  • increase awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault against American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women;
  • enhance the response to violence against American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian women at the federal, state, and Tribal levels;
  • identify and provide technical assistance to coalition members and Tribal communities to enhance access to essential services to American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian women victimized by domestic and sexual violence, including sex trafficking; and
  • assist American Indian Tribes, Alaska Native villages, or Native Hawaiian communities in developing and promoting state, local, and Tribal legislation and policies that enhance best practices for responding to violent crimes against Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian women, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking.

Eligible Applicants

Organizations that have been recognized by OVW as meeting the statutory definition of a Tribal coalition below and provide services to Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian communities are eligible for funding under this program. Organizations also may propose to incorporate and operate a Tribal coalition in areas where Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian communities are located but no Tribal coalition exists.

A Tribal coalition is defined as an established nonprofit, nongovernmental Indian organization, Alaska Native organization, or a Native Hawaiian organization that provides education, support, and technical assistance to member Indian service providers, Native Hawaiian organizations, or the Native Hawaiian community in a manner that enables those member service providers, organizations, or communities to establish and maintain culturally appropriate services, including shelter and rape crisis services, designed to assist Indian or Native Hawaiian women and the dependents of those women who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and is comprised of board and general members that are representative of the member service providers, organizations, or communities and the Tribal communities or Native Hawaiian communities in which the services are being provided.

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Updated September 17, 2026