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Violence and Abuse in Rural America – Funding & Opportunities

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Children's Justice Act Partnerships for Indian Communities (Purpose Area 6): Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS)
Funding, technical assistance, and training to help American Indian and Alaska Native communities develop, establish, and operate programs designed to improve the investigation, prosecution, and handling of cases of child abuse and neglect, and particularly child sexual abuse cases, in a manner which lessens trauma for child victims.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 18, 2025
Sponsors: Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice
Tribal Justice Systems Planning and Direct Services (Purpose Areas 2 and 3): Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS)
Grants to engage in comprehensive justice system-wide strategic planning and direct service program implementation to improve tribal justice and safety, including community wellness and the capacity to prevent crime.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 18, 2025
Sponsors: Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice
Tribal Youth Program (Purpose Area 9): Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS)
Grants to prevent and reduce juvenile delinquency and strengthen a fair and beneficial juvenile justice system response for American Indian and Alaska Native youth. Funding allows tribes to develop, expand, and strengthen approaches along the juvenile justice continuum that can range from prevention to intervention and treatment.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 18, 2025
Sponsors: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
Mary Kay Domestic Violence Shelter Grant Program
Grants to support domestic violence shelters. The Foundation will award a grant to at least one domestic violence shelter in every state that applies, and many grants have gone to rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 30, 2025
Sponsor: The Mary Kay Foundation
BNSF Railway Foundation Grants
Grants to organizations that operate near a BNSF railway line. Priority areas include health and human service organizations, programs that address chemical dependency treatment and prevention, spouse and child abuse, women's and children's aid, transitional shelters, hospitals, medical programs, youth development programs, and federally recognized tribes.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide in areas near BNSF rail lines.
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: BNSF Railway Foundation
Indigenous Safe Housing Training and Technical Assistance
Training and technical assistance for organizations looking to provide safe housing for American Indian and Alaska Native survivors of gender-based violence.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: STTARS Indigenous Safe Housing Center
Technical Assistance for Tribal Domestic Violence Programs and Shelters
Technical assistance for tribal domestic violence programs and shelters to build tribal capacity to respond to domestic violence; strengthen advocacy; and improve services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, dating violence, and sex trafficking.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: National Indigenous Women's Resource Center
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples: Thriving Women Program Inactive
Grants to support grassroots projects that empower indigenous women-led work to prevent violence against women and girls and nurture healthy and thriving Native peoples and families.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Dec 2, 2024
Sponsor: Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Inc.
Research Grants to Rigorously Evaluate Innovative and Promising Strategies to Prevent Firearm-Related Violence and Injuries (R01) Inactive
Grants for investigator-initiated research to evaluate the effectiveness of innovative and promising strategies to prevent all forms of firearm-related violence, injuries, and deaths. Research focusing on rural and tribal communities is encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Required): Nov 1, 2024
Application Deadline: Dec 2, 2024
Sponsors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Promise Neighborhoods Program Inactive
A grant program that supports improvement in the educational and developmental outcomes of children and youth in the most distressed communities. Projects should work to ensure school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high quality services.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Sep 10, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education

Last Updated: 1/7/2025