Opportunity Overview
The Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of Crime Victim Services is accepting applications for the Sexual Assault Victim Services & Programs 2027 Competitive Grants. The funding announcement combines the state Sexual Assault Victim Services program and the federal Sexual Assault Services Formula Program. Applicants submit one application with a single narrative and may include up to two separate budgets, one for SAVS and one for SASP.
Deadline and Funding
The application due date is September 27, 2026. The controlling Wisconsin DOJ announcement does not state an application time or time zone, so Atlas does not infer either. A total of $3,125,000 is available for the January 1 through December 31, 2027 project period, including $2,325,000 for SAVS and $800,000 for SASP. The announcement notes the possibility of up to two additional years of continuation funding, subject to funding availability and compliance. No match is required for either program.
Eligibility and Service Requirements
The competition is open to nonprofit, nongovernmental, tribal, and other local and state organizations with a demonstrated history of serving sexual assault survivors. SAVS applicants must provide or propose advocacy and counseling, a 24/7 crisis telephone line, professional and community education, and services for populations with special needs within their service area. SASP applicants must provide intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, support services, and related assistance to adult, youth, or child victims of sexual assault and certain family, household, and collateral victims.
Program Priorities and Cost Boundaries
Priority areas include housing services, flexible financial support related to the sexual assault, sustaining sexual assault services such as medical and systems advocacy and crisis counseling, and culturally relevant community-based services. The announcement also lists important restrictions. SAVS does not fund forensic medical examinations, investigation services, or sex-offender treatment. SASP does not fund sexual assault medical forensic examiner programs, sexual assault response team coordination, criminal-justice projects, or other out-of-scope activities listed in the announcement. Applicants should build budgets only from the allowable categories and current Wisconsin DOJ guidance.
Atlas Strategic Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 90/100. This is a substantial Wisconsin behavioral-health and victim-services opportunity with clear eligibility, a near-term deadline, and direct support for counseling, crisis response, advocacy, and coordinated services.
QC Healthcare Fit: 88/100. Crisis counseling, support services, service coordination, advocacy, and survivor assistance create a strong fit for qualified behavioral-health and victim-service organizations that already satisfy the survivor-service history requirement.
N9+ Direct Vendor Fit: 5/100. The announcement does not establish a meaningful remote-exam equipment pathway, and forensic medical examination activities are expressly outside the SAVS scope while SASP excludes sexual assault medical forensic examiner programs. Atlas does not recommend pursuing an N9+ equipment angle for this grant.
Direct Applicant Fit for Dr. Miltie, LLC: 0/100. A for-profit business without the required survivor-service history is not a defensible applicant.
Application Strategy
Confirm the organization’s demonstrated survivor-service history and program-specific eligibility, select SAVS, SASP, or both, mirror the Wisconsin DOJ WebGrants structure exactly, prepare the required narrative and budget components, include only specifically requested attachments, and submit by the stated deadline.
Verified sources: Wisconsin DOJ Competitive Funding Announcement and Wisconsin DOJ Current Grant Opportunities.