The Sexual Assault Services Formula Grant Program (SASP) was created by the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (VAWA 2005), 42 U.S.C. §14043g, and is the first federal funding stream solely dedicated to the provision of direct intervention and related assistance for victims of sexual assault.

SASP provides funding to assist states in supporting organizations that provide core services, direct intervention, and related assistance to adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault; to family and household members of such victims; and to those collaterally affected by the victimization (e.g., friends, coworkers, classmates), except for the perpetrator(s) of such victimization.

Funds provided through the SASP Formula Grant Program are designed to supplement other funding sources directed towards addressing sexual assault.