Deadline: 1-Aug-25
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women is accepting applications for its Grants to Enhance Community-based Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking Program.
The grants support the maintenance and replication of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking services in community-based programs that offer culturally specific services and other resources; and the development of innovative community-based programming that improves access to services and resources for victims who face obstacles to using traditional services.
Eligible entities are community-based organizations that aim to enhance access to services for all survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in their communities and that have demonstrated expertise in serving victims or can partner with a program having such expertise.
Areas of Focus
- Funds under this program must “support community-based efforts to address distinctive cultural responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including:
- working with state and local governments and social service agencies to develop and enhance effective strategies to provide culturally specific services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
- increasing communities’ capacity to provide culturally specific resources and support for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking crimes and their families.
- strengthening criminal justice interventions, by providing training for law enforcement, prosecution, courts, probation, and correctional facilities on culturally specific responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
- enhancing traditional services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through the leadership of culturally specific programs offering services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
- working in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies highlighting culturally specific issues and resources regarding victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Funding Information
- Expected total amount of funding: $22,500,000
- Grant amount: $400,000 – $475,000
- Duration: 36 months
Role and Responsibilities
- Applicants that receive funding under this program will be required to engage in the following activities:
- Participate in OVW-sponsored training and technical assistance (TTA).
- Collect and report performance indicators.
- Participate in an assessment or evaluation, if OVW conducts one that requires recipient involvement.
- Make services available to all victims in the applicant’s community.
Eligibility Criteria
- Entities that are eligible to apply are:
- Community-based organizations whose primary purpose is providing culturally specific services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and
- Community-based organizations whose primary purpose is providing culturally specific services who can partner with a program having demonstrated expertise in serving victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
- Faith-Based organizations that meet the eligibility requirements for this program are eligible to apply.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Any nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code is not eligible for a grant from this program.
- The activities listed below are out of the program scope and will not be funded:
- Research projects.
- Promoting or facilitating the violation of federal immigration law.
- Inculcating or promoting gender ideology, Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.
- Generic community engagement or economic development without a clear link to violence prevention, victim safety, or offender accountability.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
