Deadline: 24-Jun-25
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) is accepting applications for the STOP Formula Grant Program.
The STOP (Services, Training, Officers, and Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program supports local communities, including Indian tribal governments and Alaska Native villages, in their efforts to develop and strengthen effective responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. STOP grants are awarded to states and territories.
Priorities
- States and territories are encouraged to develop and support projects, to the extent consistent with the program’s authorizing statute, that substantively address one or more of the priorities listed below:
- Measures to combat human trafficking and transnational crime, particularly crimes linked to illegal immigration and cartel operations, that support safety and justice for trafficking victims who have also suffered domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and/or stalking;
- Projects to provide victim services, especially housing, and improve law enforcement response in rural and remote areas, Tribal nations, and small towns that often lack resources to effectively combat domestic violence and sexual assault and
- Proposals submitted by units of local government and public agencies that certify compliance with federal immigration law.
Funding Information
- Expected Total Amount of Funding $171,206,049
- Expected Award Amount(s) $617,851 – $16,188,360
Duration
- Expected Award Period(s) 24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants are any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Only the designated state office, pursuant to 28 C.F.R. § 90.11, may apply.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.