Deadline: 23-Jun-25
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) is accepting applications for the State and Territory Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program.
The OVW State and Territory Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program, (Coalitions Program) supports the critical work of state and territory domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions and is a set-aside program under the OVW STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program statute. These organizations play an important role in advancing the goal of ending domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
This program also includes a statutory set-aside from the Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP) statute, specifically for state and territory sexual assault coalitions.
Purpose Areas
- Pursuant to 34 U.S.C. § 10441(c), funds under the STOP set-aside for domestic violence coalitions and sexual assault coalitions must be used for one or more of the following purposes:
- Coordinating state and territory victim services activities.
- Collaborating and coordinating with federal, state, territory, and local entities engaged in violence against women activities.
- SASP grant funds must be used for one or more of the following statutory purposes:
- Working with local sexual assault programs and other providers of direct services to encourage appropriate responses to sexual assault within the state or territory.
- Working with judicial or law enforcement agencies to encourage appropriate responses to sexual assault cases.
- Working with courts, child protective services agencies, and children’s advocates to develop appropriate responses to child custody and visitation issues when sexual assault has been determined to be a factor.
- Designing and conducting public education campaigns.
- Planning and monitoring the distribution of grants and grant funds to their state or territory.
- Collaborating with and informing federal, state, or local public officials and agencies to develop and implement policies to reduce or eliminate sexual assault.
Priorities
- Coalitions 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 support enhanced 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.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $ 20,385,400
- Award Ceiling: $364,025
- Award Floor: $113,933
Duration
- Expected Award Period(s) 12 months.
Eligible Activities
- Examples of activities that may be supported include:
- Providing training and technical assistance (TTA) to programs that provide direct services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
- Expanding the technological capacity of coalitions and/or programs that provide direct services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking,
- Developing or enhancing appropriate standards of services for programs that provide direct services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
- Conducting statewide, regional and/or community-based meetings or trainings for victim advocates, legal service providers, criminal and/or civil justice representatives, health care professionals, and professionals from educational institutions.
- Bringing local programs that provide direct services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking together to identify gaps in services and to coordinate activities to address gaps and enhance services for survivors.
- Engaging in activities that promote coalition-building at the local and/or state and territory level.
- Coordinating at the federal, state, and territory level with courts, law enforcement or prosecution agencies to enhance access to safety and justice for victims.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Entity
- Domestic violence coalitions: Domestic violence coalitions are eligible for funding through the STOP set-aside for domestic violence coalitions and should provide programming, activities, and budget details addressing the purpose areas of this program.
- Sexual assault coalitions: Sexual assault coalitions are eligible for funding through the STOP set-aside for sexual assault coalitions and should provide programming, activities, and budget details addressing the purpose areas of this program.
- Dual coalitions: Dual coalitions are eligible for funding through both the STOP set-aside for domestic violence coalitions and the STOP set-aside for sexual assault coalitions.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.