FY 2026 Discretionary Grant Programs

FY 2026 Discretionary Grant Programs is sponsored by Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). The OVW administers grant programs authorized by the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and subsequent legislation.

Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) | FY 2026 Application Companion Guide Information for Victims in Large Cases FY 2026 Application Companion Guide Applying for and Receiving OVW Grant Funding This guide provides information about applying for OVW grant programs, including requirements associated with a federal award from OVW, if an application is selected for funding.

It is not a substitute for any of OVW's program-specific Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) or any of the applicable statutes, regulations, or policies that govern OVW's grant programs. Applicants are responsible for reading and following the instructions in each NOFO.

Requirements for All OVW Applicants and Recipients Funding to Faith-Based Organizations Confidentiality and Privacy Protections Distinguishing Between Research and Assessments Assessments, Surveys, and the Paperwork Reduction Act Lobbying-Related Requirements Audit Reporting Requirements OVW Reporting Requirements National Environmental Policy Act Non-Supplanting of Nonfederal Funds Remedies for Noncompliance or for Materially False Statements Reporting Potential Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Similar Misconduct Suspension or Termination of Funding Rights in Intellectual Property Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (FFATA) Recipient Integrity and Performance Reporting Requirements Awards in Excess of $5 Million - Federal Taxes Certification Requirement Prohibited Conduct by Recipients and Subrecipients Related to Trafficking in Persons Whistleblower Protections for Employees of OVW Recipients Other Required Disclosures General Appropriations Law Restrictions Nonprofit Applicants: Disclosure of Process Related to Executive Compensation Subrecipient and Contractor Determinations Under OVW Awards Administrative Funding Adjustments Activities that Compromise Victim Safety and Recovery and Undermine Offender Accountability I.

Requirements for All OVW Applicants and Recipients Applicants for an OVW award should be aware of the requirements described below, which apply to all applicants and recipients under OVW grant programs. In addition, the general terms and conditions applicable to all OVW grants and cooperative agreements are available at our award conditions page .

As a condition for receiving funding from OVW, recipients must comply with applicable federal civil rights laws, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Department of Justice (DOJ) regulation for the Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations.

Depending on the funding source, a recipient must also comply with the nondiscrimination provisions within the applicable program statutes, which may include the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (“the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act”).

Collectively, these federal laws prohibit a recipient of OVW funding from discriminating either in employment (subject to the exemption for certain faith-based organizations discussed below) or in the delivery of services or benefits on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, or disability. In addition, recipients of OVW funding may not discriminate on the basis of age in the delivery of services or benefits.

As a condition of receiving funding, recipients also must comply with a nondiscrimination provision in the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), as amended, that covers any program or activity funded in whole or in part by OVW. 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(13)(A).

Under this provision, recipients may provide sex-segregated or sex-specific programming if doing so is necessary to the essential operation of a program (e.g., in the case of women’s safety), so long as the recipient provides comparable services to those who cannot be provided with the sex-segregated or sex-specific programming. Id. § 12291(b)(13)(B).

Recipients of federal financial assistance, including subrecipients, are reminded that the denial of language assistance services can be evidence of discrimination on the basis of national origin or disability under certain circumstances.

Applicants for OVW’s grant programs also must include within their project budgets sufficient costs for providing interpretation and translation services to eligible individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) or explain how language access will be provided if grant funds are not needed for this purpose.

This should include an explanation of other funds, services, or resources that the applicant has secured to provide language access. Similarly, recipients are responsible for ensuring that their programs and activities are readily accessible to qualified individuals with disabilities. Applicants for OVW funding must allocate grant funds or explain how other available resources will be used to ensure access to their programs.

This should include an explanation of other funds, services, or resources that the applicant has secured to provide access. Examples of how grant funds can be used include supporting American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter services for Deaf or hard of hearing individuals or adaptive equipment for individuals with mobility or cognitive disabilities. For resources, see www.

ADA. gov or contact OVW. Supporting victim safety and recovery requires programs to be accessible to people with disabilities and those who are Deaf or hard of hearing, to provide language access to LEP individuals, to ensure that any sex-segregated or sex-specific services are comparable, and generally to serve all survivors free from discrimination.

For technical assistance on complying with the civil rights laws linked to the receipt of federal financial assistance from OVW, please contact: Office of Justice Programs 810 7th Street NW Washington, DC 20531 Funding to Faith-Based Organizations Faith-based organizations may apply for OVW grant awards on the same basis as any other organization subject to the protections and requirements of 28 C. F. R.

Part 38 and any applicable constitutional and statutory requirements, including 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000bb et seq . DOJ will not, in the selection of recipients, discriminate for or against an organization on the basis of the organization’s religious character, motives, or affiliation, or lack thereof, or on the basis of conduct that would not be considered grounds to favor or disfavor a similarly situated secular organization.

A faith-based organization that participates in an OVW grant program will retain its independence from the Government and may continue to carry out its mission consistent with religious freedom and conscience protections in federal law.

An organization may not use direct federal financial assistance from DOJ to support or engage in any explicitly religious activities except when consistent with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and any other applicable requirements.

An organization receiving federal financial assistance also may not, in providing services funded by DOJ, or in their outreach activities related to such services, discriminate against a program beneficiary or prospective program beneficiary on the basis of religion, a religious belief, a refusal to hold a religious belief, or a refusal to attend or participate in a religious practice.

Recipients, and any subrecipients at any tier, must comply with all applicable requirements of 28 C. F. R.

Part 38, which, among other things, sets out rules and requirements that relate to engaging in or conducting explicitly religious activities and requires that recipients and subrecipients that provide social services under a DOJ award give written notice to beneficiaries and prospective beneficiaries prior to the provision of services (if practicable) as described in 28 C. F. R.

38. 6(b). A sample notice is available the Office of Justice Programs' (OJP) website .

In certain instances, a faith-based or religious organization may be able to take religion into account when making hiring decisions, provided it satisfies certain requirements. For more information on the legal protections and requirements described above, see OJP's webpage on faith-based and neighborhood organizations .

Confidentiality and Privacy Protections By statute, OVW recipients and their subrecipients are prohibited from disclosing, revealing, or releasing personally identifying information or individual information collected in connection with services requested, utilized, or denied through recipients’ and subrecipients’ programs, regardless of whether the information has been encoded, encrypted, hashed, or otherwise protected (34 U.S.C.

§ 12291(b)(2)(B)). The statute permits disclosure when the victim provides informed, written, and reasonably time-limited consent to the release or when a statute or a court compels that the information be released. Where there is a statutory or court mandate to release information, recipients and subrecipients must make reasonable attempts to provide notice to victims affected by the disclosure of information.

They must also take necessary steps to protect the privacy and safety of the persons affected by the release of the information (34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(2)(B) and (C)). A parent or guardian may consent to disclosure regarding an unemancipated minor or legally incapacitated person; however, an abuser of a minor, of the minor’s other parent, or of the legally incapacitated person is prohibited from giving consent to the disclosure.

If a minor or a person with a legally appointed guardian is permitted by law to receive services without the parent’s or guardian’s consent, the minor or person with a guardian may release information without additional consent (34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(2)(B)(ii)). Recipients and subrecipients must document their compliance with these requirements (34 U.S.C.

§ 12291(b)(2)(G)), and applicants for OVW funding must acknowledge that they have received notice of these statutory requirements, including the requirement to document compliance. The acknowledgement form is available on the OVW website .

In addition, recipients and subrecipients may share aggregate information regarding their services and demographics of victims for certain purposes, if this information does not identify specific individuals or reveal personally identifying information. They may share such aggregate information with appropriate agencies to comply with federal, state, tribal, or territorial reporting, evaluation, and data collection requirements.

For protection order enforcement purposes, they may also share court- and law enforcement-generated information contained in secure, governmental registries. Moreover, they may share law enforcement- and prosecution-generated information necessary for law enforcement and prosecution purposes (34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(2)(D)).

Finally, in the event of the death of a victim, recipients and subrecipients may share information about the deceased sought for a fatality review to the extent permitted by law and only if the conditions set forth in 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(2)(H)(i)-(iv) are met. Distinguishing Between Research and Assessments Research is outside the scope of most OVW grant programs, meaning grant funds cannot support research activities.

(The main exception is grants funded under OVW’s Research and Evaluation Initiative.) Research is defined in 28 C. F.

R. § 46. 102 as a systematic investigation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge.

The OVW research decision tree on the next page can assist applicants/recipients in determining whether an activity they plan to undertake with federal funds constitutes research and therefore cannot be supported with OVW funds. OVW recipients may use funds to conduct assessments for quality assurance and internal improvement purposes.

Examples include surveying training participants about the quality of training content and delivery, or convening a listening session to identify service gaps in the community. Recipients planning to conduct any type of assessment or survey must use the decision tree on the next page to ensure that the activity does not constitute research.

Finally, recipients must contact their program specialist for prior approval to ensure that the planned activity is within the scope of their award and meets the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act and other applicable laws and regulations. (See the section below on assessments, surveys, and the Paperwork Reduction Act.)

OVW Research Decision Tree Description of OVW Research Decision Tree Is the activity a systematic investigation (i.e. gathering and analysis of information? If yes, move to question 2. If no, this activity is not research.

28 C. F. R.

does not apply. Is the activity designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge (i.e. findings collected with the intention of being applied to populations and situations beyond the studied population?) If yes, move to question 3.

If no, this activity is not research. 28 C. F.

R. does not apply. This activity is research.

With the exception of OVW's Research and Evaluation (R&E) Initiative, research is out-of-scope and cannot be funded with OVW grant dollars. For R&E applicants and recipients, the remaining question is whether human subjects are involved: Does the research involve obtaining information about living people? If yes, move to question 4.

If no, this activity is not research. 28 C. F.

R. does not apply. Does the research involve either: obtaining information by intervening upon or interacting with a person who is the subject of the research?

; and/or collecting identifiable private information about people? If yes, the activity constitutes human subjects research. 28 C.

F. R. Part 46 applies If no, human subjects are not involved.

28 C. F. R.

Part 46 does not apply. Assessments, Surveys, and the Paperwork Reduction Act Congress passed the Paperwork Reduction Act to “minimize the paperwork burden for individuals, small businesses, educational and nonprofit institutions, Federal contractors, State, local and tribal governments, and other persons resulting from the collection of information by or for the Federal Government.

” Under the Act, a federal agency must not conduct or sponsor the collection of information unless it first reviews the necessity of obtaining the information, gives notice of the proposed collection by publication in the Federal Register, considers any public comments in response to that publication, has the collection approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and receives an OMB control number for the information collection instrument.

A “collection of information” can include surveys, assessments, research questionnaires – anything that involves a federal agency (or an organization on behalf of an agency) obtaining, soliciting, or requiring the disclosure of facts or opinions that call for either: answers to identical questions posed to, or identical reporting or recordkeeping requirements imposed on, 10 or more persons; or answers to questions that are to be used for general statistical purposes.

Recipients planning to conduct any type of assessment or survey must contact OVW to determine whether the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act apply. Lobbying-Related Requirements The Anti-Lobbying Act (18 U.S.C. § 1913), along with VAWA, as amended (34 U.S.C.

§ 12291(b)(10)), prohibits the use of federal funds, either directly or indirectly, in support of the enactment, repeal, modification, or adoption of any law, regulation, or policy, at any level of government. These anti-lobbying restrictions are enforceable via large civil penalties, with civil fines between $10,000 and $100,000 per each individual occurrence of lobbying activity. Pursuant to 34 U.S.C.

§ 12291(b)(3), however, OVW recipients and subrecipients may collaborate with or provide information to federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial public officials and agencies to develop and implement policies and develop and promote state, local, or tribal legislation or model codes designed to reduce or eliminate domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (as those terms are defined in 34 U.S.C.

§ 12291(a)), when consistent with the activities otherwise authorized under the applicable grant program. In addition, some OVW program statutes contain purpose areas for developing and promoting legislation and policies that promote best practices for responding to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Another federal law (31 U.S.C.

§ 1352) generally prohibits federal funds awarded by OVW from being used to pay any person to influence (or attempt to influence) a federal agency, a member of Congress, or Congress (or an official or employee of any of them) with respect to the awarding of a federal grant or cooperative agreement, subgrant, contract, subcontract, or loan, or with respect to actions such as renewing, extending, or modifying any such award.

Certain exceptions to this law apply, including an exception that applies to Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Should any question arise as to whether a particular use of federal funds by a recipient (or subrecipient) would or might fall within the scope of these prohibitions, the recipient is to contact OVW for guidance and may not proceed without the express prior written approval of OVW. Under 31 U.S.C.

§ 1352, for applications and awards in excess of $100,000, if any funds other than federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with an OVW grant or cooperative agreement, applicants and recipients must complete and submit Standard Form (SF) - LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying Activities .

This disclosure requirement is not applicable to such payments by an Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or any other Indian organization that are permitted by other federal law. For this disclosure requirement, lobbying means influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress (28 C. F.

R. part 69). In addition, recipients must ensure that this disclosure requirement is included in the award documents for all subawards and procurement contracts (and their subcontracts) funded with federal award funds and ensure that any lobbying disclosures required of such subrecipients or contractors (or their subcontractors) are made and filed in accordance with 31 U.S.C.

§ 1352. All applicants for OVW grants or cooperative agreements must read and acknowledge a certification regarding these disclosure requirements as part of their application; a copy of this certification (among others) is available on OJP's website .

Audit-Reporting Requirements Any non-federal entity that expends $750,000 or more during the non-federal entity's fiscal year in federal awards must have a single or program-specific audit conducted for that year in accordance with the provisions of 2 C. F. R.

Part 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements. This audit report must be submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse within nine months after the close of the fiscal year during the term of the award.

OVW Reporting Requirements Recipients must comply with the following OVW reporting requirements: Federal Financial Report (SF-425) OVW recipients are required to file a Federal Financial Report (FFR) on a quarterly basis in the DOJ online system for managing grant awards, the Justice Grants System (JustGrants).

The FFR is used to track actual expenditures and unliquidated obligations and is due no later than 30 days after the calendar quarter ends. The final FFR is due 120 days after the award end date. Recipients are encouraged to submit the FFR as soon as the quarter ends to avoid delays in processing and access to grant funds.

The schedule for submitting FFRs is as follows: Under the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act, VAWA, as amended, and federal regulations, recipients are required to report data on their grant-funded activities. Each grant program’s performance reporting requirements reflect the different statutorily authorized activities that recipients undertake.

OVW collects uniform information on victims served and common activities that occur across grant programs. These performance report forms provide OVW with comprehensive data regarding recipient activities and are used for grant monitoring, Congressional reporting, identification of technical assistance needs and best practices, OVW’s outreach strategy, and other performance-related data reporting.

OVW recipients are required to submit performance reports through JustGrants. If selected for funding, the applicant will have a condition on the award requiring the submission of these reports. See the VAWA Measuring Effectiveness Initiative and its page about performance reporting under OVW grant programs for more information on performance reporting, including sample reporting forms by program.

Recipients use the VAWA IMPACT tool to prepare their reports and then submit the reports in JustGrants (FAQs here ). For aggregate performance data and examples of what recipients have achieved under OVW programs, see OVW’s report to Congress and its Data and Indicators page. If either an FFR or performance report is late, JustGrants will automatically place a hold on grant funds.

Once the delinquent report has been submitted, the hold on funds will be removed; however, the release may take 24-48 hours to process. Delinquent reports may affect future discretionary award decisions and may lead to suspension and/or termination of the award. 3.

Other Reporting Requirements Applicants are required to notify OVW if they know that their organization or any of their organization’s principals for the award transaction are presently excluded or disqualified (i.e., debarred or suspended) or otherwise meet any of the criteria in 2 C. F. R.

§ 180. 335. Recipients must comply with requirements in 2 C.

F. R. Part 180 related to government-wide debarment and suspension.

National Environmental Policy Act All OVW awards are subject to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other related federal laws, if applicable (42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq.) DOJ has established procedures to implement NEPA (28 C.

F. R. Part 61).

The regulations state that "all federal agencies are required to give appropriate consideration to the environmental effects of their proposed actions in their decision-making and to prepare detailed environmental statements on . . .

major federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment" (28 C. F. R.

§ 61. 1(a)). Under the regulations, DOJ, among other things, is required to "consider from the earliest possible point in the process all relevant environmental documents in evaluating proposals for Department action" (28 C.

F. R. § 61.

6(a)). OVW has responsibility to ensure compliance with NEPA and 28 C. F.

R. Part 61, including Appendix D to Part 61. For many projects that are funded by OVW, NEPA may have no applicability.

However, if OVW funds will be used, for example, to pay for renovation projects (e.g., adding lighting, accessibility features, or security systems), programs involving the use of chemicals, or any other activity, including research and technology development, that may have an effect on the environment, at a minimum, the funding recipient must provide a full description of proposed project activities to OVW.

Prior to allowing a recipient to spend OVW funds for such a project, OVW must make a finding that the project does not significantly affect the human environment and that further environmental assessment is not necessary.

Non-Supplanting of Nonfederal Funds Recipients must use grant funds to supplement non-federal funds that would otherwise be available for project activities and may not use grant funds to replace (supplant) such nonfederal funds. [ 1 ] Potential supplanting will be the subject of monitoring and audit.

In those instances where a question of supplanting arises, the applicant or recipient will be required to substantiate that the reduction in non-federal resources occurred for reasons other than the receipt or expected receipt of federal funds. Remedies for Noncompliance or for Materially False Statements The conditions of an OVW award are material requirements of the award.

Compliance with any assurances or certifications submitted by or on behalf of a recipient that relate to conduct during the period of performance is a material requirement of the award.

By signing and accepting an OVW award on behalf of a recipient, the authorized recipient official accepts all material requirements of the award, and specifically adopts, as if personally executed by the authorized recipient official, all assurances or certifications submitted by or on behalf of the recipient that relate to conduct during the period of performance.

Failure to comply with any one or more of the award requirements – whether a condition set out in full or incorporated by reference in the award document, or an assurance or certification related to conduct during the award period – may result in OVW taking appropriate action with respect to the recipient and the award. Among other things, OVW may withhold award funds, disallow costs, or suspend or terminate the award.

DOJ, including OVW, also may take other legal action as appropriate. Any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement to the federal government related to an OVW award (or concealment or omission of a material fact) may be the subject of criminal prosecution (including under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 and/or 1621, and/or 34 U.S.C.

§§ 10271-10273), and also may lead to imposition of civil penalties and administrative remedies for false claims or otherwise (including under 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3730 and 3801-3812).

Reporting Potential Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Similar Misconduct Recipients should report potential fraud, waste, abuse, or misconduct to the DOJ OIG by visiting the OIG website and selecting "Submit Report Online," or by mail directed to: U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. or by facsimile directed to the DOJ OIG Fraud Detection Office (ATTN: Grantee Reporting) at (202) 616-9981.

Additional information is available from the DOJ OIG website . Suspension or Termination of Funding OVW may suspend funding in whole or in part, terminate funding, or impose other sanctions on a recipient for the following reasons: Failing to comply substantially with applicable laws, regulations, and/or the terms and conditions of the award or relevant notice of funding opportunity.

Failing to make satisfactory progress toward the goals, objectives, or strategies set forth in the application. Proposing or implementing project changes to the extent that, if originally submitted, the application would not have been selected for funding. Failing to submit required financial or performance reports.

Filing a false certification in the application or other report or document. Before imposing sanctions, OVW will provide reasonable notice to the recipient of its intent to impose sanctions and will attempt to resolve the problem informally. Hearing and appeal procedures will follow those in DOJ regulations at 28 C.

F. R. Part 18, as applicable.

The federal regulation providing uniform rules for termination of grants and cooperative agreements is 2 C. F. R.

§ 200. 340.

Rights in Intellectual Property Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (FFATA) Applicants receiving an OVW award should be aware of the requirements of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (FFATA), as amended, which led to the establishment of a single searchable website that is accessible by the public and includes detailed information for each Federal award, including: The name of the entity receiving the award.

The amount of funds spent under the award to date (outlayed amount). Information on the award including the Assistance Listing number, program source, and a description of the funded project. The location of the entity receiving the award and primary location of performance under the award, including the city, state, and congressional district.

A unique identifier of the entity receiving the award and of the parent entity of the recipient, should the entity be owned by another entity. Any other relevant information specified by OMB. DOJ awarding agencies are responsible for collecting the recipient information above and providing it to the public website.

For more information, visit the USASpending. gov website. Under FFATA, all recipients of awards of $30,000 or more are required to report award information on any first-tier subawards totaling $30,000 or more and, in certain circumstances, to report the names and total compensation of the five most highly compensated executives of the recipient and first-tier subrecipients.

Recipient executive compensation data are to be reported in the System for Award Management (SAM) and are displayed on USASpending. gov . The FFATA Subaward Reporting System (FSRS), also accessible through SAM at https://sam.

gov/fsrs , is the reporting tool recipients must use to capture and report subaward information, including any executive compensation data on subrecipients required by FFATA. The subaward information entered in SAM will then be displayed on USASpending. gov and associated with the prime award, furthering federal spending transparency.

Each applicant entity must ensure that it has the necessary processes and systems in place to comply with these reporting requirements should it receive funding. For additional information regarding the executive compensation and subaward reporting requirements, visit the OVW's award conditions webpage and click on “Award Condition: Reporting Subawards and Executive Compensation,” or see 2 C. F.

R. Part 170 . Recipient Integrity and Performance Requirements Recipients with a total value of active grants, cooperative agreements, and procurement contracts from all federal agencies that exceeds $10,000,000 for any period of time during the period of performance of their OVW award must ensure the information available in the responsibility/qualification records through the System for Award Management (SAM) is current and complete.

SAM reporting involves particular information on civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings connected with (or connected to the performance of) either a recipient’s OVW award or any other grant, cooperative agreement, or procurement contract from the federal government. Under certain circumstances, recipients of OVW awards are required to report information about such proceedings in SAM.

The recipient does not need to submit the information a second time if it already reported the information in SAM because it was required to do so under federal procurement contracts. The details of the recipient obligations regarding this requirement are available on the OVW website in the document titled “Award Condition: Recipient Integrity and Performance Matters, including recipient reporting in SAM.

” OVW includes a special condition regarding this requirement on all awards where the cumulative amount of the award will exceed $500,000.

Awards in Excess of $5 Million - Federal Taxes Certification Requirement A prospective recipient of an award in excess of $5 million may be required to submit a detailed certification concerning filing of federal tax returns, criminal convictions under the Internal Revenue Code, and unpaid federal tax assessments.

Prohibited Conduct by Recipients and Subrecipients Related to Trafficking in Persons A recipient of an OVW award, and any subrecipients at any tier, must comply with all applicable requirements (including requirements to report allegations) pertaining to prohibited conduct related to the trafficking of persons, whether on the part of recipients, subrecipients, or individuals defined as “employees” of the recipient or of any subrecipient.

The details of these obligations, including reporting requirements, OVW’s authority to terminate the award, and the definition of “employee,” are available on OVW’s website in the document titled “Award Condition: Prohibited conduct by recipients and subrecipients related to trafficking in persons.

” Whistleblower Protections for Employees of OVW Recipients Recipients and subrecipients of OVW grants and cooperative agreements must comply with, and are subject to, all applicable provisions of 41 U.S.C.

§ 4712, including all applicable provisions that prohibit, under specified circumstances, discrimination against an employee as reprisal for the employee's disclosure of information related to gross mismanagement of a federal grant, a gross waste of federal funds, an abuse of authority relating to a federal grant, a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, or a violation of law, rule, or regulation related to a federal grant.

Recipients also must inform their employees, in writing (and in the predominant native language of the workforce), of employee rights and remedies under 41 U.S.C. § 4712. General Appropriations Law Restrictions The federal appropriations statutes that provide (among many other things) the funds that OVW awards in its grants and cooperative agreements include various restrictions on how the appropriated