Grants to Enhance Community‑based Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program

Grants to Enhance Community‑based Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program is sponsored by U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). Competitive discretionary grants to maintain or replicate community‑based services for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, especially culturally specific services or innovative programs.

Information for Victims in Large Cases Notices of Funding Opportunity Release Plan FY 2026 Discretionary Grant Programs and Information FY 2026 Formula Grant Programs and Information Closed Notices of Funding Opportunity FY 2026 Discretionary Grant Programs and Information OVW is responsible for creating discretionary grant programs and for selecting award recipients based on merit and eligibility in accordance with authorizing legislation.

For discretionary programs, OVW typically releases open, competitive notices of funding opportunity (NOFOs), and applications are subject to peer review. Discretionary grant funding programs for FY 2026 are listed below. Links to NOFOs and other program-specific application resources will be added as they become available.

Abby Honold Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Demonstration Program on Trauma-Informed, Victim-Centered Training for Law Enforcement on Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (Abby Honold) Program funds demonstration sites to train on evidence-based or promising investigative policies and practices for the four VAWA crimes.

Eligible applicants to the Abby Honold Program are: state, local, territorial, or Tribal law enforcement agencies. States, units of local government, and Tribal governments may apply on behalf of law enforcement agencies that lack authority to apply on their own. In 2024, the Abby Honold Program made 6 awards totaling $3 million.

To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 12513.

Abby Honold Program contacts: Abuse in Later Life Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life (Abuse in Later Life) Program funds training to criminal justice professionals to enhance their ability to address abuse in later life; provides cross-training opportunities to professionals working with older victims; establishes or supports a coordinated community response to abuse in later life; and provides or enhances services for victims who are 50 or older.

Eligible applicants to the Abuse in Later Life Program are: states, units of local government, Tribal governments or Tribal organizations, population specific organizations, victim service providers, and state, Tribal, or territorial domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions. In 2024, the Abuse in Later Life Program made 12 awards totaling $6. 87 million.

To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 12421.

Abuse Later in Life Program contacts: Campus Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (Campus Program) provides funding for institutions of higher education to develop and strengthen effective security and investigation strategies to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus; develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving such crimes on campus; and develop and strengthen prevention, education, and awareness programs.

Eligible applicants to the Campus Program are: institutions of higher education in the United States and U.S. territories. In 2024, the Campus Program gave out 31 awards totaling more than $12. 19 million.

To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 20125.

Consolidated Youth Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Consolidated Youth Program provides opportunities for communities to enhance prevention, intervention, and response efforts addressing children, youth, and young adults impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and sex trafficking; and to engage men and youth in prevention work.

Eligible applicants to the Consolidated Youth Program are: states, units of local government, courts (including juvenile courts), Indian Tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, legal services providers, and victim services providers. In 2024, the Consolidated Youth Program gave out 18 awards totaling over $8.

8 million under the Grants to Prevent and Respond to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Sex Trafficking Against Children and Youth (Children and Youth) Program, and 10 awards totaling more than $3. 35 million under the Grants to Engage Men and Boys as Allies in the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls (Engaging Men) Program.

To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . Children and Youth Program contacts: OVW. ChildrenYouth@usdoj.

gov OVW. EngagingMen@usdoj.

gov Campus Set Aside Initiative (Not currently accepting applications) The Addressing Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) (Campus Set Aside) Initiative uses set aside funding from the OVW Campus Program to support HSIs, HBCUs, and TCUs in strengthening their institutional response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

The Campus Set Aside Initiative supports activities focused on building the capacity of HSIs, HBCUs, and TCUs to develop and implement strategies to prevent and address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking that meets the needs of students, including effective response protocols and prevention programming.

Eligible applicants to the Campus Set Aside Initiative are institutions of higher education that are HSIs, HBCUs, and TCUs. In FY 2024, OVW awarded 19 grants totaling more than $9. 48 million under this grant program.

To view grantees under these programs and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage .

Campus Set Aside Initiative contacts: Community-Based Services for Survivors Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Community-Based Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (Community-Based Services for Survivors) Program supports community-based efforts to address distinctive cultural responses to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.

Eligible applicants are: community-based organizations whose primary purpose is providing culturally specific services as defined in 34 U.S.C. § 12291(a)(8)-(9) and that have demonstrated experience providing victim services or partner with an organization that has such expertise. In FY 2024, OVW funded 52 grants totaling $22,975,000 under this program.

To view grantees under these programs and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage .

Community-Based Services for Survivors Program contacts: Cybercrimes Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Local Law Enforcement Grants for Enforcement of Cybercrimes Against Individuals and National Resource Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals Program (together, Cybercrimes Program) supports grants for, and a resource center on, the prevention, enforcement, and prosecution of cybercrimes against individuals.

Eligible applicants for the Local Law Enforcement Grants for Enforcement of Cybercrimes Against Individuals are: states, Indian Tribes, and units of local government. Eligible applicants for the National Cybercrimes Resource Center are: nonprofit private organizations with experience working on issues of cybercrimes against individuals.

In FY 2024, OVW funded 11 Local Law Enforcement Grants for Enforcement of Cybercrimes Against Individuals grants totaling $5,382,835 and one award of $2,800,000 under the National Resource Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals Program. To view grantees under these programs and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . These grants are authorized by 34 U.S.C.

§ 30107 and 34 U.S.C. § 30108, respectively. Cybercrimes Program contacts: OVW.

Cybercrimes@usdoj.

gov Disabilities Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse Against Individuals with Disabilities and Deaf People Program (Disabilities Program) provides training, consultation, and information on domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, sexual assault, and abuse by caregivers against individuals with disabilities and Deaf people and enhances direct services to such individuals.

Eligible applicants for the Disabilities Program are: states, units of local government, Indian Tribal governments or Tribal organizations, and victim service providers, such as state or Tribal domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions or nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations serving individuals with disabilities. In 2024, the Disability Grant Program gave out three awards totaling $1. 42 million.

To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 20122.

Disabilities Program contacts: OVW. Disabilities@usdoj. gov Electronic Service Protection Order Court Pilot Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Electronic Service Protection Order Court Pilot Program (ESPOC) provides grants to state and Tribal courts to develop and implement programs to properly and legally serve protection orders through electronic means.

Eligible applicants for ESPOC are: state courts, territorial courts, or Tribal courts that are part of a multidisciplinary partnership. In 2025, OVW awarded three ESPOC grants totaling $5. 95 million.

To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 10462a.

OVW. ElectronicService@usdoj. gov Financial Assistance for Victims Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Financial Assistance Grants for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking (Financial Assistance for Victims) Program provides grants for financial assistance to survivors, including evaluation of the effectiveness of funded projects.

Eligible applicants for the Financial Assistance for Victims Program are: victim service providers, Tribal governments, and Tribal organizations. In 2025, OVW awarded 15 Financial Assistance for Victims Program awards totaling $7,556,317. To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage .

Financial Assistance for Victims Program contacts: OVW. FinancialAssistanceProgram@usdoj.

gov Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response (ICJR) Program encourages partnerships among state, local, and Tribal governments, courts, victim service providers, coalitions, and rape crisis centers to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking as serious crimes and to seek safety and autonomy for victims.

Eligible applicants for the ICJR Program are: states and territories; units of local government; Indian Tribal governments; state, local, Tribal, and territorial courts; victim service providers; and state and Tribal coalitions that meet certain certification requirements. In 2024, the ICJR Program gave out 33 awards totaling $24. 47 million.

To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. §§ 10461-10465.

Innovation Fund/Special Initiatives (Not currently accepting applications) This program funds pilot projects, demonstration projects, and special initiatives designed to improve responses to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. Eligible entities vary depending on the purposes for which these funds are used. This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C.

12291(b)(16). Justice for Families Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Justice for Families Program supports projects designed to improve the response of the civil and criminal justice system to families with a history of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking, or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse.

Eligible applicants to the Justice for Families Program are: states, units of local government, courts (including juvenile courts), Indian Tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, legal services providers, and victim services providers. In 2025, the Justice for Families Program gave out 29 awards totaling over $17. 79 million.

To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 12464.

Justice For Families Program contacts: Legal Assistance for Victims Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Program funds comprehensive, direct legal services for adult and youth victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking in legal matters relating to or arising out of that abuse or violence.

Eligible applicants to the LAV Program are: private nonprofit entities, publicly funded organizations not acting in a governmental capacity, territorial organizations, Indian Tribal governments, and Tribal organizations. In 2025, the LAV Program gave out 51 awards totaling $36,767,280. To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage .

This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 20121.

Legal Assistance for Victims Program contacts: LGBT Specific Services Program (Not currently accepting applications) The LGBT Specific Services Program funds the development, maintenance, and replication of LGBT specific services and resources for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking, including education, prevention, outreach, training for first responders, and programming for non-offending LGBT parents of children exposed to these crimes.

Eligible applicants to the LGBT Specific Services Program are: community-based organizations with the primary purpose of providing LGBT specific services that have demonstrated experience providing victim services or partner with an organization having such expertise. This program is authorized by VAWA 2022 and administered as part of the Underserved Program since FY 2023. LGBT Specific Services Program contacts: OVW.

Underserved@usdoj. gov Pilot Program on Restorative Practices (Not currently accepting applications) The Pilot Program on Restorative Practices supports the development and assessment of restorative practices to prevent or address domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking, as well as related training and technical assistance.

Eligible applicants to the Pilot Program on Restorative Practices are: units of local governments, Tribal governments, Tribal organizations, victim service providers, institutions of higher education, and private or public nonprofit organizations, including Tribal nonprofit organizations and faith-based nonprofit organizations.

In FY 2024, OVW funded: 11 awards totaling $16,454,680 under the Restorative Practices Pilot Sites Program; three awards totaling $6 million under the Restorative Practices Technical Assistance Pilot Program Invitation to Apply; and one award of $8 million under the Restorative Practices Pilot Program Evaluation. To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage .

This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 12514. Pilot Program on Restorative Practices contacts: OVW.

RestorativeJustice@usdoj. gov Research and Evaluation Initiative (Not currently accepting applications) The Research and Evaluation Initiative funds research and evaluation on approaches to preventing and addressing domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.

Eligible applicants to the Research and Evaluation Initiative are: states, units of local government, Tribal governments, Tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education. In 2024, the Research and Evaluation Initiative gave out 8 awards totaling $3. 6 million.

To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(7).

Research and Evaluation Initiative contacts: Rural Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (Rural) Program supports projects designed to enhance the safety of rural victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking and prevent these crimes in rural areas.

This program encourages collaboration among criminal justice agencies, victim service providers, social services agencies, health professionals, and other community organizations. Eligible applicants to the Rural Program are: states, Indian Tribes, territories, local governments, and nonprofit, public or private entities, including Tribal nonprofit organizations. In 2025, the Rural Program awarded 56 grants totaling $38,384,148.

To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 12341.

Sexual Assault Services - Community-Based Services Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Sexual Assault Services - Community-Based Services Program supports the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of culturally specific intervention and related assistance for victims of sexual assault.

Eligible applicants to the Sexual Assault Services - Community-Based Services are: private nonprofit organizations that focus primarily on culturally specific communities as defined in 34 U.S.C. § 12291(a)(8) and have demonstrated experience in sexual assault intervention or partner with an organization having such expertise. In 2024, this program funded 23 awards totaling $8.

66 million. To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C.

§ 12511(c). Sexual Assault Services - Community-Based Services Program contacts: OVW. SASP.

Cultural@usdoj. gov Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Hiring and Training Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Sexual Assault Forensic Exam (SAFE) Hiring and Training Program provides grants to establish and expand programs that increase access to post-sexual assault medical forensic care for victims, including related training, technical assistance, research, and information-sharing.

Eligible applicants to the SAFE Hiring and Training Program are: state, Tribal, or local governments or hospitals; sexual assault examination programs; state sexual assault coalitions; and healthcare facilities and community-based programs that provide medical forensic exams for sexual assault victims. In 2025, the SAFE Hiring and Training Program gave out one award for $1. 5 million.

To view the grantee under this program, as well as others for this and previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 40723.

SAFE Hiring and Training Program contacts: OVW. SAFEProgram@usdoj. gov Training and Technical Assistance Initiative (Not currently accepting applications) The Training and Technical Assistance Initiative funds training and technical assistance to current and potential grant recipients and subrecipients to enhance their efforts to successfully implement responses to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.

Eligible applicants to the Training and Technical Assistance Initiative are: states, units of local government, Tribal governments, Tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education. In 2024, the Training and Technical Assistance Initiative gave out 59 awards totaling $39,067,450.

To view the grantees under this program, as well as others for this and previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . Training and Technical Assistance Initiative contacts: OVW. TechAssistance@usdoj.

gov Transitional Housing Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (Transitional Housing) Program supports 6-24 months of transitional housing assistance with voluntary support services for victims who are homeless or in need of transitional housing as a result of a situation of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking, and for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient.

Eligible applicants to the Transitional Housing Program are: states, units of local government, Indian Tribes, and other organizations, including domestic violence and sexual assault victim service providers, domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations, population-specific organizations, or community-based and culturally specific organizations, that have a documented history of effective work concerning domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking.

In 2025, the Transitional Housing Program gave out 81 awards totaling over $40. 37 million. To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage .

This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 12351. Transitional Housing Program contacts: OVW.

transitionalhousing@usdoj. gov Tribal Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Tribal Special Assistant U.S. Attorney (TSAUSA) Program funds Tribal prosecutors to be cross-designated to bring domestic and sexual violence cases in both Tribal and federal court, through close collaboration between the grantee Tribe and their local U.S. Attorney’s Office.

In 2024, OVW awarded three grants totaling $3. 75 million under TSAUSA. To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage .

OVW. TribalSAUSA@usdoj.

gov Tribal Governments Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Tribal Governments Program provides funding to Tribes to develop and enhance effective governmental strategies to curtail violent crimes against and increase the safety of Indian women consistent with Tribal law and custom, as well as to increase Tribal capacity to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking.

Eligible applicants for the Tribal Governments Program are: federally recognized Tribes, Tribal consortia, or an organization that is acting as the authorized designee of a federally recognized Indian Tribe. In 2025, the Tribal Governments Program gave out 64 awards totaling $47. 47 million.

To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 10452.

Tribal Governments Program contacts: OVW. TribalGovernment@usdoj.

gov Tribal Jurisdiction Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (Tribal Jurisdiction Program) provides grants and technical assistance to Indian Tribes for planning and implementing changes to their criminal justice systems necessary to exercise “special tribal criminal jurisdiction” (STCJ) and for exercising that jurisdiction.

Eligible applicants to the Tribal Jurisdiction Program are: Indian Tribal governments (or consortia of such governments) that have jurisdiction over Indian country or occupy Alaska Native villages. In 2025, the Tribal Jurisdiction Program gave out eight awards totaling $7,054,815. To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage .

This program is authorized by the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended, 25 U.S.C. § 1304(h)(2). Tribal Jurisdiction Program contacts: OVW.

TribalJurisdiction@usdoj. gov Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (TSASP) supports projects to create, maintain, and expand sustainable sexual assault services provided by Tribes, Tribal organizations, and nonprofit Tribal organizations within Indian country and Alaska Native villages.

Eligible applicants are: Indian Tribes, Tribal consortia, Tribal organizations, and nonprofit Tribal organizations. In 2025, TSASP gave out 17 awards totaling $8,424,658. To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage .

This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 12511(e). Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program contacts: OVW.

Tribal. SASP@usdoj. gov Underserved Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Underserved Program funds population-specific outreach and victim services to adult and youth victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking in underserved populations, as well as training for criminal and civil justice personnel on responding to the needs of underserved victims.

Eligible applicants are: population specific organizations and victim service providers. A “population specific organization” means a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that primarily serves members of a specific underserved population and has demonstrated experience and expertise providing targeted services to members of that specific underserved population. In 2024, the Underserved Program made 18 awards totaling $10,823,412.

To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 20123.

Underserved Program contacts: OVW. Underserved@usdoj. gov Formula Grant Programs and Information Formula grant programs are mandatory grant programs for which the authorizing legislation establishes the recipients and formula for determining award amounts.

OVW’s four formula programs provide funds to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories, state domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, and Tribal coalitions.

Tribal Coalitions Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Grants to Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program (Tribal Coalitions Program) funds the development and operation of nonprofit, nongovernmental Tribal domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions that provide education, support, and technical assistance to member Indian service providers and Tribes to enhance their response to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking.

Eligible applicants to the Tribal Coalitions Program must meet the statutory definition of a “Tribal coalition. ” Tribal coalitions provide education, support, and technical assistance to member Indian service providers and Tribes to enhance their response to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. In 2025, OVW gave out 21 awards totaling $8,142,477.

To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . Tribal Coalitions Program contacts: OVW. TribalCoalitions@usdoj.

gov Sexual Assault Services Formula Grant Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Sexual Assault Services Formula Grant Program (SASP) is awarded to states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories.

It assists them in supporting rape crisis centers and other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations or tribal programs that provide services, direct intervention, and related assistance to victims of sexual assault and their families. SASP is the first federal funding stream solely dedicated to the provision of direct intervention and related assistance for victims of sexual assault.

Funds provided through SASP are designed to supplement other funding sources directed at addressing sexual assault on the state and territorial level. In 2025, OVW gave out 56 SASP awards totaling $52. 06 million.

To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . OVWSASP. Formula@usdoj.

gov SASP Administrators Contact List State Coalitions Program (Not currently accepting applications) The State and Territorial Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Coalitions Program (State Coalitions Program) provides grants to each state, the District of Columbia, and territorial domestic violence coalition and sexual assault coalition for the purposes of coordinating victim services activities and collaborating and coordinating with federal, state, and local entities engaged in addressing violence against women.

This program is funded through statutory set asides from the STOP and SASP appropriations. In 2025, OVW gave out 84 awards totaling $18. 84 million under the State Coalitions Program.

To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . State Coalitions Program contacts: OVW. StateCoalitions@usdoj.

gov STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program (Not currently accepting applications) The Services, Training, Officers, and Prosecutors Violence Against Women Formula Grant (STOP) Program is awarded to states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands to enhance the capacity of local communities to develop and strengthen effective law enforcement and prosecution strategies to combat violent crimes against women and to develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving violent crimes against women.

Each state, territory, and the District of Columbia must allocate 25 percent for law enforcement, 25 percent for prosecutors, 30 percent for victim services (of which at least 10 percent must be distributed to culturally specific community-based organizations), and 5 percent to state and local courts. The recipient may allocate the remaining 15 percent at its discretion. In 2025, OVW gave out 56 awards totaling $175.

85 million. To view grantees under this program and others for previous fiscal years, please visit OVW's awards webpage . STOP Formula Program contacts: OVW.

StateCoalitions@usdoj.

gov STOP Administrators Contact List Closed Notices of Funding Opportunity Formula Programs Training and Technical Assistance Initiative Closing date: March 5, 2026 2025 DOJ Grants Financial Guide Electronic Service Protection Order Court Pilot Program Call for Concept Papers Closing date: December 5, 2024 Justice for Families Program Closing date: January 22, 2025 Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program Closing date: January 30, 2025 Expanding Legal Services Initiative (ELSI) – Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program Closing date: January 30, 2025 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program Closing date: June 11, 2025 Sexual Assault Services Formula Program Closing date: June 12, 2025 Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response Program Closing date: June 18, 2025 State and Territory Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program Closing date: June 25, 2025 STOP Formula Grant Program Closing date: June 26, 2025 Sexual Assault Forensic Exam (SAFE) Hiring and Training Program Closing date: June 26, 2025 Tribal Governments Program Closing date: June 26, 2025 Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (STCJ) Grant Program Closing date: June 26, 2025 Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Research Initiative (SAFE Research Initiative) Closing date: July 1, 2025 Grants to Prevent and Respond to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Sex Trafficking Against Children and Youth Program Closing date: July 2, 2025 Enhancing Investigation and Prosecution of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (EIP) Initiative Closing date: July 10, 2025 Grants to Engage Men and Youth in Preventing Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program Closing date: July 10, 2025 National Tribal Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault Invitation to Apply Closing date: July 10, 2025 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program Closing date: July 10, 2025 Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program Closing date: July 10, 2025 Domestic Violence Mentor Court Technical Assistance Initiative Notice of Funding Opportunity Closing date: July 10, 2025 Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program Closing date: July 10, 2025 Demonstration Program on Trauma-Informed, Victim-Centered Training for Law Enforcement on Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (Abby Honold) Program Closing date: July 22, 2025 Sexual Assault Services - Community-based Services Program Closing date: July 29, 2025 Grants to Enhance Community-based Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program Closing date: August 5, 2025 Local Law Enforcement Grants for Enforcement of Cybercrimes Program Closing date: August 12, 2025 Electronic Service Protection Order Court Pilot Program Invitation to Apply Closing date: August 14, 2025 OVW Tribal Jurisdiction Reimbursement Program - Invitation to Apply for Waiver Reimbursement Expenses from Calendar Year 2024 Closing date: August 28, 2025 Addressing Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking at HSIs, HBCUs, and TCUs Initiative Closing date: September 11, 2025 Training and Technical Assistance Initiative Closing date: September 11, 2025 Tribal Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Initiative– Invitation to Apply Closing date: September 11, 2025 Grants to Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program Closing date: September 18, 2025 Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program Closing date: September 25, 2025 Research and Evaluation (R&E) Initiative Closing date: September 25, 2025 Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse Against Individuals with Disabilities and Deaf People Program Closing date: September 25, 2025 Restorative Practices Pilot Sites Program Closing date: October 16, 2025 Financial Assistance Grants for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program – Invitation to Apply Closing date: October 23, 2025 Restorative Practices Technical Assistance Pilot Program Invitation to Apply JustGrants deadline: December 13, 2023 Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Reimbursement Program – Notice of Reimbursement Opportunity JustGrants deadline: January 25, 2024 Justice for Families Program JustGrants deadline: February 1, 2024 Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program JustGrants deadline: February 15, 2024 Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program Expanding Legal Services Initiative JustGrants deadline: February 15, 2024 Training and Technical Assistance Initiative JustGrants deadline: March 12, 2024 Administrative Funding Adjustment Technical Assistance Solicitation Invitation to Apply JustGrants deadline: March 15, 2024 Measuring Effectiveness Initiative Invitation to Apply JustGrants deadline: March 25, 2024 Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations Program Solicitation JustGrants deadline: March 28, 2024 Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse Against Individuals with Disabilities and Deaf People Program Solicitation JustGrants deadline: April 4, 2024 Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program Solicitation JustGrants deadline: April 9, 2024 Research and Evaluation Initiative Solicitation JustGrants deadline: April 11, 2024 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking Program Solicitation JustGrants deadline: April 11, 2024 National Resource Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals Program Solicitation JustGrants deadline: April 11, 2024 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program Solicitation JustGrants deadline: