Funding Opportunities

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.

Please consult the FY 2026 Application Companion Guide for information about applying for OVW grants.

Links to NOFOs and other program-specific application resources will be added as they become available.

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:
- OVW.AbbyHonold@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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.

Program Resources:

Sample Budget Narrative

Abuse Later in Life Program contacts:
- OVW.Elder@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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.

Program Resources:

Sample Certification of Eligibility
Sample Memorandum of Understanding
Sample Certification of Statutory Minimum Requirements Letter
Campus Program contacts:
- OVW.Campus@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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.

Program Resources:

Children and Youth Program contacts:
- OVW.ChildrenYouth@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026
Engaging Men contacts:
- OVW.EngagingMen@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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.

Program Resources:

Campus Set Aside Initiative contacts:
- OVW.Campus@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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:
- OVW.Cultural@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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.

Program Resources:

Local Law Enforcement Grants for Enforcement of Cybercrimes Program Certifications and Assurance Letter

Cybercrimes Program contacts:
- OVW.Cybercrimes@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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
- 202-307-6026

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.

ESPOC contacts:
- OVW.ElectronicService@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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
- 202-307-6026

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.

Program Resources:

ICJR Program contacts:
- OVW.ICJR@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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).

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:
- OVW.JFF@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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.

Program Resources:

Sample Delivery of Legal Assistance Certification Letter

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

Legal Assistance for Victims Program contacts:
- OVW.LAV@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026.

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
- 202-307-6026

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.

Program Resources:

Sample Certification to Implement Statutorily Defined Restorative Practices

Pilot Program on Restorative Practices contacts:
- OVW.RestorativeJustice@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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:
- OVW.Research@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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.

Program Resources:

Rural Program contacts:
- OVW.Rural@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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
- 202-307-6026

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.

Program Resources:

SAFE Hiring and Training Program contacts:
- OVW.SAFEProgram@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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.

Program Resources:

Technical Assistance Sample Summary of Current and Pending Non-Federal Grants to Do the Same Work
TA2TA: The TA Provider Resource Center TA2TA is the comprehensive TA provider for the OVW Training and Technical Assistance Initiative. Please visit TA2TA to learn more about the current OVW Training and Technical Assistance projects.
Training and Technical Assistance Summary Data Sheet

Training and Technical Assistance Initiative contacts:
- OVW.TechAssistance@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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.

Program Resources:

Transitional Housing Program contacts:
- OVW.transitionalhousing@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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.

Program Resources:

Tribal Special Assistant United States Attorney (SAUSA) Initiative Summary Data Sheet

TSAUSA contacts:
- OVW.TribalSAUSA@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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.

Program Resources:

Tribal Governments Program contacts:
- OVW.TribalGovernment@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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).

Program Resources:

Tribal Jurisdiction Program contacts:
- OVW.TribalJurisdiction@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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).

Program Resources:

FY 2025 TSASP Proposal Narrative Template (For a downloadable word document, please contact us by email or call 202-307-6026)
FY2024 TSASP Proposal Project Form, New (START-SA) Applicants
FY2024 TSASP Proposal Project Form, Continuation Applicants

Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program contacts:
- OVW.Tribal.SASP@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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.

Program Resources:

Underserved Program Summary Data Sheet

Underserved Program contacts:
- OVW.Underserved@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026

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.

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
- 202-307-6026

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.

Program Resources:

Sample Assurance of Meaningful Involvement Letter

SASP contacts:
- OVWSASP.Formula@usdoj.gov
- 202-307-6026
SASP Administrators Contact List

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
- 202-307-6026

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.

Program Resources: