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Disability Grant Program

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The Grants for Training and Services to End Violence Against Individuals with Disabilities and Deaf People Program (Disability Grant Program) seeks to create sustainable change within and between organizations that improves the response to individuals with disabilities and Deaf individuals who are victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking and to hold perpetrators of such crimes accountable. The program was created by Congress to address the pressing need to focus on sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking against individuals with disabilities and Deaf individuals due to the proliferation of such crimes.

Disability Grant Program funds are used to establish and strengthen multidisciplinary collaborative relationships; increase organizational capacity to provide accessible, safe, and effective services to individuals with disabilities and Deaf individuals who are victims of violence and abuse; identify needs within the grantee’s organization and/or service area; and develop a plan to address those identified needs that builds a strong foundation for future work.

Eligible applicants are limited to: 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 3 awards totaling $1.42 million.

This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 20122.

Disability Grant Program Awards

La Center for Law & JusticeLos AngelesCalifornia$400,000
Shalom Task Force, Inc.New YorkNew York$600,000
Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk, IncIslandiaNew York$425,000
 Total Award Amount$1,425,000
 Total Number of Awards3

Weave Inc.SacramentoCalifornia$607,500
Quality Trust For Individuals With DisabilitiesWashingtonDistrict of Columbia$720,000
The Arc Of Bristol County IncAttleboroMassachusetts$607,481
Michigan Coalition To End Domestic And Sexual ViolenceOkemosMichigan$580,000
Bergen County YwcaHackensackNew Jersey$505,000
Center For Family Services IncCamdenNew Jersey$607,500
Amudim Community Resources IncNew YorkNew York$504,457
My Sisters PlaceWhite PlainsNew York$607,500
The North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence IncorporatedDurhamNorth Carolina$580,000
Cleveland Rape Crisis CenterClevelandOhio$607,500
Ohio Domestic Violence NetworkColumbusOhio$720,000
Victim Services Center Of Montgomery County, Inc.NorristownPennsylvania$505,000
Tennessee Coalition To End Domestic And Sexual ViolenceNashvilleTennessee$580,000
Shelter For Help In EmergencyCharlottesvilleVirginia$607,500
 Total Award Amount $8,339,438
 Total Number of Awards 14

California Coalition Against Sexual AssaultSacramentoCalifornia$400,000
Chicago, City OfChicagoIllinois$425,000
Jacksonville Area Center For Independent LivingJacksonvilleIllinois$425,000
Disability Rights MaineAugustaMaine$500,000
Pathways For Change, Inc.WorcesterMassachusetts$325,080
Community Services For Every1, Inc.BuffaloNew York$325,000
Legal Aid Of Western Ohio, Inc.ToledoOhio$325,000
Sojourner House, IncProvidenceRhode Island$499,999
South Dakota Network Against Family Violence And Sexual Assault, Inc.Sioux FallsSouth Dakota$400,000
Sexual Assault CenterNashvilleTennessee$494,709
 Total Award Amount $4,119,788
 Total Number of Awards 10

 

For awards issued before 2022, you can visit our grant awards program page.

Contact Us

If you have questions about the Disability Grant Program, you can email us or call 202-307-6026.