Grant Management

After You Receive a Grant From OVW

Congratulations on receiving a grant from the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). We want you to be successful with your grant and help you comply with federal regulations. This section contains information about managing your grant and complying with its requirements.

OVW and grant recipients manage awards in the Department of Justice’s Justice Grants System (JustGrants).

Financial Management

In addition to being governed by federal grant regulations, OVW grantees are required as a condition of all awards to comply with the financial and administrative requirements contained in the Department of Justice (DOJ) financial guide. The current version of the guide was issued in October 2024. Download the guide (PDF)

Quarterly financial reports must be submitted no later than 30 days after the end of the quarter. The Federal Financial Report - SF 425 lists the actual expenditures for the prior reporting period as well as the cumulative expenditures for the award.

Performance Reporting

Most recipients submit performance reports twice per year, providing information about activities they undertook with their grant funds, progress made toward project goals, and challenges they faced. Information about performance reporting is at www.vawamei.org.  

Uniform Guidance on Administrative Requirements

To strengthen federal grant management, OMB issued Uniform Guidance on Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. Originally issued in 2014, this guidance was revised significantly in 2020 and 2024. All recipients should be familiar with this guidance. 

Uniform Guidance Webinars

OVW hosted a webinar-based training to explain the new guidance. The training covered background, effective dates, notable changes, cost principles, and audit requirements. Each of the two-parts of the training is approximately one hour.

• Part 1-New Uniform Guidance: The Impact on Your Nonprofit Agency’s Financial Management Practices, 2015
• Part 2-New Uniform Guidance: The Impact on Your Nonprofit Agency’s Financial Management Practices, 2015

For questions regarding the Uniform Guidance, contact OVW’s Grants Financial Management Division by phone at 888-514-8556 or by email.

Resources to Assist With Project Implementation

Grant management webinars on a range of topics are available at ta2ta.org. You can also visit our training and technical assistance page.