$22,500,000 in law enforcement grants available for programs serving women who have been victims of assault, violence, and/or stalking
Grants.gov Opportunity Number: O-OVW-2024-171965
Assistance Listing #: 16.016
Grant Deadlines
Deadline to submit SF-424 and SF-LLL in Grants.gov: 11:59 PM Eastern Time (ET) on May
2, 2024
Deadline to submit full application in JustGrants: 8:59 PM ET on May 7, 2024
Individual CSSP grants typically range $400,000 – $450,000
The Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program (Culturally Specific Services Program) supports culturally specific community-based organizations in addressing the critical needs of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking victims in a manner that affirms a victim’s culture.
What this grant does for your agency
Funded activities may include:
- Direct services for victims and secondary survivors
- Outreach/community education
- Training of service providers and criminal justice professionals
- Emergency assistance for victims
- Transitional housing
- Services for children who have been exposed to violence
- Services/resources that address the safety, economic, housing and workplace needs of victims
- Culturally specific healing modalities
Funding levels under this program for FY 2024 are:
- Applicants proposing to use CSSP grant funds to address one or more of the eight purpose areas may submit budgets for up to $400,000 for the entire 36 months.
- Applicants proposing to address the priority area “Advance equity and tribal sovereignty as essential components of ending sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking” may submit budgets for up to $450,000 for the 36-month period.
- Applicants proposing to address the priority area “Strengthen efforts to prevent and end sexual assault, including victim services and civil and criminal justice responses” may submit budgets for up to $475,000 for the 36-month period.
- Applicants proposing to address the priority area “Expand economic justice and financial advocacy for survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, including as a tool for violence prevention” may submit budgets for up to $450,000 for the 36-month period.
Agencies awarded the OVW Culturally Specific Services Program typically receive awards in the range of $400,000 – $450,000.
OVW estimates that it will make up to 50 awards for an estimated $22,500,000.
The award period is 36 months. Budgets, including the total estimated funding on the SF-424, must reflect 36 months of project activity. OVW anticipates that the award period will start on October 1, 2024.
Estimated Total Program Funding: $22,500,000.
Award Ceiling: $450,000
Award Floor: $400,000
Expected Number of Awards: 50
Only a limited number of grants will be awarded.
Grant Eligibility
For full eligibility details, see the Grant Guidelines:
Eligible applicants are limited to: private nonprofit/tribal organizations for which the primary purpose of the organization as a whole is to provide culturally specific services to “American Indians (including Alaska Natives, Eskimos, and Aleuts), Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, Blacks, and Hispanics” in the United States or U.S. territories (See 34 U.S.C. 20124(c) & 12291(a)(8) and 42 U.S.C. 300u-6(g)). For more information, see the Eligibility Information section of the solicitation.
About the OVW
The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) is a component of the U.S. Department of Justice. OVW implements the provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and provides national leadership on the issues of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. More
Grant Deadline
Grant applications are due no later than 8:59 PM ET on May 7, 2024.