Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program

For program-related questions:
202.307.6026
ovw.rural@usdoj.gov

Grants.gov contact center:
800.518.4726
support@grants.gov
Self-service knowledge base

OVW JustGrants support:
866.655.4482
OVW.JustGrantsSupport@usdoj.gov

SAM.gov assistance:
866.606.8220
SAM.gov Help Desk

This program supports projects designed to address and prevent sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in rural communities, as well as rural sexual assault nurse examiners.

Funds may be used to:

• Identify, assess, and appropriately respond to child, youth, and adult victims and work with a network of partners within a rural community to provide legal services, health services, and basic provisions to victims
• Establish and expand nonprofit, nongovernmental, state, tribal, territorial, and local government victim services in rural areas or rural communities to child, youth, and adult victims
• Increase the safety and well-being of rural women and children by dealing directly and immediately with issues of violence and creating and implementing strategies to increase awareness and prevent violence
• Develop, expand, implement, and improve the quality of sexual assault forensic medical examination or sexual assault nurse examiner programs

A complete list of program scope, allowable and unallowable activities, and priority areas determined by the Office on Violence Against Women is available in the application instructions.

Applications will be accepted from:

• States
• Tribes
• Territories
• Local governments
• Nonprofit (public or private) entities, including tribal nonprofit organizations.

Applicants must demonstrate that the targeted area to be served is a rural area or community, as defined by Statute. Applicants should consult the rural eligibility documentation process.

Award ceiling: $950,000
Award floor: $500,000
Project period: 36 months
Estimated number of awards: 55
Estimated total program funding: $36,000,000

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.

Applications are submitted through a two-step process with the SF-424 due in grants.gov on July 24, 2026 and the full application, including attachments, in the Justice Grants System (JustGrants) is due on July 28, 2026.