Office on Violence Against Women Training and Technical Assistance Initiative

For programmatic questions:
ovw.techassistance@usdoj.gov
202.307.6026

Grants.gov contact center:
800.518.4726
support@grants.gov
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System for award management (SAM):
866.606.8220
SAM.gov support page

JustGrants:
866.655.4482
OVW.JustGrantsSupport@usdoj.gov

This program provides grants for direct technical assistance to existing and potential grantees and sub-grantees to enhance and support their efforts to successfully implement projects supported by OVW grant funds. This initiative is designed to build and enhance the capacity of civil and criminal justice system professionals and victim service providers to respond effectively to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking and foster partnerships among organizations that have not traditionally worked together to address these crimes.

Priority areas:

• Measures to combat human trafficking and transnational crime that support safety and justice for trafficking victims who have also suffered domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and/or stalking
• Projects to provide victim services, especially housing, and improve law enforcement response in rural and remote areas, Tribal nations, and small towns that often lack resources to effectively combat domestic violence and sexual assault

Applicants must demonstrate the ability to assist State Administering Agencies (SAAs) with the administration, planning, and management of the Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP) and Services Training Officers Prosecutors (STOP) Formula Grant Program.

Projects must support SAAs:

• In meeting the community-based statutory set-aside through:
  • Identification
  • Outreach
  • Relationship-building
  • Funding support
• In meeting the STOP Formula Grant Program's sexual assault statutory set-aside by addressing:
  • Unique needs of sexual assault victims
  • Sexual assault-specific victim services
  • STOP allocations

Eligible entities for this program are national, tribal, statewide, or other nonprofit organizations that have the capacity to provide training and technical assistance on a national level.

Award ceiling: $700,000
Award floor: $600,000
Project period: 24 months
Estimated number of awards: 2
Estimated total program funding: $1,300,000

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

Applicants should submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in grants.gov by March 3, 2026.

Submit the full application, including attachments, in the JustGrants grants management system by March 5, 2026.