Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program
Program contact:
202.307.6026
OVW.Elder@usdoj.gov
Grants.gov contact center:
800.518.4726
support@grants.gov
Self-service knowledge base
System for award management (SAM):
866.606.8220
Federal service
desk
JustGrants service desk:
866.655.4482
OVW.JustGrantsSupport@usdoj.gov
This opportunity offers funding to support a comprehensive approach to addressing abuse in later life, including domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, neglect, abandonment, economic abuse, or willful harm committed against victims who are 50 years of age or older.
Funds must be used for all the program purposes:
- Provide training programs to assist law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, agencies of states or units of local government, population specific organizations, victim service providers, victim advocates, or relevant officers in federal, tribal, state, territorial, and local courts in recognizing and addressing instances of abuse in later life
- Provide or enhance services for victims of abuse in later life
- Establish or support multidisciplinary collaborative community responses to victims of abuse in later life
- Conduct cross-training for law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, agencies of states or units of local government, attorneys, healthcare providers, population specific organizations, faith-based leaders, victim advocates, victim service providers, courts, and first responders to better serve older victims
Priority consideration will be given to applications that propose projects designed to advance the agency's public-safety priorities:
- Combatting human trafficking and transnational crime, particularly crimes linked to illegal immigration, transnational criminal organizations, and cartel operations, including projects that strengthen law enforcement investigation and prosecution while supporting safety and justice for trafficking victims who have also suffered domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking
- Projects dedicated to direct victim services and/or criminal justice responses— including investigation, arrest, prosecution, and enforcement of protective orders—particularly in small towns and rural, remote, and tribal communities
Eligible applicants:
- Government entities
- State governments
- Tribal governments
- Tribal organizations
- Units of local government
- Nonprofit entities with 501(c)(3) status
- Victim service providers
- Tribal nonprofit organizations
- Population specific organizations
- State, tribal, and territorial coalitions
- Faith-based organizations
Award ceiling: $750,000
Award floor: $450,000
Project period: 3 years
Estimated number of awards: 12
Estimated total program funding:
$8,000,000
Award amounts are based on the service area population.
Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.
Applicants should submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in grants.gov by September 14, 2026.
Submit the full application, including attachments, in the JustGrants grants management system by September 16, 2026.
Applicant resources:
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Organizations (2)
- U.S. Department of Justice, view details
- Office on Violence Against Women, view details
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