OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program | O OVW 2024 171976

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The OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). Authorized under 34 U.S.C. 20125, and listed under CFDA 16.525, the program is designed to help colleges and universities build stronger, more coordinated campus responses to interpersonal violence, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The overall focus is on improving how institutions prevent these crimes, respond when they occur, and support victims in ways that are effective, trauma-informed, and better connected to campus and community systems.

The funding is intended to support three major areas of campus safety and response capacity. First, it can be used to develop and strengthen security and investigation strategies, meaning campus public safety and investigative functions can be improved so reports are handled more consistently, evidence is better supported, and coordination with local law enforcement is stronger where appropriate. Second, it supports enhancing victim services for cases involving these crimes on campus, which can include building or expanding advocacy, improving access to confidential or supportive resources, strengthening referral pathways, and ensuring victims receive timely, informed assistance. Third, it emphasizes prevention education and awareness, encouraging schools to invest in programming that increases understanding of consent and healthy relationships, reduces risk factors, encourages reporting, and builds a campus culture that does not tolerate abuse or harassment.

Eligibility is limited to institutions of higher education located in the United States or U.S. territories. The eligible applicant types specifically include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education (with “others” also listed, but the program description clarifies that applicants are limited to institutions of higher education). The opportunity is categorized under Law, Justice, and Legal Services and uses a grant funding instrument.

Key administrative details include the opportunity number OVW 2024 171976 and an original application closing date of May 16, 2024. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $400,000, and OVW anticipated making about 31 awards under this solicitation. The opportunity record was created on April 9, 2024. In practical terms, this means awards are intended to be competitive and relatively limited in number, with funds sized to help institutions meaningfully expand or strengthen coordinated strategies across investigation, victim services, and prevention rather than support small, isolated activities.

In summary, this OVW Campus Program grant is meant to help colleges and universities move beyond compliance-only approaches and instead build durable campus systems that improve safety, accountability, and survivor support. It targets the full continuum of response: preventing violence through education and awareness, improving institutional capacity to respond and investigate, and ensuring victims have access to strong services when incidents occur.

• The Office on Violence Against Women in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.525.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-04-09.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-05-16. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $400,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 31 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.

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