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OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response Program

Agency: Office on Violence Against Women

Assistance Listings
  • 16.590 -- Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program

Closed opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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Description

The Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response Program (ICJR Program) assists state, local, and Tribal governments, and courts to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as serious violations of criminal law, and to seek safety and autonomy for victims.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Government

  • County governments
  • State governments
  • Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
  • City or township governments

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Nonprofit

  • Other Native American tribal organizations
  • Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)

Additional information

Eligible applicants are limited to: States; Indian Tribal governments; state and local courts (including juvenile courts); units of local government; state, tribal, or territorial domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions; or victim services providers in the United States or U.S. territories. For more information, see the Eligibility Information section of this NOFO.

Grantor contact information

Description

For assistance with the requirements of this NOFO, email OVW at OVW.ICJR@usdoj.gov. Alternatively, interested parties may call OVW at 202-307-6026. OVW.ICJR@usdoj.gov

Email

OVW.ICJR@usdoj.gov

OVW.ICJR@usdoj.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

Full announcement

Closed: June 16, 2025

Application process

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Award

$23,000,000

Program Funding

35

Expected awards

$500,000

Award Minimum

$1,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

O-OVW-2025-172417

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Law justice and legal services

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

2

Posted date:

May 6, 2025

Archive date:

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