OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Assistance Grants for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program | O OVW 2024 172161

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The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Assistance Grants for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program, often referred to as the FAV Program (CFDA 16.063), is a discretionary federal grant opportunity designed to strengthen direct, practical support for survivors. Backed by authority in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. No. 117-328) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Pub. L. No. 118-42), the program focuses on helping survivor-serving entities deliver flexible financial assistance alongside other victim services. The core idea is to remove immediate, real-world barriers that can keep someone trapped in harm or prevent them from stabilizing after abuse, recognizing that traditional service models do not always have the ability to pay for urgent, individualized needs quickly.

A defining feature of this program is its emphasis on "flexible financial assistance." In practice, this means funding that can be used to cover necessities that survivors identify as critical to their safety, stability, and healing, especially needs that are difficult to meet through standard victim service funding streams. The flexibility is intentional: it is meant to allow providers to respond rapidly and tailor support to what a survivor says they need, rather than forcing survivors to fit into rigid categories of allowable services. While the opportunity description does not list specific expense types, the stated purpose makes clear that the assistance is meant to address essential, immediate needs that can directly affect whether someone can reach safety, maintain housing, access resources, or regain stability.

The eligible applicant pool is deliberately limited to organizations and entities that already work closely with survivors and have experience providing this kind of direct financial support. Eligible applicants include victim service providers (including culturally specific and population-specific organizations), federally recognized Native American tribal governments, and Native American tribal organizations. Nonprofit organizations may apply whether or not they have 501(c)(3) status, as long as they are not institutions of higher education. A key eligibility requirement is that every applicant must have a documented history of providing flexible financial assistance to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. This requirement signals that OVW is looking to invest in programs with proven infrastructure and established policies for administering survivor-centered financial help, rather than funding brand-new efforts without an operational track record.

From an administrative standpoint, this opportunity is issued by the Office on Violence Against Women under the funding activity category of Law, Justice and Legal Services. The funding instrument type is a grant, and the opportunity is discretionary, meaning awards are competitively made based on the solicitation criteria rather than by formula. The funding opportunity number is O-OVW-2024-172161, and the original closing date listed is August 15, 2024. OVW anticipated making about 15 awards under this solicitation, with an award ceiling of $500,000 per award. The opportunity record shows a creation date of July 12, 2024, which helps place the timeline for when the solicitation information was published.

Overall, the FAV Program is aimed at improving survivor outcomes by pairing traditional victim services with fast, adaptable financial support that can address the everyday realities survivors face. By restricting eligibility to victim service providers and Tribal entities with a documented history of delivering flexible financial assistance, OVW is prioritizing applicants that can demonstrate both survivor-centered practice and the capacity to deliver funds safely, quickly, and responsibly to meet urgent, self-identified needs.

• 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 Financial Assistance Grants for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.063.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-07-12.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-08-15. (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 $500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others.

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