Grants to USA States to Respond to Violent Crimes Against Women

Grants to USA States to Respond
to Violent Crimes Against Women

STOP Formula Grant Program

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U.S. Department of Justice - Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)

Deadline Date:

06/14/22 11:59 PM ET - Grants.gov deadline; 06/16/22 9:00 PM ET - JustGrants deadline.

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Grants to USA states and territories to prevent, identify, and respond to violent crimes affecting women. Applicants must complete required registrations prior to submitting a proposal. Funding is intended to help communities, including Tribes and Alaska Native villages, to strengthen and develop responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

OVW Priority Areas In FY 2022, OVW is interested in supporting the priority area(s) identified below. In shaping their strategies for FY 2022, OVW encourages states and territories to develop and support projects that:

Advance racial equity as an essential component of ending sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
Increase access to justice for all survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, including through exploration of survivor-centered criminal justice system reform.
Strengthen efforts to prevent and end sexual assault, including victim services and civil and criminal justice responses.
Expand economic justice and financial advocacy for survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, including as a tool for violence prevention.
Improve outreach, services, civil and criminal justice responses, prevention, and support for survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking from underserved communities, particularly LGBTQ and immigrant communities

In FY 2022, states and territories may apply for additional funds (up to ten percent of the three-year average of combined STOP and SAS Sexual Assault Services (SAS) formula grant funds, with 75 percent of that amount supplementing the SAS award and 25 percent supplementing the STOP award) if the state meets the requirements of the Rape Survivor Child Custody Act (RSCCA). To qualify, the state or territory must have a law that allows the mother of a child conceived through rape to seek court-ordered termination of the parental rights of the rapist with regard to that child, which the court is authorized to grant upon clear and convincing evidence of rape. The effective date of the qualifying statute must be on or before October 1, 2022. States may receive the additional funding under the RSCCA up to four times.

For Purpose Areas, see https://www.justice.gov/ovw/page/file/1497836/download#page=5.

GrantWatch ID#:

GrantWatch ID#: 154261

Estimated Total Program Funding:

$162,549,760

Number of Grants:

OVW will make a maximum of 56 awards.

Estimated Size of Grant:

- Award Ceiling: $14,691,713
- Award Floor: $600,000

Term of Contract:

The award period is 24 months. The total “estimated funding” on the SF-424 must reflect 24 months. Generally, the award period will start on July 1, 2022.

Eligibility:

See RFP and/or Grant Guidelines for full eligibility
State governments

Additional Eligibility Criteria:

Eligible applicants are limited to: any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Specifically, only the designated state office, pursuant to 28 C.F.R. § 90.11, may apply. For more information, see the Eligibility Information section of this solicitation.

Funds under this program may not be used to conduct research, defined in 28 C.F.R. § 46.102 as a systematic investigation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. Surveys and focus groups, depending on their design and purpose, may constitute research and therefore be out-of-scope. Prohibited research does not include assessments conducted for internal improvement purposes only. Applicants considering such assessments must refer to the OVW research decision tree in the Solicitation Companion Guide to ensure that the activity does not qualify as human subjects research. For information on distinguishing between research and assessments, see the Solicitation Companion Guide.

Any out-of-scope activities will need to be removed from the application. States and territories will also need to ensure that subgrantees do not engage in out-of-scope activities.

Unallowable Costs
The costs associated with the activities listed below are unallowable.
1. Lobbying - except with explicit statutory authorization.
2. Fundraising.
3. Purchase of real property.
4. Physical modifications to buildings, including minor renovations (such as painting or carpeting).
5. Construction.

Food and Beverage/Costs for Refreshments and Meals Generally, food and beverage costs are not allowable.

Pre-Application Information:

Timeline:
- Grants.gov Deadline: June 14, 2022 11:59 PM
- Application JustGrants Deadline: June 16, 2022 9:00 PM

OVW anticipates notifying applicants of funding decisions by October 1, 2022.

Submission Information Registration: To submit an application, all applicants must register online with the System for Award Management (SAM) and with Grants.gov. To ensure sufficient time to complete the registration process, applicants must register online with SAM and with Grants.gov immediately, but no later than June 14, 2022. Submission: Applications for this program will be submitted through a two-step process: (1) submission of the SF-424 and SF-LLL in Grants.gov and (2) submission of the full application including attachments in the Justice Grants System (JustGrants). Submit the SF-424 and SF-LLL as early as possible, but not later than 24-48 hours before the Grants.gov deadline.

There is a 25 percent match requirement imposed on grant funds under this program. Pursuant to 34 U.S.C. § 10446(f), a grant made under this program may not cover more than 75 percent of the total costs of the projects being funded. Subgrants to victim service providers for victim services can be excluded from the total costs. For a subgrant to qualify under this exclusion, the subrecipient must be an organization that is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a tax exempt organization described in section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code (unless it is a tribal governmental organization or a governmental rape crisis center not in a territory). Subgrants to tribes can also be excluded from the total costs. By the end of the award recipients must identify the source of the 25 percent non-federal portion of the award and how match funds were or will be used. Applicants may satisfy the required match with either cash or in-kind services.

View this opportunity on Grants.gov:
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=339898

Contact Information:

Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.

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

For technical assistance with Grants.gov, contact Grants.gov Applicant Support at 1-800-518-4726 or support@grants.gov. For technical assistance with JustGrants, contact OVW JustGrants Support at 1-866-655-4482 or OVW.JustGrantsSupport@usdoj.gov.

CFDA Number:

16.588

Funding or Pin Number:

O-OVW-2022-171116

URL for Full Text (RFP):

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Geographic Focus:

USA: Alabama; Alaska; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Hawaii; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York City; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Vermont; Virginia; Washington, DC; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming

USA Territories: American Samoa (USA); Guam (USA); Puerto Rico (USA); Virgin Islands (USA); Northern Mariana Islands (USA);

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GrantWatch ID#: 127129

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