OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response Program | O OVW 2025 172417

Opportunity Information: Apply for O OVW 2025 172417

The OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response Program (ICJR Program) is a discretionary federal grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), focused on strengthening how the criminal justice system responds to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The core idea behind the program is that these offenses should be treated as serious violations of criminal law, and that justice-system improvements should be designed to increase victim safety while also supporting victim autonomy. In practice, this means helping jurisdictions and justice partners build or enhance coordinated approaches that lead to more effective investigations, prosecutions, court processes, and victim-centered services.

This opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number O-OVW-2025-172417 and falls within the Law, Justice and Legal Services funding activity category (CFDA/Assistance Listing 16.590). OVW expects to make about 35 awards under this program, with an award ceiling of $1,000,000 per award. The grant is offered as a standard grant instrument (not a cooperative agreement), and it is categorized as discretionary, meaning awards are competitively selected based on the application and OVW priorities laid out in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).

Eligibility is limited to specific government entities and closely related partners that play a direct role in the justice response to these crimes. Eligible applicants include state governments; units of local government such as counties and cities/townships; Indian Tribal governments and certain Tribal organizations; and state and local courts, including juvenile courts. In addition, the program allows applications from state, Tribal, or territorial domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions, as well as victim services providers operating in the United States or U.S. territories, including qualifying nonprofit organizations such as 501(c)(3) entities. The NOFO notes that applicants must fit within these categories, so prospective applicants typically need to confirm their eligibility status and any special conditions by reviewing the Eligibility Information section of the NOFO.

The application window for this funding cycle shows a closing date of June 16, 2025, and the opportunity was created on May 6, 2025. Overall, the ICJR Program is aimed at supporting practical, system-level improvements that make criminal justice interventions more consistent, more effective, and more responsive to victim needs, while reinforcing that domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking are crimes that require coordinated and serious legal action.

• The Office on Violence Against Women in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.590.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-05-06.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-06-16. (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 $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 35 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, 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, Others.

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