OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program | O OVW 2025 172296

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The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Fiscal Year 2025 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program is a discretionary federal grant opportunity designed to expand access to safe transitional housing and related supportive services for people who are homeless or who need housing help because of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The core purpose of the program is to help victims move toward stable housing by funding transitional housing options as well as services that support safety, recovery, and longer-term housing stability.

This opportunity is administered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, and it falls under the funding activity category of Law, Justice and Legal Services (CFDA 16.736). Awards are made as grants, with an expected total of about 80 awards under this solicitation. The maximum award amount listed is $600,000 per award, which indicates OVW is aiming to support substantial projects that can provide meaningful housing assistance and wraparound support rather than small pilot efforts.

Eligible applicants are intentionally broad but still focused on entities with proven experience in serving victims of these crimes. Applicants may include states and units of local government (such as county governments and city or township governments), federally recognized Tribal governments, and Native American tribal organizations (including those other than federally recognized governments). OVW also allows nonprofit organizations to apply, including both 501(c)(3) nonprofits and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status, as long as they are not institutions of higher education. In addition, the solicitation explicitly encompasses victim service providers, domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, other nonprofit or nongovernmental organizations, population-specific organizations, and community-based or culturally specific organizations. A key eligibility requirement across these categories is a documented history of effective work addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking within the United States or U.S. territories.

The program is geared toward meeting victims where they are, particularly those whose housing instability is directly tied to violence or abuse. In practice, that typically means funding transitional housing placements and other housing assistance models that help survivors find safe, temporary housing while they address urgent needs like safety planning, navigating the legal system, accessing medical and behavioral health care, obtaining public benefits, finding employment, and securing permanent housing. The emphasis on both housing and supportive services reflects OVW's broader approach: housing stability is treated as a safety and justice issue, not only a social service need.

Administrative details included in the opportunity listing show the Funding Opportunity Number as O-OVW-2025-172296 and the original application closing date as March 18, 2025. Applicants considering this opportunity would generally need to be prepared to demonstrate their organizational experience and capacity, show how proposed housing assistance and services will meet victim needs, and align the project with OVW's objectives for survivor safety, autonomy, and access to stable housing.

• 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 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.736.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-01-17.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-03-18. (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 $600,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 80 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, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others.

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