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O-OVC-2025-172432: OVC FY25 Emergency and Transitional Pet Shelter and Housing Assistance for Victims of Domestic Violence Program

Closed Closed August 15, 2025 Opportunity O-OVC-2025-172432 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: OVC and OVW FY 2026 Victim Services for Angel Families Program – Invited Notice of Funding Opportunity (O-OVC-2026-172807). Status: Closes November 16, 2026 (9 days left). It is in our archive of Office for Victims of Crime notices from 2025.

• Award ceiling$500,000
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to state and local governments and tribes.

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Any other organization that has a documented history of effective work concerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including—a domestic violence and sexual assault victim service provider; a domestic violence and sexual assault coalition; a community-based and culturally specific organization; or any other nonprofit, nongovernmental organization. Any organization that works directly with pets, service animals, emotional support animals, or horses and collaborates with any organization listed above, including—an animal shelter, or an animal welfare organization. Other Units of Local Government: For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, other units of local government include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants awards averaged $506,630; this notice allows up to $500,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (76% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

Under this notice of funding opportunity, OVC will provide funding for shelter and transitional housing and other assistance to victims of domestic violence and their companion animals, which under this program means pets, service animals, emotional support animals, and horses. A majority of domestic violence shelters do not allow pets, and the reasons for this may vary. This grant program will provide funding to enable those shelters that want to expand their programming to house domestic violence victims and their pets.

Category: Law, Justice and Legal Services.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, O-OVC-2026-172807, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.