# OVW Fiscal Year 2022 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Measuring Effectiveness Initiative (MEI) Application Guidelines

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/o-ovw-2022-171005-ovw-fiscal-year-2022-violence-against-women-act/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/337066

> Office on Violence Against Women offered grants of up to $1.3 million (at least $1) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $1.3 million in total. Applications closed on December 29, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | O-OVW-2022-171005 |
| Agency | Office on Violence Against Women |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | December 29, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $1.3 million |
| Award floor | $1 |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $1.3 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 16.526 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

This is a noncompetitive funding opportunity for which the only eligible applicant is the University of Southern Maine. The applicant was selected for a five-year award, through a competitive process in FY 2017. These Application Guidelines are to provide funding for year 5 of the five-year project.

## What the grant funds

The Violence Against Women Act Measuring Effectiveness Initiative is categorized under CFDA #16.526 (Technical Assistance) and is permitted under the following statutes: 34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(11); 34 U.S.C. § 10238; and 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(7). The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) requires that grantees report on the effectiveness of their VAWA-funded programs to the Attorney General, who, in turn, must report to Congress every two years on the effectiveness of grant-funded activities (P.L. No. 106-386, section 1003, codified at 34 U.S.C. § 10238). Some OVW grant programs also have specific reporting requirements as outlined in their respective authorizing legislation. In response to these reporting requirements, OVW developed annual and semi-annual progress reporting forms for each OVW grant program that track grant-funded activities and incorporate measures tied to program objectives. Grantees funded by OVW report consistent, quantitative data that can be aggregated to reflect the accomplishments within and across grant programs. The reporting forms also collect qualitative information on grantees’ goals, objectives, activities, accomplishments, and remaining areas of need. OVW uses the information collected through these progress reports in different ways, including: monitoring grant activities, providing information to grantees on how their own grant-funded activities and accomplishments compare with others, identifying promising practices, meeting reporting obligations under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and subsequent legislation, responding to the Department of Justice’s data requests related to performance and budget, reporting to Congress, and responding to ad hoc data requests from within and outside government. In FY 2017, the University of Southern Maine (USM) was competitively selected to continue the Measuring Effectiveness Initiative (MEI), which encompasses the work described above. USM received 26 months of initial funding through a cooperative agreement for a five-year—or 60-month—project, to support project activities through November 30, 2019. An additional 22 months of funding was provided in FY 2019 to support the project through September 30, 2021, and an extension has been issued to carry the current award through January 31, 2022. The purpose of these Application Guidelines is to provide the remaining 12 months of funding to USM to carry the project through approximately January 31, 2023.

## Questions people ask

### Is O-OVW-2022-171005 still open?

No. It closed on December 29, 2021.

### Who can apply for OVW Fiscal Year 2022 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Measuring Effectiveness Initiative (MEI) Application Guidelines?

Office on Violence Against Women accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for OVW Fiscal Year 2022 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Measuring Effectiveness Initiative (MEI) Application Guidelines?

Closed December 29, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $1.3 million each. About $1.3 million in total for one award.

### Who has won OVW Technical Assistance Initiative grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Battered Women's Justice Project, National Network to End Domestic Violence, Inc. The program made 277 awards worth $180 million in that time.