O-OVW-2025-172270: OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Expanding Legal Services Initiative - Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program
Closed
This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Office on Violence Against Women notices from 2024.
Office on Violence Against Women offered grants of up to $750,000 (at least $400,000) to nonprofits and tribes. It expected to make about 16 awards worth $9.2 million in total. Applications closed on January 28, 2025.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed December 23, 2024. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award ceiling$750,000
- Award floor$400,000
- Total funding$9.2 million
- Expected awards16
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeGrant
Key dates
| Posted | December 6, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | January 28, 2025 |
Who can apply
This opportunity was open to nonprofits and tribes.
- 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 (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Private nonprofit entities, Indian Tribal governments and Tribal organizations, and territorial organizations.
Is this a realistic fit?
- Past Legal Assistance for Victims awards averaged $644,353; this notice allows up to $750,000 per award.
- Most of the program's money (97% over five years) went to nonprofits.
- No cost sharing or match is required.
What the grant funds
The Expanding Legal Services Initiative intends to expand legal representation available to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking by funding organizations with a history of providing direct services to victims of these crimes, but that do not currently offer in-house legal representation for victims. The initial ELSI award includes a planning phase during which recipients engage in ongoing training and technical assistance to set up a legal department in the organization. Continuation funds support the direct legal services provided by the legal department established during the planning phase.
Who has won Legal Assistance for Victims grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Legal Assistance for Victims (16.524) awarded $193 million across 300 grant awards, an average of $644,353 per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victim Rights Law Center Inc | Massachusetts | 4 | $2.8 million |
| Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corp | Louisiana | 4 | $2.7 million |
| Ayuda | District of Columbia | 3 | $2.1 million |
| Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence | Michigan | 2 | $2.0 million |
| Metropolitan Organization Countering Sexual Assault | Missouri | 1 | $1.5 million |
Applying now
This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.
The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.
Questions people ask
Is O-OVW-2025-172270 still open?
No. It closed on January 28, 2025.
Who can apply for OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Expanding Legal Services Initiative - Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program?
Office on Violence Against Women accepted applications from nonprofits and tribes. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.
What is the deadline for OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Expanding Legal Services Initiative - Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program?
Closed January 28, 2025. 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 $750,000 each. About $9.2 million in total across about 16 awards.
Who has won Legal Assistance for Victims grants before?
The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Victim Rights Law Center Inc, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corp, Ayuda. The program made 300 awards worth $193 million in that time.
Similar open grants
- Balanced Prosecution of Transnational Organized Crime Cases
- FY 2027 COPS-OJP Constitutional Protections for Parents - A NASRO SRO TTA Invitational Program
- BJA FY 2026 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Act Program
- OJJDP FY 2026 Emergency Planning for Juvenile Justice Residential Facilities
- OJJDP FY 2026 Expanding Youth Access to Community-Based Treatment
- OJJDP FY 2026 Family Treatment Court Program