# OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Enhancing Investigation and Prosecution of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (EIP) Initiative

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/o-ovw-2025-172400-ovw-fiscal-year-2025-enhancing-investigation-and-prosecution/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/359035

> Office on Violence Against Women offered grants of up to $750,000 (at least $500,000) to state and local governments and tribes. It expected to make about 15 awards worth $8.0 million in total. Applications closed on July 8, 2025.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | O-OVW-2025-172400 |
| Agency | Office on Violence Against Women |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | July 8, 2025 |
| Award ceiling | $750,000 |
| Award floor | $500,000 |
| Expected awards | 15 |
| Total funding | $8.0 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 16.590 |

## Who can apply

- 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)

Eligible applicants are limited to: state, territorial, county, local, and/or Tribal law enforcement agencies and prosecutors’ offices that investigate or prosecute crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking in the United States or U.S. territories. States, units of local government, and Tribal governments may apply on behalf of law enforcement agencies and prosecutors’ offices that lack authority to apply on their own.

## What the grant funds

The Enhancing Investigation and Prosecution (EIP) Initiative is designed to promote and evaluate effective investigation and prosecution responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The EIP Initiative encourages law enforcement agencies and/or prosecutors’ offices to expand and improve their capacity to effectively investigate and/or prosecute these crimes, and, in so doing, support victim safety and autonomy, hold offenders accountable, and promote agency trust within the surrounding community.

## Questions people ask

### Is O-OVW-2025-172400 still open?

No. It closed on July 8, 2025.

### Who can apply for OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Enhancing Investigation and Prosecution of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (EIP) Initiative?

Office on Violence Against Women accepted applications from state and local governments and tribes. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Enhancing Investigation and Prosecution of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (EIP) Initiative?

Closed July 8, 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 $8.0 million in total across about 15 awards.

### Who has won Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Unified Court System of New York State, County of Fairfax Virginia, County of Palm Beach. The program made 194 awards worth $123 million in that time.