O-OVW-2025-172417: OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response 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 2025.
Office on Violence Against Women offered grants of up to $1.0 million (at least $500,000) to nonprofits, state and local governments and tribes. It expected to make about 35 awards worth $23.0 million in total. Applications closed on June 16, 2025.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed June 13, 2025. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award ceiling$1.0 million
- Award floor$500,000
- Total funding$23.0 million
- Expected awards35
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeGrant
Key dates
| Posted | May 6, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | June 16, 2025 |
Who can apply
This opportunity was open to nonprofits, state and local governments and tribes.
All 7 applicant types the notice lists
- 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
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Eligible applicants are limited to: States; Indian Tribal governments; state and local courts (including juvenile courts); units of local government; state, tribal, or territorial domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions; or victim services providers in the United States or U.S. territories. For more information, see the Eligibility Information section of this NOFO.
Is this a realistic fit?
- Past Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program awards averaged $634,097; this notice allows up to $1.0 million per award.
- Most of the program's money (72% over five years) went to state and local governments.
- No cost sharing or match is required.
What the grant funds
The Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response Program (ICJR Program) assists state, local, and Tribal governments, and courts to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as serious violations of criminal law, and to seek safety and autonomy for victims.
Who has won Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (16.590) awarded $123 million across 194 grant awards, an average of $634,097 per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unified Court System of New York State | New York | 3 | $2.2 million |
| County of Fairfax Virginia | Virginia | 2 | $2.2 million |
| County of Palm Beach | Florida | 2 | $2.1 million |
| New York, City of | New York | 2 | $2.0 million |
| Erie, County of | New York | 2 | $1.9 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-2025-172417 still open?
No. It closed on June 16, 2025.
Who can apply for OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response Program?
Office on Violence Against Women accepted applications from nonprofits, 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 Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response Program?
Closed June 16, 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 $1.0 million each. About $23.0 million in total across about 35 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.
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