Federal grant programs / Department of Justice

Violence Against Women Formula Grants (16.588)

Also known as STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grants

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$808 million
• Grant awards280
• Typical award$2.1 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$172 million
• Size rank281 of 1824
• Type of assistanceFormula grants

Key findings

• Annual funding rose from $153 million in fiscal 2021 to $172 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 281st largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 67% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 56 states and territories.

What the program funds

To assist States, Indian tribal governments, tribal courts, State and local courts, and units of local government to develop and strengthen effective law enforcement and prosecution strategies to combat violent crimes against women, and develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving crimes against women. The Program encourages the development and implementation of effective, victim-centered law enforcement, prosecution, and court strategies to address violent crimes against women and the development and enhancement of victim services in cases involving violent crimes against women.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

All States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the District of Columbia, are eligible.

What the money can and cannot pay for

The program has 24 enumerated purpose areas, generally addressing criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and services for victims. States must allocate 25% of funds for law enforcement, 25% for prosecution, 5% to courts, and 30% for victim services (of which 10% must be to culturally specific organizations).

Matching requirements

Statutory Formula: Title 28, Part 90, Subpart B,Each eligible entity receives a base amount of $600,000. Remaining funds are divided in an amount that bears the same ratio to the amount of remaining funds as the population of the State bears to the population of all of the States that results from a distribution among the States on the basis of each State's population in relation to the population of all States (not including populations of Indian tribes). The Federal share of these grants may not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of the projects described in the applications. Projects to victim service providers for victim services or for tribes do not count towards the total costs of the projects for purposes of calculating match. States may satisfy this 25 percent match through in-kind services. All funds designated as match are restricted to the same uses as the Office on Violence Against Women funds and must be expended within the grant period. States and subgrantees may apply for a waiver of the match requirement based on an adequate demonstration of financial need. Match may not be required in subgrants to victim service providers or tribes.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Range: $618,585 - $16,562,077

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to state and local governments.

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.