OVW Fiscal Year 2022 Training and Services to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities Grant Program Solicitation | O OVW 2022 171053

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The OVW Fiscal Year 2022 Training and Services to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities Grant Program is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), offered as a cooperative agreement under CFDA 16.529. Authorized by 34 U.S.C. 20122, the program is designed to drive sustainable, long-term improvements in how communities and service systems respond to victims with disabilities and Deaf victims who experience domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. A central theme of the solicitation is that effective victim services and offender accountability require coordinated change across organizations, not just isolated improvements within a single agency.

The core goal is to create durable change both within and between organizations so that victims with disabilities and Deaf victims can access services that are safe, effective, and fully accessible. The solicitation emphasizes building and strengthening multidisciplinary collaborations, which typically means formal partnerships among victim service providers, disability service organizations, Deaf-serving organizations, law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, healthcare providers, and other community-based entities. By improving how these partners work together, the program aims to reduce barriers that victims often face, such as communication obstacles, physical inaccessibility, lack of disability-informed advocacy, and systems that are not designed to identify or properly respond to abuse targeting individuals with disabilities.

Disability Grant Program funds are intended to increase organizational capacity in practical and lasting ways. This includes improving policies, procedures, training, and service delivery so organizations can better respond to survivors with a wide range of disabilities and Deaf survivors. Another key focus is assessing needs within the applicant organization and/or its service area, then developing and implementing a plan to address those needs in a way that builds a strong foundation for continued work beyond the grant period. In other words, the program is not limited to short-term activities; it is structured to help communities make institutional improvements that can be maintained over time.

The solicitation anticipates making about 12 awards, with an award ceiling of up to $500,000. The funding activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services, reflecting OVW's emphasis on both survivor-centered services and system responses that promote accountability for perpetrators. The opportunity was posted February 15, 2022, with an original closing date of March 28, 2022.

Eligibility is broad and includes state, county, and city or township governments; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; other Native American tribal organizations; and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education). The listing also references additional eligibility details in the solicitation text, indicating that some other entity types may qualify depending on OVW's specific criteria and partnership requirements.

Finally, the solicitation points applicants to OVW program information and performance measurement expectations, including the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Measuring Effectiveness Initiative. This signals that funded projects are expected to track and report progress using OVW performance measures, tying grant activities to outcomes such as improved accessibility, stronger collaboration, better-trained professionals, and more effective responses to violence against individuals with disabilities and Deaf individuals. The solicitation also references examples of successful projects included in OVW's reports to Congress on VAWA grant program effectiveness, suggesting that applicants can look to prior funded models to understand what OVW considers strong, replicable approaches.

• The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW Fiscal Year 2022 Training and Services to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities Grant Program Solicitation" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.529.
• This funding opportunity was created on Feb 15, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 28, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 12 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: 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).

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