OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Enhancing Investigation and Prosecution of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (EIP) Initiative | O OVW 2025 172400

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The OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Enhancing Investigation and Prosecution of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (EIP) Initiative is a discretionary federal grant program from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). It is focused on strengthening how law enforcement agencies and prosecutors' offices investigate and prosecute domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The central idea is to support the development, improvement, and real-world evaluation of approaches that lead to better case outcomes while also prioritizing victim safety and autonomy, improving offender accountability, and building trust between justice agencies and the communities they serve.

This opportunity is specifically aimed at expanding and improving agency capacity. In practical terms, that can include efforts to make investigations more effective, improve prosecutorial decision-making and case preparation, and adopt practices that reduce barriers victims often face when engaging with the criminal legal system. OVW emphasizes outcomes that matter on the ground: stronger, more consistent responses to these crimes; practices that avoid re-traumatizing victims; and approaches that increase confidence in the justice system, particularly in communities where reporting may be low due to fear, distrust, or prior negative experiences.

Eligibility is limited to governmental law enforcement agencies and prosecutors' offices at the state, territorial, county, local, and Tribal levels within the United States and U.S. territories, as long as they have responsibility for investigating and/or prosecuting these offenses. If a law enforcement agency or prosecutors' office does not have the authority to apply directly, a state government, unit of local government, or Tribal government may submit an application on that agency's behalf. The eligible applicant categories listed include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, and federally recognized Tribal governments, along with other eligible entities as defined in the solicitation, but the core target applicants are the agencies and offices directly handling these cases.

The program is listed under CFDA 16.590 and falls under the funding activity category of Law, Justice and Legal Services. The funding instrument is a grant, and OVW expects to make about 15 awards under this initiative. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $750,000, which signals that OVW is looking for projects with enough scale to produce meaningful improvements, pilot new strategies, or deepen specialized capacity in investigation and prosecution.

Key administrative details include the funding opportunity number O-OVW-2025-172400. The opportunity was created on May 16, 2025, and the original application closing date is July 8, 2025. Overall, this grant opportunity is designed for justice-system agencies that want to implement and assess stronger, more victim-centered, and more effective investigative and prosecutorial practices for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, while also improving accountability and community trust.

• The Office on Violence Against Women in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Enhancing Investigation and Prosecution of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (EIP) Initiative" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.590.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-05-16.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-07-08. (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 $750,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Others.

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