Applications Due: Grants.gov: June 16, 2025; JustGrants: June 18, 2025

Description:

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.

***Revised sections include Priorities and Program-Specific Unallowable Costs***

Funding Title: Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice System

Agency: Office on Violence Against Women

Funding Opportunity Number: O-OVW-2025-172417

Funding Instrument Type: Grant

Express Language for Legal Aid: Yes

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Expected total Amount: $23,000,000

Expected Award Amount: $500,000 to $1,000,000

Expected Award Period: 36 months

Estimated Award Number: 35

Eligible Applicants:

Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; States & Territories; Units of Local Governments; Indian Tribal Governments; Courts; State, Tribal, or Territorial Domestic Violence or Sexual Assault Coalitions; Victim Service Providers; Faith-based Organizations

Link to full solicitation Here 

Helpful resources

• For more information, contact phone: 202-307-6026 or Email: OVW.ICJR@usdoj.gov
• Pre-application Information Sessions: OVW will post a recorded pre-application information session on the OVW website. Viewing is optional. In this session, OVW staff will summarize the program’s requirements, review the funding opportunity, and answer frequently asked questions. The session will be captioned in English and Spanish.
• View the National Legal Aid Resource Development Technical Assistance Project, which is co-sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense (SCLAID) and its Resource Center for Access to Justice Initiatives, the Management Information Exchange (MIE), the National Association of IOLTA Programs (NAIP), and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) http://ambar.org/abarray

Categories: Department of Justice, Domestic Violence, Native American Tribes or Tribal Organizations, Non-profit Organizations, Victims of Crime