OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Enhancing Investigation and Prosecution of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (EIP) Initiative | O OVW 2024 171989

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The OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Enhancing Investigation and Prosecution of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (EIP) Initiative is a discretionary grant program run by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). Authorized under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), the program is built around a straightforward goal: strengthen and assess how law enforcement and prosecutors respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The emphasis is not only on doing more work, but on improving the effectiveness and consistency of investigations and prosecutions in ways that increase victim safety and autonomy, support offender accountability, and build trust between justice agencies and the communities they serve. This opportunity is listed under CFDA number 16.590 and falls within the Law, Justice, and Legal Services category.

At its core, EIP funding is meant to help agencies expand and improve their practical capacity to handle these cases. That capacity can include better investigative practices, stronger case-building approaches, and prosecution strategies that are more responsive to the realities of violence and coercive control. The program description highlights three outcomes that OVW wants to see reflected in funded projects: victims are safer and have more control over their choices, offenders are held accountable through effective justice processes, and the agency earns greater community confidence by responding in a way that is competent, fair, and reliable. A key feature of the initiative is the focus on promoting and evaluating effective responses, signaling that OVW is looking for approaches that are not just implemented but also examined for results and lessons learned.

Eligibility is limited to government justice entities directly involved in investigating or prosecuting these crimes within the United States or U.S. territories. Specifically, eligible applicants include state, territorial, county, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies and prosecutors offices. In situations where an individual law enforcement agency or prosecutor office does not have independent authority to apply, the state government, unit of local government, or Tribal government may submit an application on that agency or office's behalf. The eligible applicant categories in the notice include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, and federally recognized Tribal governments, with an additional allowance for certain other applicants in the context described above (applying on behalf of an eligible law enforcement or prosecution office that cannot apply directly).

From a funding and timing standpoint, this is a grant (not a cooperative agreement or contract) with an award ceiling of $500,000 per award. OVW anticipated making about 10 awards under this solicitation. The opportunity was created on February 26, 2024, and the original application closing date was April 30, 2024. The funding opportunity number associated with this solicitation is O-OVW-2024-171989, and the opportunity category is discretionary, meaning awards are competitively selected rather than distributed by formula.

Overall, this grant opportunity is aimed at helping justice agencies sharpen how they investigate and prosecute domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, with the expectation that the work will translate into stronger case outcomes, more victim-centered and trauma-informed practices, and improved legitimacy and trust in the eyes of the community.

• The Office on Violence Against Women in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW Fiscal Year 2024 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 2024-02-26.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-04-30. (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 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Others.

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