OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program | O OVW 2025 172389

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The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Fiscal Year 2025 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program is a discretionary federal grant opportunity designed to expand safe housing options and related supports for survivors who are homeless or who need short-term to longer-term housing help because of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The core purpose is to fund transitional housing and accompanying support services that help victims move toward stability and long-term safety, recognizing that housing insecurity is often a direct consequence of violence and coercive control. In practice, this program is meant to cover not only a place to stay, but also the practical and advocacy-based services that help survivors rebuild and avoid returning to unsafe situations due to lack of options.

This opportunity is administered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, and falls under the funding activity area of Law, Justice and Legal Services. The assistance mechanism is a grant, and it is listed under CFDA (now commonly referred to as Assistance Listing) number 16.736. The funding opportunity number is O-OVW-2025-172389, and the opportunity category is discretionary, meaning awards are competitively selected rather than allocated by formula.

Eligible applicants are broad, but they share a key requirement: applicants must have a documented history of effective work addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Eligible entities include state governments, county governments, and city or township governments, as well as federally recognized Native American tribal governments and Native American tribal organizations (including those other than federally recognized tribal governments). A wide range of nonprofit organizations may also apply, including 501(c)(3) nonprofits and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (in both cases, other than institutions of higher education). The eligibility language also explicitly includes domestic violence and sexual assault victim service providers, domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, other nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations, population-specific organizations, and community-based and culturally specific organizations. Projects may be based in the United States or U.S. territories, consistent with the program scope.

The program’s funded activities center on transitional housing and other housing assistance paired with survivor-centered services. While the specific program design can vary by community, the intent is to support survivors who need housing because of victimization and to provide supportive services that address safety planning, stability, and barriers to obtaining permanent housing. The emphasis on “support services” signals that OVW is not only looking for rent or housing subsidies, but also for coordinated help that responds to the realities survivors face, such as safety risks, economic disruption, relocation needs, and the challenges of securing housing with limited resources or compromised credit and rental histories resulting from abuse.

Key award and timeline details are straightforward. The application closing date is June 9, 2025, and the opportunity was created (posted) on May 6, 2025. OVW anticipates making approximately 80 awards under this solicitation. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $500,000. As with many OVW grants, the competitive nature of the program means applicants typically need to clearly demonstrate both organizational capacity and a strong plan for delivering effective housing-focused services to survivors, backed by evidence of prior work and credible partnerships where relevant.

In short, this grant opportunity is aimed at organizations and governments that already have proven experience serving survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and that are prepared to deliver transitional housing solutions along with meaningful, safety-oriented supports. The funding is structured to help communities reduce survivor homelessness, improve access to safe and stable housing, and strengthen the broader network of services that help victims recover and move forward.

• 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 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.736.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-05-06.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-06-09. (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 80 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, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others.

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