OVW Fiscal Year 2022 Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Grant Program Solicitation | O OVW 2022 171037

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The OVW Fiscal Year 2022 Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Grant Program (often referred to as the ICJR Program) is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). It is designed to help jurisdictions improve how their criminal justice systems respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The program is rooted in the idea that these offenses should be treated as serious criminal law violations and that a meaningful response requires coordinated action across the full criminal justice system rather than isolated efforts by a single agency.

Legally, the program is authorized under 34 U.S.C. 10461-10465 and implemented through federal regulations at 28 C.F.R. Part 90, Subpart D. The grant is listed under CFDA 16.590 and falls within the Law, Justice and Legal Services funding activity category. In practical terms, this framework signals that the funding is meant to drive system-level improvements and adherence to established federal standards that govern OVW programming, including requirements around collaboration, victim-centered approaches, and accountability.

The core purpose of the ICJR Program is to strengthen and coordinate criminal justice strategies so that responses to these crimes are consistent, effective, and survivor-focused. While the solicitation summary does not list specific allowable activities in detail, the program description makes clear that OVW is looking for projects that improve coordinated involvement across criminal justice partners. That typically means efforts that bring together law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, probation and corrections, and victim service providers to reduce gaps in reporting, investigation, case processing, and offender accountability. The emphasis is on improving the overall system response, not just increasing services in a single silo.

Eligible applicants include state governments, county governments, and city or township governments, as well as federally recognized Native American tribal governments. The eligibility list also includes certain nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), along with other entities as described in the solicitation's additional eligibility clarification. The inclusion of governmental entities and courts aligns with the program's focus on criminal justice system improvement, while the inclusion of nonprofits reflects the reality that coordinated responses often require partnership with community-based victim service organizations and allied stakeholders.

The opportunity was published under Funding Opportunity Number O-OVW-2022-171037. It opened with a creation date of March 16, 2022, and had an original closing date of April 26, 2022. OVW anticipated making about 40 awards, with an award ceiling of up to $1,000,000 per award. As a discretionary grant, funding decisions are competitive and based on the quality of the application, alignment with program goals, and the strength of the proposed approach to improving criminal justice responses.

OVW also ties this program to performance measurement and broader Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) effectiveness goals. The solicitation points applicants toward OVW grant program information and the VAWA Measuring Effectiveness Initiative, which indicates that funded projects are expected to track outcomes and report performance data that demonstrate progress toward improved system coordination and response. The reference to examples of successful projects in OVW's report to Congress further underscores that OVW expects applicants to build evidence-informed strategies and to design projects with measurable results that contribute to demonstrated improvements in how cases are handled and how survivors are supported through the criminal justice process.

• 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 Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Grant Program Solicitation" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.590.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 16, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 26, 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 $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 40 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), 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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