Closed · OVW-2017-11921 · CFDA 16.590 · Discretionary

OVW FY 2017 Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Grant Program (also known as the Arrest Program)

Federal grant opportunity posted by Office on Violence Against Women, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $900K
Award range
Closed
Status
February 16, 2017
Close date
55
Expected awards

The verdict

OVW FY 2017 Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Grant Program (also known as the Arrest Program) is a closed discretionary listing from Office on Violence Against Women that offered Up to $900,000 across 55 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 414 other opportunities from Office on Violence Against Women.

up to $900K
award range
Closed
application status
55
expected awards
16.590
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

OVW FY 2017 Improving Criminal Justice Respon… is closed (last close February 16, 2017). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Office on Violence Against Women still indexes 414 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed February 16, 2017

Posted Jan 4 Closes Feb 16

Est. Total Funding

$50,000,000

Expected Awards

55

Instrument

Grant

Description

The United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) (www.ovw.usdoj.gov) is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for the Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Grant Program (formerly known as the Grants to Encourage Arrest and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program). This program furthers the Department of Justice’s mission by encouraging partnerships between state, local, and tribal governments, courts, victim service providers, coalitions and rape crisis centers, to ensure that sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking are treated as serious violations of criminal law requiring the coordinated involvement of the entire criminal justice system and community-based victim service organizations.

Multi-door applicant board · 5 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 5 distinct applicant types for OVW FY 2017 Improving Criminal Justice Respon… (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Federally recognized tribal governments; +1 more). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL). Only 11 other Office on Violence Against Women listings share this exact eligibility-code string (3% of 415).

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

Michele John Grant Program Specialist 202-616-5342 Michele.John@usdoj.gov

What to do next

OVW FY 2017 Improving Criminal Justice Respon… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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