Closed · OVC-2020-17550 · CFDA 16.582 · Discretionary

OVC FY 2020 Addressing Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting

Federal grant opportunity posted by Office for Victims of Crime, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$300K-$1.2M
Award range
Closed
Status
April 30, 2020
Close date
9
Expected awards

The verdict

OVC FY 2020 Addressing Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting is a closed discretionary listing from Office for Victims of Crime that offered $300,000 -- $1,200,000 across 9 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 397 other opportunities from Office for Victims of Crime.

$300K-$1.2M
award range
Closed
application status
9
expected awards
16.582
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

OVC FY 2020 Addressing Female Genital Mutilat… is closed (last close April 30, 2020). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Office for Victims of Crime still indexes 397 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 April 30, 2020

Posted Mar 2 Closes Apr 30

Est. Total Funding

$3,600,000

Expected Awards

9

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The goal of this program is to deliver programming to address and help stop the practice of female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM) under two purpose areas (PAs). PA 1: a training and technical assistance provider will educate law enforcement, public health professionals, educators, and other professionals on detecting at-risk girls and provide support to the project sites. PA 2: project sites will develop services to deliver to victims of FGM and work to increase education, detection, and local partner engagement to address and help stop victimization through FGM. OVC anticipates making one award under PA 1 of up to $1.2 million and up to eight awards under PA 2 of up to $300,000 each. OVC expects to make awards for a 36-month period of performance, to begin on October 1, 2020. Apply by April 30, 2020.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · OVC-2020-17550

Grants.gov marks OVC FY 2020 Addressing Female Genital Mutilat… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Income Security and Social Services · Law, Justice and Legal Services (ISS;LJL). This eligibility-code string dominates the Office for Victims of Crime book (200 peers, 50% of 398).

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.

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Agency Contact

For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact OVC’s National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll free at 800–851–3420; via TTY at 301–240–6310 (hearing impaired only); email to grants@ncjrs.gov; fax to 301–240–5830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. The NCJRS Response Center operates from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., eastern time, Monday through Friday, and from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., eastern time, on the solicitation closing date. grants@ncjrs.gov

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What to do next

OVC FY 2020 Addressing Female Genital Mutilat… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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