Closed · O-OVW-2023-171482 · CFDA 16.889 · Discretionary
OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations - Solicitation
Federal grant opportunity posted by Office on Violence Against Women, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $600K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 15, 2023
- Close date
- 15
- Expected awards
The verdict
OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations - Solicitation is a closed discretionary listing from Office on Violence Against Women that offered Up to $600,000 across 15 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 $600K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 15
- expected awards
- 16.889
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Grants for Outreach and… is closed (last close June 15, 2023). 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 June 15, 2023
Est. Total Funding
$9,000,000
Expected Awards
15
Instrument
Grant
Description
This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 20123. The Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations Program (Underserved Program) (CFDA# 16.889) provides funding to develop and implement outreach strategies targeted at, and provide victim services to, adult or youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking in underserved populations. Survivors from underserved populations face challenges in accessing comprehensive and effective victim services that are accessible, culturally relevant, and responsive. As a result, survivors from underserved communities often do not receive appropriate services. The Underserved Program supports projects that address these gaps. Funds may be used to: develop or enhance population specific victim services; develop or enhance outreach strategies to reach underserved survivors; build the capacity of population specific organizations to serve survivors of these crimes; build the capacity of victim service providers to provide victim services that are population specific; train and educate community partners and the criminal justice system on the needs of survivors from underserved populations; and develop culturally and linguistically appropriate materials for underserved survivors. For additional information about this program and related performance measures, including how awards contribute to the achievement of program goals and objectives, see: OVW grant program information: OVW Grants and Programs Webpage. Program performance measures under the Measuring Effectiveness Initiative: VAWA Measuring Effectiveness Initiative webpage. Program-specific sections in OVW's most recent report to Congress on the effectiveness of VAWA grant programs. What's New About this OVW Program The Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 revised the definition of victim services to include legal services. Applicants may now request grant funds to provide legal services if appropriate. VAWA 2022 included a new statutory purpose area addressing population-specific training for social and human services providers and culturally specific services regarding responses to, and prevention of female genital mutilation and cutting. OVW is not implementing the female genital mutilation /cutting statutory purpose in this FY 2023 grant cycle and instead will support other efforts to address this issue.
Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types
Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Grants for Outreach and… (Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Others (see official listing text)). 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 5 other Office on Violence Against Women listings share this exact eligibility-code string (1% of 415).
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- 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
For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, email OVW at ovw.underserved@usdoj.gov. Alternatively, interested parties may call OVW at 202-307-6026. ovw.underserved@usdoj.gov
More from Office on Violence Against Women
OVW Fiscal Year 2026 State and Territory Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program
OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program
OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Consolidated Grant Program to Assist Children and Youth Affected by and to Engage Men and Youth in Preventing Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking
OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (STCJ) Grant Program
OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (ICJR Program)
What to do next
OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Grants for Outreach and… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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