Closed · O-OVW-2024-171905 · CFDA 16.524 · Discretionary
OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program Expanding Legal Services Initiative
Federal grant opportunity posted by Office on Violence Against Women, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $399K-$400K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- February 13, 2024
- Close date
- 8
- Expected awards
The verdict
OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program Expanding Legal Services Initiative is a closed discretionary listing from Office on Violence Against Women that offered $399,000 -- $400,000 across 8 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 414 other opportunities from Office on Violence Against Women.
- $399K-$400K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 8
- expected awards
- 16.524
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Legal Assistance for Vic… is closed (last close February 13, 2024). 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 13, 2024
Est. Total Funding
$3,200,000
Expected Awards
8
Instrument
Grant
Description
The Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program (CFDA 16.524) is intended to increase the availability of civil and criminal legal assistance needed to effectively aid victims (ages 11 and older) of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by providing funds for comprehensive direct legal services to victims in legal matters relating to or arising out of that abuse or violence. “Legal assistance” includes assistance to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in: a) family, tribal, territorial, immigration, employment, administrative agency, housing matters, campus administrative, or protection or stay away order proceedings, and other similar matters; b) criminal justice investigations, prosecutions, and post-trial matters (including sentencing, parole, and probation) that impact the victim’s safety and privacy; c) alternative dispute resolution, restorative practices, or other processes intended to promote victim safety, privacy, and autonomy; and d) post-conviction relief proceedings in state, local, Tribal, or territorial court where the conviction of a victim is related to or arising from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or sex trafficking. 34 U.S.C. § 12291(a)(24)(C). The LAV Grant Program’s Expanding Legal Services Initiative (ELSI) is intended to enable eligible organizations that do not currently offer legal services to establish a program that provides legal representation to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Organizations funded under this solicitation may be eligible for up to five years of funding, two years under this solicitation and an additional three years of noncompetitive funding, provided certain financial and programmatic conditions are met.
Civic applicant mix · government + nonprofit doors
OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Legal Assistance for Vic… combines government/tribal and nonprofit applicant types (5 doors). The listing is a civic funding corridor spanning public and nonprofit operators. 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 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 11
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 13
- Nonprofits without 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.LAV@usdoj.gov. Alternatively, interested parties may call OVW at 202-307-6026. hanna.katz@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 2024 Legal Assistance for Vic… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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