Closed · O-OVW-2025-172270 · CFDA 16.524 · Discretionary

OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Expanding Legal Services Initiative - Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program

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

$400K-$750K
Award range
Closed
Status
January 28, 2025
Close date
16
Expected awards

The verdict

OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Expanding Legal Services Initiative - Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program is a closed discretionary listing from Office on Violence Against Women that offered $400,000 -- $750,000 across 16 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 414 other opportunities from Office on Violence Against Women.

$400K-$750K
award range
Closed
application status
16
expected awards
16.524
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Expanding Legal Services… is closed (last close January 28, 2025). 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 January 28, 2025

Posted Dec 6 Closes Jan 28

Est. Total Funding

$9,200,000

Expected Awards

16

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Expanding Legal Services Initiative intends to expand legal representation available to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking by funding organizations with a history of providing direct services to victims of these crimes, but that do not currently offer in-house legal representation for victims. The initial ELSI award includes a planning phase during which recipients engage in ongoing training and technical assistance to set up a legal department in the organization. Continuation funds support the direct legal services provided by the legal department established during the planning phase.  

Civic applicant mix · government + nonprofit doors

OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Expanding Legal Services… 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.

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Agency Contact

For assistance with the requirements of this NOFO, email OVW at OVW.ELSI@usdoj.gov. Alternatively, interested parties may call OVW at 202-307-6026. OVW.ELSI@usdoj.gov

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What to do next

OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Expanding Legal Services… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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