SUMMARY: The OVW Campus Program (Campus Program) encourages institutions of higher education to develop and strengthen effective security and investigation strategies to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus, develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving such crimes on campus, and develop and strengthen prevention education and awareness programs.
Examples of eligible services and equipment include but are not limited to:
- To provide personnel, training, technical assistance, data collection, and other equipment with respect to the increased apprehension, investigation, and adjudication of persons committing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus.
- To provide capital improvements (including improved lighting and communications facilities but not including the construction of buildings) on campuses to address the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
- To support improved coordination among campus administrators, campus security personnel, and local law enforcement to reduce these crimes on campus.
- To provide prevention and education programming about these crimes, including technological abuse and reproductive and sexual coercion, that is age-appropriate, culturally relevant, ongoing, delivered in multiple venues on campus, accessible, promotes respectful nonviolent behavior as a social norm, and engages men and boys. Such programming should be developed in partnership or collaboratively with experts in intimate partner and sexual violence prevention and intervention.
A total of$12,500,000 is available in total funding for FY2025 for an anticipated 30 awards.
DEADLINE: Applications are due July 8th, 2025
ELIGIBILITY: Eligible applicants include Public and State controlled institutions of higher education and Private institutions of higher education
FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/359005 https://www.justice.gov/ovw/media/1400536/dl?inline