OVW Fiscal Year 2022 STOP Formula Grant Program Solicitation | O OVW 2022 171116

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The OVW Fiscal Year 2022 STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program Solicitation is a mandatory federal grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). Authorized under 34 U.S.C. 10441 and 10446-10451 and listed under CFDA 16.588, the program is designed to help jurisdictions build, improve, and sustain coordinated community responses to four core crimes: domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. In practical terms, the grant focuses on strengthening how systems and services work together, including law enforcement, prosecution, courts, victim advocacy, and related community partners, so survivors receive more consistent protection and support while offenders are held accountable.

Because this is a formula grant program, funding is distributed according to statutory formulas rather than a purely competitive process. The eligible applicants are primarily state governments, with additional eligibility details referenced in the solicitation materials (not fully reproduced in the excerpt). The program is also explicitly intended to support communities that include American Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages, reflecting OVW and VAWA priorities around ensuring that underserved and tribal communities can develop effective responses and culturally appropriate services. The funding activity category is Law, Justice, and Legal Services, which aligns with STOPs emphasis on system improvement, training, and cross-agency coordination.

The solicitation lists the funding opportunity title as "OVW Fiscal Year 2022 STOP Formula Grant Program Solicitation" with funding opportunity number O-OVW-2022-171116. It was created on April 28, 2022, with an original closing date of June 14, 2022. The anticipated number of awards is 56, which typically corresponds to awards made to states and territories under the formula structure. The award ceiling shown is $14,691,713, indicating the maximum award amount expected for a single recipient under this opportunity.

The core purpose of STOP is to help communities develop and strengthen effective responses, which commonly includes training for law enforcement and prosecutors, improving investigation and prosecution practices, enhancing victim services, and reinforcing coordinated efforts among agencies that respond to gender-based violence. The opportunity directs applicants and stakeholders to OVWs grant program webpages for more detailed program guidance and also points to performance measurement resources tied to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Measuring Effectiveness Initiative. That emphasis signals that recipients are expected to track and report outcomes using established performance measures, and that the federal government evaluates how STOP-funded activities contribute to broader program goals like improved victim safety, increased offender accountability, and more effective, survivor-centered justice and service systems.

Finally, the solicitation notes that additional context is available through OVWs reporting to Congress on the effectiveness of VAWA grant programs, including examples of successful projects. This framing is important because it situates STOP as part of a larger VAWA portfolio, where funding is not only about delivering direct services but also about building long-term capacity, improving institutional responses, and using data and performance measures to demonstrate impact and guide ongoing improvements.

• The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW Fiscal Year 2022 STOP Formula Grant Program Solicitation" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.588.
• This funding opportunity was created on Apr 28, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 14, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $14,691,713.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 56 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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