Opportunity Information: Apply for O OVW 2025 172404
The OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Demonstration Program on Trauma-Informed, Victim Centered Training for Law Enforcement on Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking, also known as the Abby Honold Program (Assistance Listing 16.058), is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women. Its core focus is strengthening how law enforcement responds to reports of interpersonal violence by improving practices from a victim's first report through the full investigation. While the authorizing program covers domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, the FY 2025 competition is narrower: funding will support only projects that address law enforcement responses to allegations of sexual assault.
The program is designed to help law enforcement agencies build and deliver training that makes investigations more trauma-informed and victim-centered. In practical terms, that means helping officers understand how trauma can shape memory, behavior, communication, and decision-making, and then using that understanding to conduct interviews and investigations in ways that reduce the risk of re-traumatizing victims. The training emphasis is not just on sensitivity, but on improving investigative outcomes by increasing effective communication and trust between victims and law enforcement, and by supporting a coordinated community response that aligns law enforcement practices with partners and stakeholders involved in sexual assault response.
A defining feature of the Abby Honold Program is that it is a demonstration and evaluation effort, not just a training rollout. Recipients are expected to implement training approaches and also evaluate how well the training works, with the broader goal of identifying practices that measurably improve law enforcement responses to sexual assault cases. The grant therefore supports both the operational side of changing investigative practice and the assessment side of determining whether the training produces meaningful improvements.
Eligible applicants include state, territorial, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that investigate crimes involving sexual assault. The eligible government categories listed for this funding include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments, with eligibility framed around law enforcement entities responsible for sexual assault investigations.
Administratively, this is a grant funding instrument in the law, justice, and legal services activity category. The funding opportunity number is OVW 2025 172404. Applications are due by July 18, 2025 (original closing date). The award ceiling is $500,000, and OVW expects to make about 12 awards under this solicitation. The opportunity was created on May 16, 2025.Apply for O OVW 2025 172404
- The Office on Violence Against Women in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Demonstration Program on Trauma-Informed, Victim Centered Training for Law Enforcement on Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (Abby Honold) Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.058.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2025-05-16.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-07-18. (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 $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 12 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Others.
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