Opportunity Information: Apply for O OVW 2023 171528
The OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), designed to strengthen how federally recognized tribal governments (and certain authorized designees) address violence in their communities. Authorized under 34 U.S.C. 10452 and listed under CFDA 16.587, the program focuses on improving tribal responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking. In practical terms, the funding is intended to help tribal communities build or enhance services, justice system responses, and coordinated community strategies that increase victim safety and offender accountability while reflecting tribal priorities and local realities.
Eligibility is centered on federally recognized Native American tribal governments, with additional flexibility for "others" when they are authorized designees of tribal governments (as clarified in the solicitation materials). The funding instrument is a grant, categorized under Law, Justice and Legal Services, and the opportunity is structured as a competitive, discretionary program rather than a formula allocation. The solicitation indicates an expectation of approximately 60 awards, signaling that OVW anticipates supporting a sizable number of tribal communities or tribal-led initiatives nationwide during this funding cycle.
Key logistics included a posting/creation date of January 31, 2023, and an original application closing date of April 25, 2023. The listed award ceiling is shown as 0, which typically means the public summary does not provide a fixed maximum amount per award and applicants must rely on the full solicitation for any limits, award range guidance, or budgeting rules. Because OVW programs often allow for varied project scopes depending on community size, capacity, and needs, the absence of a ceiling in the summary can reflect the program’s flexibility rather than a lack of funding.
OVW also ties the program to performance measurement and accountability expectations. The opportunity points applicants to OVW’s grants and programs webpage for broader program context and to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Measuring Effectiveness Initiative materials for performance measures. In effect, funded projects are expected to track outputs and outcomes aligned with OVW’s framework, and awards contribute to OVW’s larger reporting obligations, including program-specific information included in OVW’s most recent report to Congress on the effectiveness of VAWA grant programs. This emphasis signals that applicants should be prepared not only to deliver services or implement system improvements, but also to collect and report data that demonstrates progress toward program goals.
Overall, this solicitation represents OVW’s FY 2023 investment in tribal sovereignty-driven, community-based and justice-focused approaches to ending and responding to gender-based and interpersonal violence in Indian Country, with an emphasis on building effective, measurable, and culturally relevant strategies led by tribal governments and their authorized partners.Apply for O OVW 2023 171528
- 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 2023 Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program - Solicitation" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.587.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 31, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 25, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 60 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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