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

Federal funding opportunity O-OVW-2025-172270 from Office on Violence Against Women (Department of Justice).

Posted
December 6, 2024
Closed
January 28, 2025
Award ceiling
$750,000
Award floor
$400,000
Program funding
$9,200,000
Expected awards
16
Cost sharing
No
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
16.524
Category
Law, Justice and Legal Services

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 16.524 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.

FY2024 obligated
$41M
FY2025 obligated
$39M
FY2026 (to date) obligated
−$643,794
Awards in window
255

A negative year is a net de-obligation: downward adjustments to earlier awards exceeded new obligations in that year.

Top recipients: Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corp, Montana Legal Services Association, Victim Rights Law Center Inc, Metropolitan Organization Countering Sexual Assault, Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault Inc

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed September 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →

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Synopsis

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.  

Who can apply

Private nonprofit entities, Indian Tribal governments and Tribal organizations, and territorial organizations.

The official record

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