OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Grants to Engage Men and Boys as Allies in the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Program | O OVW 2024 171932

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The OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Grants to Engage Men and Boys as Allies in the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). It sits under the Consolidated Youth and Engaging Men (CYEM) Program and is associated with CFDA number 16.888. This specific solicitation focuses on engaging men and boys as proactive partners in preventing violence against women and girls, rather than providing direct victim services alone. The intent is to support prevention-oriented work that changes attitudes, behaviors, and community norms that contribute to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking.

This solicitation is one of two issued under CYEM. The companion solicitation is the Grants to Prevent and Respond to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Sex Trafficking Against Children and Youth Program, which is aimed at projects serving children and youth impacted by those forms of violence. A key rule is that applicants and project partners who apply to both the Youth (CY) and Engaging Men (EM) solicitations can only receive one award total. In practice, that means organizations need to choose the best fit for their proposed approach and be careful about overlapping partnerships or roles across both applications.

The EM Program specifically funds educational and community-based programming designed to encourage men and boys to work as allies with women and girls to prevent violence. The emphasis is on prevention through engagement, learning, and community action, which can include structured curricula, public education, peer leadership, mentoring, training, and other initiatives that mobilize men and boys to challenge harmful norms, model healthy relationships, and support community-wide prevention strategies. The program’s scope includes multiple forms of violence and exploitation: domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking.

Eligibility is geared toward nonprofit and governmental entities positioned to deliver community-rooted prevention work. Eligible applicants include nonprofit, nongovernmental entities (including community-based organizations, population-specific organizations, and culturally-specific organizations such as Urban Indian organizations and Native Hawaiian organizations, excluding institutions of higher education), tribal organizations, Indian tribal governments, and units of local government (or agencies of local government) in the United States and U.S. territories. The opportunity listing also reflects a broader set of eligible applicant categories commonly recognized in federal listings, including state, county, and city or township governments; independent school districts; federally recognized tribal governments; and nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status, as long as they are not institutions of higher education.

The funding instrument is a grant, and the funding activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services. OVW anticipated making about 9 awards under this solicitation, with an award ceiling of $350,000. The opportunity was created on February 27, 2024, and the original closing date for applications was April 26, 2024. The funding opportunity number is O-OVW-2024-171932, and the administering agency is the Office on Violence Against Women.

Overall, this program is designed for organizations that can credibly reach and involve men and boys in prevention efforts, build alliances with women and girls, and deliver community-based education that reduces risk factors for violence and exploitation. It is best suited for applicants that can demonstrate strong community connections, culturally responsive strategies where relevant, and programming that moves beyond awareness into measurable engagement and behavior change.

• The Office on Violence Against Women in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Grants to Engage Men and Boys as Allies in the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.888.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-02-27.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-04-26. (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 $350,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 9 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others.

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