OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program | O OVW 2025 172397

Opportunity Information: Apply for O OVW 2025 172397

The OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program (Assistance Listing 16.528) is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), focused on strengthening how communities prevent and respond to abuse experienced by people age 50 and older. The program is built around a comprehensive approach to “abuse in later life,” recognizing that harm against older victims can take many forms and often requires coordinated, specialized services rather than a one-size-fits-all response.

The scope of abuse covered is broad and reflects what older victims may face in real life situations. It includes domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, as well as neglect, abandonment, economic abuse, and willful harm. By explicitly naming neglect and abandonment alongside crimes like assault and stalking, the program signals that effective intervention must account for issues that can be intertwined with caregiving relationships, dependency, isolation, and financial control. The core intent is to improve safety, access to services, and system responses for older victims, including those who may be dealing with barriers such as health challenges, limited mobility, lack of transportation, reliance on an abuser for care or finances, or difficulty navigating legal and service systems.

Awards are made through a cooperative agreement, which generally means OVW expects an active partnership role during the project period, with more ongoing federal involvement than a typical grant. The maximum award amount listed (award ceiling) is $750,000, and OVW expects to make about 25 awards under this solicitation. The opportunity is categorized under Law, Justice, and Legal Services, aligning with the program’s emphasis on improving coordinated community responses that may involve victim services, civil and criminal legal systems, and allied professionals who interact with older victims.

A wide range of entities are eligible to apply. Eligible applicants include state governments; units of local government such as counties, cities, or townships; federally recognized Tribal governments; Tribal organizations; nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education); and other eligible entities identified by OVW. The solicitation also highlights specific types of organizations that commonly serve older victims or work on violence prevention and response, including population-specific organizations, victim service providers, and state, Tribal, or territorial domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions. In practice, this eligibility structure supports partnerships across victim advocacy groups, government agencies, and community organizations that can combine expertise in older adult needs with expertise in violence intervention.

Key administrative details include the Funding Opportunity Number O-OVW-2025-172397, an original application closing date of July 8, 2025, and a creation/posting date of May 19, 2025. Overall, the opportunity is designed to help communities build or enhance training and services that better identify abuse in later life, improve victim-centered responses, and strengthen coordination among the agencies and organizations most likely to encounter and support older victims.

• 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 Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.528.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-05-19.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-07-08. (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 $750,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 25 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, 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, Others.

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