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Here are two new federal grant opportunities that were recently announced. These opportunities could be a strong fit depending on your organization’s mission and goals.
Title: OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (ICJR Program)
- Projected number of awards: 67
- Award range: $400,000 to $1.5 million
- Due date: August 18, 2026
- Cost sharing required? No
- Who is eligible? State governments, Indian Tribal governments, units of local government, state and local courts, state or territorial domestic violence coalitions, state or territorial sexual assault coalitions, Tribal domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, victim service providers
- Summary: The ICJR Program assists Tribal, state, and local governments and courts to strengthen the criminal justice response to domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by improving offender accountability, victim safety, homicide reduction, protection-order enforcement, and coordinated law enforcement and prosecutorial action. These sorts of activities treat these offenses as serious violations of criminal law and seek safety and autonomy for victims.
Link to full RFP: https://www.justice.gov/ovw/media/1444306/dl?inline
Title: FY26 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act Program
- Funding Agency: Department of Justice
- Projected number of awards: 37
- Award range: $250,000
- Due date: Jul 30, 2026
- Cost sharing required? No
- Who is eligible? Institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, tribal organizations, small businesses, for profit organizations, and city, state, and county governments.
- Summary: The mental health and wellness of law enforcement officers and their families is a priority of the Administration. Through the LEMHWA program, the Department of Justice supports this priority by providing funding directly to state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) law enforcement agencies to implement new or enhance existing programs that offer training and services to support officers emotional and mental health including, counseling programs, peer mentoring, suicide prevention, stress reduction, and police officer family services.
Link to full RFP:https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/opportunities/instructions/PKG00293202-instructions.pdf
