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New RFPs Support Schools and Legal Assistance for Victims

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by Alex Dunn
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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: FY26 COPS School Violence Prevention Program

  • Projected number of awards: 200
  • Award range: $500,000
  • Due date: August 4, 2026
  • Cost sharing required? Yes
  • Who is eligible? States, units of local government, Indian Tribes, and their public agencies, including school districts (including public charter schools and school districts with a single school); School boards; Law enforcement agencies.
  • Summary: This funding opportunity seeks to provide competitive funding directly to states, units of local government, Indian tribes, and their public agencies to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the recipient’s jurisdiction through evidence-based school safety programs.
  • Link to full RFP: https://cops.usdoj.gov/svpp

Title: OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Legal Assistance for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Stalking, and Sexual Assault Grant Program

  • Funding Agency: Office on Violence Against Women
  • Projected number of awards: 60
  • Award range: $400,000-$900,000
  • Due date: July 31, 2026
  • Cost sharing required? No
  • Who is eligible? Nonprofits, tribal organizations, institutions of higher education, and tribal governments
  • Summary: The Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program increases access to legal assistance for victims of domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who are seeking relief in legal matters relating to or arising out of that abuse or violence. It funds projects that provide comprehensive legal assistance, as defined in 34 U.S.C. § 12291(a)(24). The projects must include organizations that have a mission and history of providing direct services to victims of domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

Link to full RFP:https://www.justice.gov/ovw/media/1444286/dl?inline

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Alex Dunn

Alex Dunn is the Millionaire Grant Lady and a social worker. Alex is passionate about behavioral health, education, family and social services and helping organizations to help others. With 15 years of experience in grants and $103 million in grant funding, Alex wants your organization to be able to use grants to meet your mission.

She is the creator of the Area of Focus™ and Core Cultivation™ strategies and the Attractiveness Quotient™ survey for nonprofits. Alex has used these strategies to multiply grant funding for organizations, with a total of $103 million in grant funding to date.

Alex is the author of numerous reports, including “Three Ways Mental Health Organizations Can Increase Their Grant Funding” and “Three Mistakes Well Meaning Organizations Make in Grant Funding”. She is a long-time board member and current president of the Grant Professionals Association North Texas chapter.

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