The Office on Violence Against Women is seeking applications for the 2024 Enhancing Investigation and Prosecution (EIP) Initiative to promote, and evaluate, effective policing and prosecution responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Donor Name: Office on Violence Against Women
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/25/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The EIP Initiative encourages law enforcement agencies and/or prosecutors’ offices to expand and improve their capacity to effectively investigate and/or prosecute domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and in so doing, support victim safety and autonomy, hold offenders accountable, and promote agency trust within the surrounding community.
Purpose Areas
In FY 2024, funds under this program must be used for one or more of the following purposes:
- To enhance law enforcement and prosecution responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as part of a coordinated community response;
- To fund law enforcement officers, prosecutors, investigators, and victim assistants dedicated to handling cases involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking;
- To support the identification, implementation, and evaluation of trauma-informed investigation and prosecution strategies;
- To support policies, practices, and protocols designed to ensure that domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking are promptly and thoroughly investigated and appropriately charged and prosecuted, consistent with the Department of Justice’s.
- To foster greater accountability, transparency, and building of community trust related to the investigation and prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking;
- To provide and support training for law enforcement officers and prosecutors who handle investigations related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including but not limited to providing strategies to build a case based on traumainformed, victim-centered, and offender-focused practices;
- To promote enhanced criminal justice data collection, tracking, use, and reporting regarding domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Funding Information
- OVW estimates that it will make up to ten awards for an estimated total of $5,000,000.
- Awards under this program for FY 2024 will be made for up to $500,000.
Project Period
The award period is 36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are limited to: state, territorial, county, local, and/or Tribal law enforcement agencies and prosecutors’ offices that investigate or prosecute crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking in the United States or U.S. territories.
- States, units of local government, and Tribal governments may apply on behalf of law enforcement agencies and prosecutors’ offices that lack authority to apply on their own.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.