STOP for Law Enforcement

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) is interested in supporting the priority areas identified below. In shaping their strategies, OVW encourages states and territories to develop and support projects that:

• Advance racial equity as an essential component of ending sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
• Increase access to justice for all survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, including through exploration of survivor-centered criminal justice system reform.
• Strengthen efforts to prevent and end sexual assault, including victim services and civil and criminal justice responses.
• Expand economic justice and financial advocacy for survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, including as a tool for violence prevention.
• Improve outreach, services, civil and criminal justice responses, prevention, and support for survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking from underserved communities, particularly LGBTQ+ and immigrant communities.

Matching or cost sharing means the portion of the project costs not paid by federal funds. Match is typically stated as a percentage of the total project costs for an award.

There is a 25% match requirement imposed on grant funds awarded under this program. If the applicant agency is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that is recognized by the IRS under section 501(c)3 of Title 26, the match requirement is waived.

Match is restricted to the same use of funds as allowed for federal funds. If an expenditure is not allowable with federal funds, it is not allowable with match funds. Applicants must identify all sources of the non-federal portion of the total project costs (i.e., match funds), and applicants must explain how the match funds will be used in the budget narrative section of the application within IntelliGrants.

The formula for calculation the match amount required is a two-step process:

Step 1: Award Amount / % of Federal Share = Total Project Cost
Step 2:    Total Project Cost × % of Recipient Share = Required Match

Example:  A grant recipient is awarded $150,000 in federal funding.

$150,000 ÷ 0.75 = $200,000   Total project cost  
$200,000 × 0.25 = $50,000     Recipient share (required match)

Additionally, matching funds must:

• Be verifiable from the subgrantee’s records;
• Not included as contributions for any other federal award;
• Be necessary and reasonable for the accomplishment of the project or program objectives;
• Be allowable under 2 C.F.R. 200.400;
• Not be paid by the federal government under another federal award, except where authorized by federal statute;
• Be included in the subgrantee’s approved budget; and
• Conform to all other provisions of 2 C.F.R. Part 200.

• Total Agency Budget: If the applicant agency is a nonprofit, nongovernmental entity, please complete and upload a “Subgrantee Basic Budget (non-profit Applicant budget form)”. Be sure to complete both the Organizational tab and the Employee tab. The form can be found on the ICJI website here. This does not apply to units of government.
• Indirect Cost Rate: If the applicant agency has a federally approved indirect cost rate, ICJI will accept this rate. You must provide ICJI with a copy of the federal Indirect Cost Rate agreement showing the rate and effective date. If the applicant elects to use the de minimis rate of 10% of modified total direct costs (MTDC), then it must provide a list of indirect costs and the calculation used to determine the amount charged.
• Sustainability Plan: All applicants must attach a document detailing the applicant’s plan to maintain the program once the grant fund period expires.
• Timeline: All applicants must attach a timeline for the completion of the project and/or expenditure of the grant funds.
• Letters of Endorsement: All applicants must attach at least one letter of endorsement evidencing community support for the applicant’s program.\
• Determination of Suitability to Interact with Participating Minors Certification Form: All applicants are required to attach the certification of acknowledgement and adherence to this special condition. The certification form can be found here.
• STOP Requirements: All applicants are required to attach the certification of adherence to the requirements of the applicable provisions of 34 U.S.C. 122912(b). The certification can be found here.
• Confidentiality Notice Form: All applicants are required to attach the acknowledgement that they have received notice that subgrantees must comply with the confidentiality and privacy requirements of VAWA, as amended. The acknowledgement form can be found here.
• Consultation Form: All court, law enforcement, and prosecutor-based programs must attach a consultation form to show they have consulted with a victim service agency during the completion of this funding announcement. An example can be found here.
• Miscellaneous.
  • Completed and signed EEOP certification form.
  • If applying for funds for personnel costs, attach the relevant job descriptions.
  • If applicable, attach other requested information.

1. VAWA Definitions
2. OVW Priorities
3. FAQs on Nondiscrimination Grant Condition in the VAWA Reauthorization Act of 2013
4. VAWA Tools and Resources

The budget items listed below are ineligible and will not be supported by this program’s funding:

• Direct financial assistance to a client such as cash, gift cards, or checks.
• Alcohol, food (except emergency food for victims), and entertainment costs.
• Lobbying.
• Fundraising (including financial campaigns, endowment drives, solicitation of gifts and bequests, and similar expenses incurred solely to raise capital or obtain contributions) and time spent procuring funding including completing federal and state funding applications.
• Purchase of real estate or construction.
• Physical modification to buildings, including minor renovations (such as painting or carpeting).
• Purchasing vehicles.
• Immigration fees.
• Costs may not be included or used to meet match requirements of any other federal grant.