Office on Violence Against Women

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women is a civilian grant-making and contracting office that administers federal funding to support investigation, prosecution, and victim services for crimes under the Violence Against Women Act. The Office manages contract procurement for technical assistance, data analytics, and administrative support alongside a substantial grant portfolio funding state, tribal, local, and nonprofit organizations working to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and related crimes.

The Office obligated $82.8 million across 117 contract awards with a combined potential value of $135.4 million since 2010. Recent contract activity shows 12 awards in 2022, 9 in 2023, 11 in 2024, 4 in 2025, and 4 year-to-date in 2026, with the most recent recorded award dated October 1, 2026. The contract portfolio is concentrated among a small group of primes: Leidos, Inc. leads by award count with 15 recent awards worth $20.2 million combined potential value, while Betah Associates, Inc. dominates by value at $34.2 million on a single award. Over the last five years, the top five primes by award count account for 73 percent of recent awards, and the top five by potential value account for 58 percent of combined value—a moderately concentrated competitive structure. Seventy-six percent of awards carry no set-aside designation; 9 percent are 8(a) Sole Source, and 3 percent are total small business set-asides. Forty-two distinct prime contractors have received awards across the lifetime portfolio.

The Office obligated $9.05 billion in federal grant funds across 13,997 awards since 1995, with recent activity of 753 awards in 2022, 743 in 2023, 884 in 2024, 550 in 2025, and 207 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent grant award closed on August 1, 2026. Grant recipients are highly fragmented: the top five by award count hold only 2 percent of recent awards, and the top five by federal dollars hold only 1 percent of combined federal dollars. Justice Innovation Inc. leads by recent award count with 15 awards worth $7.9 million in federal dollars, while Department of Justice Wisconsin leads by federal dollars with 11 awards worth $18.4 million. Recipients span state and local government, tribal governments and organizations, nonprofits, and universities across 2,746 distinct entities. The grant portfolio is predominantly Project Grants at 70 percent of awards, with Formula Grants at 14 percent, Cooperative Agreements at 11 percent, and Block Grants at 5 percent.

Recent grant opportunities include the State and Territory Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program (due August 31, 2026), the Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program (due September 14, 2026), the Electronic Service Protection Court Pilot Program for state and tribal courts (due October 6, 2026), the Violence Against Women Tribal Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Initiative limited to Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California (due September 15, 2026), and continuation funding for University of Southern Maine's Violence Against Women Act Measuring Effectiveness Initiative in the amount of $3.6 million for a 16-month final period (request for required documents closed August 20, 2026).