The OVW state and territory domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions program, (coalitions program, cfda 16.556) is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 10441(c) and 34 U.S.C. 12511(d)

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $114,533 Formula Grant under the State Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program (CFDA 16.556) to The North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence Incorporated (NCCADV), a woman-owned non-profit organization located in Durham, North Carolina. This one-year grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, supports NCCADV's efforts to coordinate statewide victim services activities and collaborate with federal, state, and local entities engaged in preventing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Grant funds may be used for activities such as training and technical assistance, developing service standards, conducting public education campaigns, and facilitating collaboration across violence prevention stakeholders.

This grant program supports the critical work of state and territory domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions. IT is a set-aside program under the OVW stop violence against women formula grant program statute and also includes a statutory set aside from the sexual assault services program (sasp) statute, specifically for state and territory sexual assault coalitions. Grant funds authorized under the stop set-aside may be used for one or more of the following purposes: 1. Coordinating state and territory victim services activities. 2. Collaborating and coordinating with federal, state, territory, and local entities engaged in violence against women activities.