STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Award Summary

The State of Utah – Utah Office for Victims of Crime received a $2,215,400 formula grant award from the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program (CFDA 16.588) for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027. The total award comprises $2,028,362 in base STOP funding plus $187,038 in Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights (SASBR) funding, representing the first year of SASBR funding allocation to this recipient. These funds support the development and strengthening of coordinated law enforcement, prosecution, and court strategies to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking while enhancing victim safety and offender accountability.

The grant enables Utah to fund victim services and support comprehensive criminal justice responses to violence against women through subawards distributed to local community-based organizations, government agencies, rape crisis centers, and nonprofit service providers throughout the state. Allowable uses of funds include establishing specialized law enforcement and prosecution units, providing training to criminal justice professionals, creating crisis intervention and advocacy services, developing culturally specific community-based programs, and implementing victim support initiatives. As the prime grantee, the Utah Office for Victims of Crime administers the program alongside its complementary VOCA Compensation and Sexual Assault Services Formula Program funding streams.