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 Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded $243,213 to Valorus (doing business as the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault) on October 1, 2025, under the State Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program (CFDA 16.556), a formula grant for state and territory coalitions.

The award funds coordination of California's statewide victim services activities and collaboration with federal, state, and local entities engaged in violence against women activities. Valorus, headquartered in Sacramento, California, operates as California's designated state sexual assault and domestic violence coalition, coordinating comprehensive strategies addressing sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. Grant funds may support working with local sexual assault programs and service providers on appropriate responses to sexual assault, partnering with judicial and law enforcement agencies on sexual assault case response, collaborating with courts and child protective services on custody and visitation issues involving sexual assault, designing and conducting public education campaigns, and developing or implementing policies to reduce or eliminate sexual assault.

The award period runs through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Sacramento, California.

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. Grant funds authorized under the SASP set-aside may be used for one or more of the following purposes: a) working with local sexual assault programs and other providers of direct services to encourage appropriate responses to sexual assault within the state or territory. B) working with judicial or law enforcement agencies to encourage appropriate responses to sexual assault cases. C) working with courts, child protective services agencies, and childrens advocates to develop appropriate responses to child custody and visitation issues when sexual assault has been determined to be a factor. D) designing and conducting public education campaigns. E) planning and monitoring the distribution of grants and grant funds to their state or territory. F) collaborating with and informing federal, state, or local public officials and agencies to develop and implement policies to reduce or eliminate sexual assault.