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 Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence Inc. $110,090 on October 1, 2025, under the State Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program (CFDA 16.556), a Formula Grant supporting the organization's work as Maryland's statewide domestic violence coalition through September 30, 2026.

The award funds coordination of state victim services activities and collaboration with federal, state, and local entities engaged in violence against women initiatives. Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Annapolis, Maryland, and performing work in Cape St Claire, Maryland, serves as the prime recipient. The organization operates as Maryland's designated state domestic violence coalition and uses award funds to coordinate victim services, provide training and technical assistance to member organizations, develop service standards, and facilitate inter-agency coordination across the state's network of domestic violence service providers. The organization also receives federal support through additional awards, including project grants for transitional housing assistance and formula funds from the Bureau of Justice Assistance and Victims of Crime Act programs that enable complementary victim services training, interpreter services, and abuser intervention programming.

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.