Federal Formula Grant Award Summary

The Northern Marianas Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence received a $353,303 formula grant from the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the State Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program (CFDA 16.556) for the performance period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This award supports the coalition's core mission of coordinating state victim services activities and collaborating with federal, state, territory, and local entities engaged in violence against women initiatives throughout the Northern Mariana Islands.

Under the grant, the coalition delivers a comprehensive range of products and services, including coordination of statewide victim services, training and technical assistance to member organizations, public education campaigns on sexual assault awareness and prevention, and facilitation of multi-agency collaboration with judicial and law enforcement agencies. The grant also funds planning and monitoring activities for grant distribution, development of appropriate institutional responses to sexual assault cases and child custody matters when sexual assault is a factor, and coordination efforts to strengthen community responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking across the territory. These activities align with both the STOP Violence Against Women formula grant set-aside and Sexual Assault Services Program set-aside components authorized under the grant program.