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 Office on Violence Against Women awarded the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence $110,090 under the State Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program (CFDA 16.556) on October 1, 2025, for a period of performance ending September 30, 2026.

The award funds coordination of state victim services activities and collaboration with federal, state, territory, and local entities engaged in violence against women activities. The recipient operates as Rhode Island's state domestic violence coalition and channels federal funding to the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety and Rhode Island Department of Human Services to support a 24-hour confidential domestic violence helpline with online text chat capabilities, emergency shelter and residential support services for survivors, specialized trauma counseling for abuse victims and children exposed to domestic violence, court-based victim advocacy, supervised visitation and safe exchange services for families, law enforcement advocacy programs, and statewide training initiatives for victim service providers. Place of performance is Warwick, Rhode Island.

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.