Financial assistance grants for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking program supports victim service providers, tribal governments, and tribal organizations to…

This federal Project Grant award of $500,000.00 was made on February 1, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Financial Assistance to Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.063). The grant supports the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc. (GCADV) in Atlanta, Georgia to provide flexible financial assistance to survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. The funding enables GCADV to cover essential expenses for survivors such as rent, utilities, transportation, children's needs, physical/mental health, education, debt, and other costs that contribute to their long-term safety, well-being, independence and financial stability. This two-year grant program runs from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2027 and aims to help survivors achieve safety, stability and healing through this survivor-identified flexible financial assistance.

Financial assistance grants for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking program supports victim service providers, tribal governments, and tribal organizations to provide flexible financial assistance to survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, alongside other victim services. Flexible financial assistance is intended to support survivors in achieving safety, stability, and healing by paying for necessities that are not easily met by traditional service providers and with the flexibility to meet self-identified needs quickly. Recipients under this new program will provide flexible financial assistance to support survivor-identified needs that could include, but are not limited to, support for rent, security deposits, utilities, transportation, children's needs, physical or mental health expenses, education expenses, debt, and/or other expenses that contribute to a survivor's long-term safety, well-being, independence, and financial stability.