OVW Fiscal Year 2021 Justice for Families Program Solicitation

***Revised Comments*** Reopening FY 2021 JFF Solicitation for one day (5/18/2021) to allow submission for those applicants that encountered technical difficulties during the initial application process. The deadline for the FY 2021 JFF Solicitation has been revised. The deadline to apply in JustGrants has been extended from January 25, 2021 to January 27, 2021 at 11:59 PM ET. The deadline to submit the SF-424 and SF-LLL in Grants.gov remains January 21, 2021 at 11:59 PM ET. Applicants are encouraged to begin the application submission process in Grants.gov as early as possible, but no later than 24-48 hours prior to the Grants.gov deadline. The solicitation can still be found on the Office on Violence Against Women website: https://www.justice.gov/ovw/open-solicitations. - This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 12464. The Grants to Support Families in the Justice System program (referred to as the Justice for Families Program) (CFDA # 16.021) was authorized in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013) to improve the response of the civil and criminal justice system to families with a history of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse. The program supports the following activities for improving the capacity of courts and communities to respond to families affected by the targeted crimes: court-based and court-related programs; supervised visitation and safe exchange by and between parents; training for people who work with families in the court system; civil legal services; and the provision of resources in juvenile court matters. For additional information about this program and related performance measures, including how awards contribute to the achievement of program goals and objectives, see: OVW grant program information: https://www.justice.gov/ovw/grant-programs. Program performance measures under the Measuring Effectiveness Initiative: https://www.vawamei.org/grant-programs/. Examples of successful projects in OVW's most recent report to Congress on the effectiveness of VAWA grant programs: https://www.justice.gov/ovw/page/file/1292636/download.

The deadline for the FY 2021 JFF Solicitation has been revised. The deadline to apply in JustGrants has been extended from January 25, 2021 to January 27, 2021 at 11:59 PM ET. The deadline to submit the SF-424 and SF-LLL in Grants.gov remains January 21, 2021 at 11:59 PM ET. Applicants are encouraged to begin the application submission process in Grants.gov as early as possible, but no later than 24-48 hours prior to the Grants.gov deadline. The solicitation can still be found on the Office on Violence Against Women website: https://www.justice.gov/ovw/open-solicitations. - This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 12464. The Grants to Support Families in the Justice System program (referred to as the Justice for Families Program) (CFDA # 16.021) was authorized in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013) to improve the response of the civil and criminal justice system to families with a history of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse. The program supports the following activities for improving the capacity of courts and communities to respond to families affected by the targeted crimes: court-based and court-related programs; supervised visitation and safe exchange by and between parents; training for people who work with families in the court system; civil legal services; and the provision of resources in juvenile court matters. For additional information about this program and related performance measures, including how awards contribute to the achievement of program goals and objectives, see: OVW grant program information: https://www.justice.gov/ovw/grant-programs. Program performance measures under the Measuring Effectiveness Initiative: https://www.vawamei.org/grant-programs/. Examples of successful projects in OVW's most recent report to Congress on the effectiveness of VAWA grant programs: https://www.justice.gov/ovw/page/file/1292636/download.

This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 12464. The Grants to Support Families in the Justice System program (referred to as the Justice for Families Program) (CFDA # 16.021) was authorized in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013) to improve the response of the civil and criminal justice system to families with a history of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse. The program supports the following activities for improving the capacity of courts and communities to respond to families affected by the targeted crimes: court-based and court-related programs; supervised visitation and safe exchange by and between parents; training for people who work with families in the court system; civil legal services; and the provision of resources in juvenile court matters. For additional information about this program and related performance measures, including how awards contribute to the achievement of program goals and objectives, see: OVW grant program information: https://www.justice.gov/ovw/grant-programs. Program performance measures under the Measuring Effectiveness Initiative: https://www.vawamei.org/grant-programs/. Examples of successful projects in OVW's most recent report to Congress on the effectiveness of VAWA grant programs: https://www.justice.gov/ovw/page/file/1292636/download.

This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 12464. The Grants to Support Families in the Justice System program (referred to as the Justice for Families Program) (CFDA # 16.021) was authorized in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013) to improve the response of the civil and criminal justice system to families with a history of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse. The program supports the following activities for improving the capacity of courts and communities to respond to families affected by the targeted crimes: court-based and court-related programs; supervised visitation and safe exchange by and between parents; training for people who work with families in the court system; civil legal services; and the provision of resources in juvenile court matters. For additional information about this program and related performance measures, including how awards contribute to the achievement of program goals and objectives, see: OVW grant program information: https://www.justice.gov/ovw/grant-programs. Program performance measures under the Measuring Effectiveness Initiative: https://www.vawamei.org/grant-programs/. Examples of successful projects in OVW's most recent report to Congress on the effectiveness of VAWA grant programs: https://www.justice.gov/ovw/page/file/1292636/download.