OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Demonstration Program on Trauma-Informed, Victim Centered Training for Law Enforcement on Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (Abby Honold) Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-OVW-2025-172404
- Agency
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Office on Violence Against Women
Offices Boards and Divisions, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- $500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- City/Township Governments
- County Governments
- Other
- Special District Governments
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- State Governments
- Points of contact
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- Abby Honold ovw.abbyhonold@usdoj.gov (202) 307-6026
- Full announcement
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About this opportunity
The Department of Justice Offices, Boards and Divisions, specifically the Office on Violence Against Women, is offering the Demonstration Program on Trauma-Informed, Victim-Centered Training for Law Enforcement on Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (Abby Honold Program) grant opportunity. This program aims to improve law enforcement's response to allegations of sexual assault through training on trauma-informed and victim-centered investigative techniques. The grant will fund the development and implementation of specialized training programs for law enforcement personnel, as well as the evaluation of their effectiveness. The application deadline is July 18, 2025.
The Abby Honold Program provides $500,000 project grants to municipal law enforcement agencies for a three-year performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. Eligible applicants include city/township governments, county governments, special district governments, tribal governments, and state governments. Grant recipients must partner with local victim support organizations to develop and execute the proposed training initiatives.
Synopsis
The Demonstration Program on Trauma-Informed, Victim Centered Training for Law Enforcement on Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (Abby Honold Program) (Assistance Listing Number #16.058) supports efforts to improve law enforcement's response to allegations of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking from the time of a victim's initial report throughout the entire investigation, and to promote the efforts of law enforcement in improving the response to these crimes. Note that in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, the Abby Honold Program will only support projects addressing responses to allegations of sexual assault. The Abby Honold Program awards grants to law enforcement agencies to train officers to conduct trauma-informed and victim-centered investigations, with the goal of incorporating trauma-informed techniques designed to prevent re-traumatization of the victim and to increase communication between victims and law enforcement as well as stakeholders in a coordinated community response. This program's purpose is also to evaluate the effectiveness of the training.
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