Domestic Violence Intervention Services, Inc.

Domestic Violence Intervention Services, Inc. (DVIS), a nonprofit organization based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has served individuals and families impacted by domestic violence for over 46 years. The organization provides comprehensive, trauma-informed intervention services to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and adult sex trafficking. DVIS operates certified programs including a 91-bed emergency shelter equipped with a companion animal kennel, 20 transitional housing apartments, outpatient counseling services, legal advocacy, community outreach, and prevention education. DVIS was notably the first domestic violence shelter in the State of Oklahoma to incorporate a kennel space within an emergency shelter facility for survivors' companion animals. Through its federal awards, DVIS delivers critical support services while advancing multidisciplinary community responses to domestic violence and homelessness in Tulsa and Creek Counties.

DVIS has received minimal federal contract awards, with only one recent purchase order contract documented. In November 2025, the U.S. Attorney's Office awarded DVIS a $1,050 time-and-materials purchase order for expert witness services in a federal criminal domestic violence case (United States v. Jerry Creek, 24-CR-00259). Under this contract, which runs through November 2026, DVIS expert Lori Gonzalez provided testimony and related services directed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stacey Todd in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The contract utilized no set-aside designation and was ultimately completed in December 2025. This contract represents DVIS's primary engagement with the federal government through direct contractual procurement, leveraging the organization's substantial expertise in domestic violence intervention to support federal prosecution efforts.

DVIS has been a significant recipient of federal grant funding, particularly through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program and the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women. The organization has received multiple consecutive CoC Program grants (CFDA 14.267) from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, with awards totaling approximately $2.7 million across fiscal years 2022 through 2025, supporting the operation and expansion of emergency shelter, transitional housing, and supportive services for homeless individuals and families, particularly those impacted by domestic violence. Additionally, DVIS has received substantial grants from the Office on Violence Against Women, including a $500,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program grant (CFDA 16.589) awarded in October 2023 for a 36-month period to collaborate with the Kellyville Police Department on SANE/SART program implementation; a $550,000 Transitional Housing Assistance grant (CFDA 16.736) awarded in October 2023 to provide 20 clustered housing units and comprehensive support services for up to 100 survivors; and a $600,000 Legal Assistance for Victims grant (CFDA 16.524) awarded in October 2021. DVIS also received grants addressing elder abuse through the Enhanced Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program (CFDA 16.421) and a significant grant from the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) to expand companion animal kennel capacity at its emergency shelter. As a subgrantee, DVIS has collaborated extensively with the Oklahoma District Attorneys Council, Oklahoma State Attorney General, and Cherokee Nation to deliver victim advocacy, legal services, emergency shelter, counseling, sexual assault response services, and community prevention programming across multiple Oklahoma counties and tribal areas, with sub-awards supporting victim services advocates, therapists, court advocacy, safety planning, and crisis intervention services.