West Virginia Foundation For Rape Information And Services, Inc.

West Virginia Foundation For Rape Information And Services, Inc. (WVFRIS) is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Fairmont, West Virginia, that serves as the state's designated sexual assault coalition. The organization has been registered in SAM.gov since December 2005 and maintains active federal funding relationships with multiple U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services agencies. WVFRIS receives federal grant awards to coordinate victim services, provide training and technical assistance, and implement comprehensive strategies to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking across West Virginia, with particular attention to rural and underserved communities.

WVFRIS has received numerous prime federal grant awards from two primary funding agencies: the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPPC). Under the OVW State and Territory Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program (CFDA 16.556), WVFRIS has received multiple formula grants, including a current award of $243,213 (October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026) that supports state victim services coordination and collaboration with federal, state, and local entities. Additionally, WVFRIS received a $998,700 project grant under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) to strengthen law enforcement responses to sexual violence and stalking in Fairmont. The organization has also secured project grants from NCIPPC focused on sexual violence prevention and health equity, including a multi-year award addressing capacity for sexual violence prevention targeting children, youth, college-age adults, and people with disabilities, and a prior-year assessment grant examining primary prevention and health equity integration. WVFRIS received a Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program grant (CFDA not specified) to identify and respond to victims in rural communities and expand victim services. Beyond prime awards, WVFRIS has served as a sub-grantee to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources on multiple occasions (awards dated May 19, 2025; June 21, 2024; June 13, 2023; October 7, 2022; and April 5, 2022) focused on sexual violence prevention strategies, and received a sub-award from Go33 Justice & Community Services in July 2021 to expand training, collaborations, and technical assistance for sexual assault and stalking services.