OVW Fiscal Year 2022 Grants to Engage Men and Boys as Allies in the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Program Solicitation | O OVW 2022 171085

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The OVW Fiscal Year 2022 Grants to Engage Men and Boys as Allies in the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Program (often shortened to the EM Program) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). It is offered under the broader Consolidated Youth and Engaging Men (CYEM) Program (CFDA 16.888), which is funded through annual federal appropriations. This EM solicitation is one of two related CYEM solicitations; the other is the CY Program, which is aimed more directly at projects serving children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking. In other words, organizations specifically trying to build services or interventions for young people affected by these harms are directed to the CY solicitation, while the EM solicitation is focused on mobilizing men and boys as part of prevention efforts.

The core purpose of the EM Program is prevention: it funds projects that develop educational programming and community organizing designed to encourage men and boys to work as allies with women and girls. The intent is to change attitudes, norms, and behaviors that contribute to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking, and to strengthen community-level engagement that supports safety and accountability. Rather than emphasizing direct victim services as the central activity, the solicitation highlights strategies like training, education, outreach, and organizing that help men and boys take an active role in preventing violence and supporting women and girls.

This opportunity is administered by OVW within the DOJ, and it falls under the Law, Justice and Legal Services funding activity category. Funding is provided through grants (as the funding instrument type). For FY 2022, the solicitation listed an award ceiling of $350,000 and anticipated making around 10 awards. The opportunity was posted on February 25, 2022, with an original closing date of April 7, 2022.

Eligible applicants are broad and include various levels of local government (county governments and city or township governments), federally recognized Native American tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education). The eligibility list also includes an "Others" category, with additional clarification referenced in the solicitation itself, which typically means there may be certain additional eligible entity types or partnership structures described in the full announcement text.

The solicitation also points applicants to OVW program information resources and performance measurement guidance. Specifically, it notes that additional details about program goals, objectives, and how awards contribute to OVW outcomes can be found on OVW Grants and Programs webpages, and that performance measures align with OVW's Measuring Effectiveness Initiative under VAWA-related reporting. It also references examples of successful projects described in OVW's most recent report to Congress on the effectiveness of VAWA grant programs, signaling that proposed work should be grounded in documented approaches and should be prepared to track and report results using OVW's established performance measurement framework.

In practical terms, this grant opportunity is meant for communities and organizations that want to build or expand prevention-focused efforts that bring men and boys into the work of ending violence against women and girls. Competitive proposals would typically be expected to show a clear prevention strategy, a plan for community engagement and education, and a concrete approach to measuring progress and outcomes in line with OVW expectations.

• The Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW Fiscal Year 2022 Grants to Engage Men and Boys as Allies in the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Program Solicitation" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.888.
• This funding opportunity was created on Feb 25, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 07, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $350,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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