Opportunity Information: Apply for O OVW 2021 48004
The OVW Fiscal Year 2021 Grants to Engage Men and Boys as Allies in the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls (EM) Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). It is issued under the Consolidated Youth and Engaging Men (CYEM) Program (CFDA 16.888), which is supported through annual federal appropriations. This EM solicitation is one of two related CYEM solicitations; the other is the FY 2021 Children and Youth (CY) Solicitation, which is intended for applicants proposing projects that directly serve children and youth affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. In contrast, the EM Program is focused on prevention work that mobilizes men and boys as allies alongside women and girls to help stop these forms of violence before they occur.
The purpose of the EM Program is to support projects that build educational programming and community organizing efforts designed to shift attitudes, behaviors, and community norms that contribute to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. In practical terms, this means funding initiatives that engage men and boys not as bystanders, but as active partners in prevention, helping communities promote healthy relationships, challenge harmful gender norms, and encourage accountability and respect. The solicitation emphasizes prevention-oriented strategies, typically involving structured learning, peer leadership, public awareness or engagement campaigns, and organizing approaches that build sustained community involvement rather than one-time events.
The opportunity is administered as a grant (funding instrument type: Grant) and is categorized under Law, Justice, and Legal Services. The maximum award amount listed is $350,000 (award ceiling), and OVW anticipated making about 11 awards (expected awards). The solicitation was created on January 15, 2021, with an original closing date of March 9, 2021, indicating a relatively standard federal application window for proposal development, partnership coordination, and submission.
Eligible applicants include a wide range of entities that can credibly carry out community-based prevention and engagement work. Specifically, eligible applicants include county governments; city or township governments; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments; nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education); nonprofit organizations without 501(c)(3) status (also excluding institutions of higher education); and other entities as allowed under additional eligibility guidance in the full solicitation. This broad eligibility is designed to accommodate local government-led initiatives, tribal and community-based solutions, and nonprofit-driven prevention models that may already be embedded in communities and able to reach men and boys through trusted networks.
OVW also points applicants to resources that clarify how funded projects are expected to demonstrate progress and results. The solicitation references OVW program information and performance measures associated with the Measuring Effectiveness Initiative under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). These references signal that applicants are expected to think beyond activities and describe measurable outcomes, including how their educational and organizing strategies will contribute to OVW program goals over time. OVW further notes that examples of successful projects can be found in its reporting to Congress on the effectiveness of VAWA grant programs (including the 2018 Biennial Report), which applicants can use to better understand the types of approaches and impacts OVW has previously supported and recognized.
In summary, this grant opportunity is aimed at prevention: helping communities develop and strengthen efforts that engage men and boys as allies in stopping violence against women and girls. It is distinct from the companion CY solicitation in that it is not primarily about direct services for youth victims, but about community change strategies that equip and organize men and boys to be part of the solution through education, leadership, and sustained organizing work.Apply for O OVW 2021 48004
- 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 2021 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 Jan 15, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 09, 2021. (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 11 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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