NOFO: Services for Victims of Technology-Facilitated Abuse (US)
Section
Deadline Date
August 15, 2025
Donor Agency
Office for Victims of Crime
Grant Size
$500,000 to $1 million
The Office for Victims of Crime is requesting grant applications to support services for victims of technology facilitated abuse, defined as the use of technology and the Internet to bully, harass, stalk, intimidate, or control a victim.
Goals and Objectives
- Goal 1: The goal of this program is to identify and serve victims of TFA.
- Objective 1: Develop a protocol to improve assistance provided to victims of TFA, including which service providers and community partners are involved in the response, what their specific role is, and when they are engaged.
- Objective 2: Provide TFA victim services. (e.g., privacy management, image/video removal, safety planning, mental health support).
- Objective 3: Advise victims on their rights.
Funding Priorities
- In order to advance public safety and help meet its mission, OJP will provide priority consideration to applicants that propose projects designed to advance the goals. Applicants seeking priority consideration should specify in the proposal narrative which of the following goal(s) the project is intended to advance and how it will do so:
- Directly supporting law enforcement operations (including immigration law enforcement operations);
- Combatting violent crime;
- Supporting services to American citizens;
- Protecting American children; and
- Supporting American victims of trafficking and sexual assault.
Funding Information
- Total Amount to be awarded under this funding opportunity: $3,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
- Award Floor: $0
Duration
- Anticipated Period of Performance Duration: 36 months
Eligibility Criteria
- The types of entities that are eligible to apply for this funding opportunity are listed below:
- Government Entities
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Native American Tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Native American Tribal governments (other than federally recognized)
- Educational Organizations
- Independent school districts
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public Housing Organizations
- Public housing authorities
- Indian housing authorities
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service (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
- Other
- Other Units of Local Government
- Government Entities
