OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program | O OVW 2026 172663

Opportunity Information: Apply for O OVW 2026 172663

The OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). It is designed to strengthen how communities respond to abuse affecting people age 50 and older, often referred to in the program as older victims. The program supports efforts that take a comprehensive, coordinated approach to preventing and addressing abuse in later life, recognizing that older victims can experience a wide range of harms and may face unique barriers to safety, services, and justice.

The core purpose of the funding is to help eligible entities build or improve responses to abuse in later life that can include domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, as well as forms of mistreatment that may be more common or more visible in older populations such as neglect, abandonment, economic abuse, and other willful harm. In practice, this typically means improving training, policies, and service delivery so that systems and service providers identify older victims effectively, respond in trauma-informed and age-appropriate ways, and coordinate across agencies and community partners to reduce gaps in protection and support.

Eligibility for this program is restricted to specific types of applicants. Eligible applicants include state governments and units of local government (such as county, city, or township governments), Tribal governments and Tribal organizations, population-specific organizations, victim service providers, and state, Tribal, or territorial domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions. The federal listing also notes eligible nonprofit applicants as 501(c)(3) organizations (excluding institutions of higher education) and certain other qualifying entities, but the practical eligibility is still bounded by the program-specific categories described in the notice, meaning an organization generally needs to fit within one of those targeted roles (for example, a victim service provider serving older adults, or a population-specific organization with a demonstrated focus).

The funding is offered as a grant under the Law, Justice and Legal Services activity category and is associated with CFDA number 16.528. OVW expects to make approximately 12 awards under this notice. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $750,000 per award, which signals that the program is intended to support substantial project activities such as cross-training among professionals, coordinated community responses, enhanced victim services, and other system-improvement efforts that can be implemented at a meaningful scale.

Key administrative details include the funding opportunity title "OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program" and the funding opportunity number "O-OVW-2026-172663." The notice was created on July 27, 2026, and the original application closing date is September 14, 2026. Applicants considering this opportunity should plan around that deadline and ensure their project design clearly aligns with the program focus on older victims (50+) and on the types of abuse explicitly included in the program description.

• The Office on Violence Against Women in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.528.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2026-07-27.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-09-14. (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 $750,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 12 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, 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, Others.

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