The Office for Victims of Crime is accepting applications for its Services for Victims of Technology-Facilitated Abuse Grant.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 06/23/2026
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is committed to advancing work that furthers the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) mission to keep the country safe and secure and uphold the rule of law and protect the rights of American citizens. OJP provides federal leadership, funding, and other critical resources to directly support law enforcement, combat violent crime, protect American children, provide services to American crime victims, and address public safety challenges, including human trafficking and the opioid crisis.
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OVC FY 2026 Services for Victims of Technology-Facilitated Abuse. This opportunity supports victim services to address technology-facilitated abuse (TFA). TFA includes, but is not limited to, crimes commonly referred to as image-based sexual abuse, non-consensual distribution of intimate images, sextortion, synthetic intimate images (“deepfakes”), online stalking, harassment, and abuse.
Funding Priorities
To help meet its mission, OJP may give priority consideration to applications proposing (as applicable within the scope of this NOFO) projects designed to advance the goals listed below:
- 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.
Goals and Objectives
- Identify and serve victims of technology-facilitated abuse.
- Create a response protocol. Develop a written protocol that outlines how your organization will assist TFA victims. Include which service providers and community partners are involved in the response, the specific roles and responsibilities of each provider and partner, and when they are engaged in the victim’s case. Example partners may include crisis counselors, legal advocates, technology safety specialists, mental health providers, housing assistance, etc.
- Deliver direct victim services. Provide TFA-specific services to victims, which may include privacy management and safety planning (online and offline); assistance with safeguarding digital evidence; support for image and
video removal from platforms; crisis intervention and emotional support; mental health services; and referrals. - Inform victims of their rights. Educate and advise victims about their legal rights and available options, which may include crime victims’ rights under federal and state law; legal remedies (e.g., civil protective orders); criminal justice process and victim participation rights; privacy rights and platform policies; and victim compensation programs.
Funding Information
- Expected Total Amount of Funding $6,000,000
- Anticipated Award Amount Up to $1,000,000
Grant Period
36 months
Eligibility Criteria
The types of entities that are eligible to apply are:
- 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
- “Other” Entities Definition:
- Other Units of Local Government: Other units of local government include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state.
- Cost Sharing (Match) Requirement: This NOFO does not require cost sharing (match).
- Limit on Number of Applications: An applicant may submit only one application in response to the NOFO.
For more information, visit Grants. gov.
