The GRANT Program is available for eligible recipients to support the local match requirement when applying for a federal government grant. Applications open June 1, 2024 and will continue on a rolling monthly basis thereafter until funds expire.
Supports the efforts of nonprofit organizations to build vibrant communities that offer stable jobs, homes, and communities connected through culture, recreation, and play.
Funding through the Implementation Pathway will help communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through a variety of construction and non-construction projects to address economic challenges in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued in 2023 and 2024.
NACo’s Counties for Housing Solutions will provide free virtual technical assistance to help counties assess and update their zoning codes to increase affordable housing development and overall housing supply. These fast-paced technical assistance sprints are designed to be high-intensity and implementation-focused, with a county being on track to formally adopt an amendment to their zoning code at the conclusion of the sprint.
The purpose of this program is to support the use of technology to improve the overall effectiveness, accessibility, and coordination of victim services by strengthening infrastructure, building organizational capacity, and enhancing service delivery systems. Funding will projects that support or enable the development, deployment, or implementation of secure and user-centered technological solutions that will streamline service coordination. Program objectives include:
Developing or expanding the use of technology to enhance victims’ access to services, foster innovation and efficiency in the provision of services, improve the quality of services, and improve the accessibility and responsiveness of victim service organizations
Leveraging and enhancing technology to develop organizational capacity to support data collection needs and support victims of crime in new and innovative ways that protect victims’ rights and enhance victim safety and confidentiality
Collaborating with community stakeholders; victim service providers; subrecipient organizations, if applicable; and other allied professionals on the technology needs to best serve victims
Producing a detailed project roadmaps
Priority consideration will be given to projects designed to advance one or more of the following goals:
Directly support law enforcement operations, including immigration law enforcement operations
Combat violent crime
Support services to American citizens
Protect American children
Supporting American victims of trafficking and sexual assault
Questions should be directed to the program staff with the email subject line "OVC FY25 Technology To Support Services for Victims of Crime." Program staff can be reached at askovc@ncjrs.gov.
The SF 424 must be submitted online at www.ecivis.com/grants.gov.
Full applications must be submitted online at diamd-auth.usdoj.gov.
Eligible applicants are:
Government entities, including:
State governments
County, city, and township governments
Special district governments
Native American tribal governments, including federally recognized tribal governments
Other units of local government, including towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, and other general purpose political subdivisions of a state
Educational organizations, including private or public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
Public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities
Nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status
Prior to submitting full applications, applicants must submit a mandatory SF 424, which must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 15, 2025.
The SF 424 must be submitted online at www.ecivis.com/grants.gov.
Applicants will be notified as to whether their SF 424 has been approved and will be invited to submit full applications, which must be received by 8:59 p.m. ET on August 20, 2025.