OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Grant Program (Rural Grant Program)

The Rural Grant Program helps states and territories, Indian Tribes, local governments, and nonprofits to enhance safety and justice for child, youth, and adult victims in rural communities. It funds victim services, investigation, prosecution, adjudication, parole and probation, and other ways of addressing domestic and sexual violence. The program aims to encourage collaboration, establish and expand nonprofit victim services, increase safety and well-being for women and children in rural communities, and ensure victims in rural areas have access to sexual assault medical forensic exams. Key aspects of the program include: • Funding for victim services, such as advocacy, legal assistance, and shelter • Support for investigation, prosecution, adjudication, parole, and probation • Encouragement of collaboration among stakeholders • Expansion of nonprofit victim services • Increased safety and well-being for women and children in rural communities • Access to sexual assault medical forensic exams for victims in rural areas