Transitional Housing Assistance for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Stalking, or Sexual Assault

Transitional Housing
CFDA 16.736 Active Project Grants
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Program Funding

Annual program obligations reported to SAM.gov.

Latest annual funding (estimated)
$41.6M FY2025
$35.6M
FY22
$43.1M
FY23
$41.6M
FY24*
$41.6M
FY25*
* estimated

Who has received this funding

Organizations awarded under CFDA 16.736 (USAspending.gov).

Program Objective

To provide transitional housing assistance and related support services to minors, adults, and their dependents who are homeless, or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance, as a result of a situation of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants

  • State governments
  • Local governments
  • Other public organizations
  • Federally recognized tribes
  • Private nonprofits
  • Native American organizations

Eligible applicants are States, Indian tribal governments, units of local government, and other organizations, including domestic violence and sexual assault victim service providers, domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations, population-specific organizations, or community-based and culturally specific organizations, that have a documented history of effective work concerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

Beneficiaries

  • 19
  • 44
  • 54
  • 55

Beneficiaries include minors, adults, and their dependants who are homeless or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance, as a result of a situation of domestic violence; and for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient.

How to Apply

Application Procedure

Applicants must apply through the on-line Grants.gov portal and the Department of Justice's JustGrants System.

Award Procedure

Upon approval by the Office on Violence Against Women, online notification is sent to the applicant agency. The Authorized Representative must accept the award online.

Applicants will be notified by the end of the fiscal year.

Program details & compliance

Use of Funds

Allowed Uses

Grants are available to provide transitional housing, including funding for the operating expenses of newly developed or existing transitional housing; short term housing assistance, including rental or utilities payment assistance and assistance with related expenses, such as payment of security deposits and other costs incidental to relocation to transitional housing; and support services designed to enable a minor, an adult, or a dependent of such minor or adult, who is fleeing a situation of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to locate and secure permanent housing and integrate into a community by providing that minor, adult, or dependent, with services, such as transportation, counseling, child care, case management, employment counseling, occupational training, job retention counseling, counseling concerning re-entry into the workforce, and other assistance. Participation in the support services must be voluntary. Receipt of the benefits of the housing assistance shall not be conditioned upon the participation of the youth, adults, or dependents in any or all of the support services offered them. Housing assistance is limited to 24 months with a possible extension for an additional 6 months if the client has made a good faith effort to acquire permanent housing and has been unable to acquire permanent housing.

Required Documentation

Applicants must provide assurances that supportive services offered to participants are voluntary and that refusal to receive such services shall not be grounds for termination from the program or eviction from the housing.

Reporting & Compliance

Applicable 2 CFR 200 Subparts

  • Subpart B — General Provisions
  • Subpart C — Pre-Federal Award Requirements
  • Subpart D — Post-Federal Award Requirements
  • Subpart E — Cost Principles
  • Subpart F — Audit Requirements

Contacts

Office on Violence Against Women
2023076026
145 N. St., NE, Suite 10W.100, Washington, DC 20530
Data from SAM.gov Federal Assistance Listings. Source published: 2024-11-26. Spec v1.0. Last synced: 2026-06-01 05:54:17.