Bipartisan group of lawmakers call on Bondi to fully restore funding for Office on Violence Against Women

The letter noted that OVW has “withdrawn notices of funding opportunities” for 2025 and instructed grant seekers to not “finalize any applications.”

“The sudden withdrawal of these funding opportunities threatens to disrupt essential services, jeopardize the stability of victim assistance programs, and undermine the bipartisan commitment to combating these forms of violence,” the letter stated. “We respectfully urge the
Department of Justice to clarify the status of these grants as soon as possible and take swift
action to ensure funding remains available to support survivors and the organizations that serve
them.”

Created in 1995 upon the passage of the Violence Against Women Act, OVW is tasked with providing grants which have “provided vital resources to law enforcement agencies, legal service providers, crisis centers, and community organizations that work

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