OVC FY25 Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program Development and Operation Guide (Second Edition) | O OVC 2025 172434

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The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is offering a FY25 discretionary funding opportunity, issued as a cooperative agreement, to support the development of a second edition of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program Development and Operation Guide. The central purpose is to update and modernize OVC's existing guide so it better reflects current realities in forensic nursing and remains truly useful to communities that are building, expanding, or strengthening SANE programs. In practical terms, this grant is about revising a foundational national resource that helps jurisdictions organize high-quality, survivor-centered medical forensic care after sexual assault.

The updated Guide is intended to function as a comprehensive, structured roadmap for establishing and operating a forensic nursing program dedicated to sexual assault response. OVC highlights that the Guide is used by communities to improve both the quality and the scope of services available to victims, which generally includes topics like program planning, staffing and training considerations, policies and procedures, coordination with multidisciplinary partners, and approaches that support survivors while also maintaining sound medical forensic practice. Because the field has evolved significantly since earlier versions of the Guide, OVC is emphasizing the need to incorporate advances in forensic nursing practice, align with updated national standards, and reflect evolving protocols. The overall goal is to ensure the resource remains effective, relevant, and responsive to survivors' needs across diverse settings nationwide.

This opportunity falls under the Law, Justice and Legal Services funding activity category and is listed under CFDA 16.582. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which usually means OVC expects to have substantial involvement in the project (for example, collaboration, iterative review, and coordinated decision-making as the Guide is revised and finalized), rather than simply providing funds with minimal federal engagement. The award ceiling is $350,000, and the opportunity was created on July 22, 2025, with an application closing date of August 15, 2025.

Eligibility is broad and includes state governments, county governments, city or township governments, and other units of local government (such as towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or similar general-purpose political subdivisions of a state). It also includes public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, and Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments). Nonprofit organizations are eligible whether or not they have 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education), and there is also an "Others" category listed, indicating additional entity types may be permitted as specified in the full notice.

OVC also clarifies how it defines "state" for this competition. For purposes of eligibility and coverage, "state" includes any U.S. state as well as the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This definition signals that the updated Guide is meant to serve programs in states, territories, and commonwealths, recognizing that SANE implementation needs can vary widely based on geography, resources, and local systems.

In summary, this grant is not primarily about direct service delivery or launching a single local SANE site; it is about strengthening the national infrastructure that supports SANE programs by updating OVC's signature implementation and operations Guide. By investing in a refreshed second edition that reflects current standards and practice, OVC is aiming to help communities across the country deliver more consistent, high-quality, and survivor-centered sexual assault medical forensic services through better-designed and better-supported SANE programs.

• The Office for Victims of Crime in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVC FY25 Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program Development and Operation Guide (Second Edition)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.582.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-07-22.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-08-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $350,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the 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, Private institutions of higher education, Others.

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