The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office on Women's Health (OWH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services administers grant programs to support innovative projects to address critical women's health issues. These projects provide information, advance policies, educate health care professionals and consumers, and support innovative programs.
Protecting and Rehabilitating Sexually Exploited Women and Girls Through Long-Term Safe Homes (WH-AST-26-001)
Protecting Women and Girls through Founding and Replication of Existing Long-Term Safe Homes (WH-AST-26-002)
Protecting and Rehabilitating Sexually Exploited Women and Girls Through Long-Term Safe Homes
Funding Opportunity Number: WH-AST-26-001
Estimated Total: $7,600,0000
Award Amount: Up to $2,000,000
Application Due Date: July 19, 2026
This notice solicits applications for initiatives that seek to address sexual violence by providing safe homes for sexually exploited and/or abused women or girls. These safe homes must provide longer-term housing for months or years-sufficient to serve the rehabilitative needs of the populations served-as opposed to emergency shelter, along with comprehensive multidisciplinary care that addresses the physical, psychological, emotional, social, and educational needs of the girls and/or women they serve.
Grantees are expected to strengthen partnerships between state- and/or community-level providers which may include healthcare systems, domestic or sexual violence organizations, law enforcement, behavioral health providers, substance use disorder treatment providers, or education providers. By partnering with these and other statewide organizations, these safe homes would:
- Improve healthcare providers' ability to help victims of violence and
- Improve prevention of further violence and re-traumatization by providing female victims of sexual exploitation and/or abuse with the comprehensive, therapeutic, and around-the-clock staffed care that they need.
Protecting Women and Girls through Founding and Replication of Existing Long-Term Safe Homes
Funding Opportunity Number: WH-AST-26-002
Estimated Total: $1,900,000
Award Amount: Up to $1,900,000
Application Due Date: July 19, 2026
This notice solicits applications for initiatives that seek to address sexual violence by founding or replicating new safe homes for sexually exploited and/or abused women or girls. These safe homes must provide longer-term housing for months or years-sufficient to serve the rehabilitative needs of the populations served-as opposed to emergency shelter, along with comprehensive multidisciplinary care that addresses the physical, psychological, emotional, social, and educational needs of the girls and women they serve.
Grantees are expected to strengthen partnerships between state- and/or community-level providers which may include healthcare systems, domestic or sexual violence organizations, law enforcements, behavioral health providers, substance use disorder treatment providers, or education providers.
By partnering with healthcare and community organizations, these safe homes would:
- Improve healthcare providers' ability to help victims of violence and
- Improve prevention of further violence and re-traumatization by providing female victims of sexual exploitation and/or abuse with the comprehensive, therapeutic, and staffed, around-the-clock care that they need.