STOP Administrators please note: For help with how to answer your questions on the reporting forms, call 1-800-922-VAWA or email at: vawamei@usm.maine.edu

STOP Subgrantees please note: For help with how to answer your questions on the reporting forms, call your state STOP administrator. Please submit your reporting form to your STOP administrator

For technical help with downloading and submitting reporting forms online on the GMS system, call the GMS Hotline at
1-888-549-9901. Click here to go to the GMS System

S*T*O*P Violence Against Women Formula Grants

The S*T*O*P (Services, Training, Officers and Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grants are awarded to states to develop and strengthen the criminal justice system’s response to violence against women and to support and enhance services for victims. Each state and territory must allocate 25 percent of the grant funds to law enforcement, 25 percent to prosecution, 5 percent to courts, and 30 percent to victim services. The remaining 15 percent is discretionary within the parameters of the Violence Against Women Act.
By statute, a grant made under the STOP Formula Grant Program may not cover more than 75% of the total costs of the project(s) funded. State governments may satisfy this match requirement with either cash or in-kind services and may require subgrantees to provide all or part of the match. To view details for Match Requirements please click on the following address: http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/docs/match_requirement.pdf

Click on the following links to :-

	View Reporting Requirements
	Download Reporting Form and Instructions
	View Training Information
	View Contacts
	Download the DATABASE
	View Helpful Hints for completing reporting form (administrators)
	View Helpful Hints for completing reporting form (subgrantees)
	View Cheat Sheets for Reporting Staff and People Trained
	Quick start guide for GMS

Reporting Requirements

As a result of VAWA 2000, all grant recipients are now statutorily required to report on the effectiveness of their projects, and the Attorney General must now report to Congress on the effectiveness of each grant program. Therefore, grantees funded under the STOP Program must collect and maintain data that measures the success of the state’s current efforts to strengthen effective law enforcement and prosecution strategies and victim services in cases involving violent crimes against women.

The state administrative agency is responsible for reporting anually to OVW on STOP subgrantees' program activities. This requirement is currently met through the annual Subgrantee Annual Progress reports.

STOP Subgrantee Annual Progress Report 
This form is available for download from both this site and from the OVW website, http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov.  STOP administrators may send this form to subgrantees, or subgrantees can download the form directly.  (They will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on their computer to view and enter the data in the forms. The current forms work only with Adobe Acrobat  6.0 and 7.0.)  The subgrantee, or in some cases the STOP administrator, is responsible for completing the form and for checking the completeness and accuracy by using the “Click to Validate” button at the end of the form.  After saving the completed form, subgrantees should send the form by February 15 (or whatever date is set by the STOP administrator) as an e-mail attachment to the STOP Administrator.  The STOP Administrator is responsible for reviewing the form, requesting that the subgrantee make changes as required, or making the necessary changes directly.  The STOP Administrator is then responsible for saving all completed forms on a compact disk (CD) and forwarding the CD by March 30th to:  Office on Violence Against Women, 800 K St., NW, Suite 920, Washington, DC 20001 (express delivery) or 20530 (regular mail), Attention:  STOP Unit Program Assistant.  It is strongly recommended that STOP Administrators use an express delivery service rather than regular mail service.

STOP Administrator Annual Report
            This form must be downloaded from the Grants Management System (GMS) at https://grants.ojp.usdoj.gov.  STOP Administrators are responsible for completing one report for each calendar year, to be uploaded and submitted on GMS by March 30th of the following year.

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Form and Instructions

Download the Administrators form, STOP Program Annual Progress Report form, Administrator Instructions and STOP Program Annual Progress Report instructions in PDF format.

You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 6.0 or version 7.0) installed on your computer in order to view the PDF documents. You can download a free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking on the following link: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html

PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL ADOBE READER 8.0

State STOP Administrators please note: To submit your annual STOP Administrators report to OVW, you will have to download the form from the GMS system.

STOP Subgrantees please note: To submit your STOP Program Annual Progress Report form, you may download the form from this website, complete it and submit it to your Administrators per her/his instructions.

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Training

The Muskie School provides training to STOP Administrators and their staff on the Subgrantee Annual Progress Report form and on the STOP Administrator form. The following Calendar lists the date, location, and downloadable training material. To register, contact the designated person. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS IN THE TRAINING MATERIAL ARE ONLY FOR TRAINING PURPOSES. DO NOT USE THEM TO SUBMIT YOUR REPORT.

You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer in order to view the PDF documents. You can download a free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking on the following link: www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html

Contacts

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