Tell Congress: Keep the Office on Violence Against Women independent

The current administration is trying to fold the Office on Violence Against Women into a larger grant office within the Department of Justice. You can speak up for survivors today - tell Montana’s members of Congress this is a bad idea. 

This office, known as OVW, provides funding to Haven and other organizations that support survivors across the country. Its work focuses on domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.

Congress should reject this attempt to combine OVW with other grant-making offices: 

  • Federal law says OVW must remain a separate office.

  • OVW gives survivors a strong voice within the Department of Justice.

  • Combining OVW with other grant offices could lead to more delays in federal funding for domestic violence shelters and other organizations that support survivors.

Please call Montana’s members of Congress today. Ask them to reject any plan to fold OVW into a larger grant office.

Sen. Steve Daines: (202) 224-2651
Sen. Tim Sheehy: (202) 224-2644
Rep. Ryan Zinke: (202) 225-5628

You can say:

“Please reject any plan to fold the Office on Violence Against Women into a larger grant office. Federal law says OVW must remain separate. Survivors need a strong voice within the Department of Justice.”

Thank you for speaking up for survivors.

Haven programs, partnershipsBeth Kampschror