| NOW OPEN: OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Electronic Service Protection Order Court Pilot Program Call for Concept Papers The Electronic Service Protection Order Court Pilot supports efforts to develop and implement programs for properly and legally serving protection orders through electronic communication methods. The program requires the Department of Justice to award grants to state or Tribal courts that are a part of a multidisciplinary partnership. OVW is interested in supporting court efforts to develop and implement programs for properly and legally serving protection orders through electronic communication methods. Applicants must demonstrate that they are part of a multidisciplinary partnership that includes certain required partners and have the capacity to maintain and further build a multidisciplinary partnership should they be invited to apply. Eligible applicants are Tribal courts and state courts, which includes each U.S. state and the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Funding shall be awarded to a diverse group of applicants, including, to the extent practicable: - A state court that serves a population of not fewer than 1 million people;
- A state court that serves a state that is among the seven states with the lowest population density in the United States (Alaska, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, and Idaho) and has a relatively low rate of successful service with respect to protection orders;
- A state court that serves a state that is among the seven states with the highest population density in the United States (the District of Columbia, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Puerto Rico, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maryland) and has a relatively low rate of successful service with respect to protection orders;
- A court that uses an integrated, statewide case management system;
- A court that uses a standalone case management system;
- A Tribal court;
- A court that primarily serves a culturally specific and underserved population.
Important Dates and Information - Call for Concept Papers Close Date: December 5, 2024, by 8:59 p.m. ET
- Pre-application call: October 28, 2024 – 2 p.m. ET.
Concept papers must be submitted in PDF of Word format to OVW.ElectronicService@usdoj.gov. Contact: OVW.ElectronicService@usdoj.gov or 202-307-6026 | 
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