Florida State Receives $400,000 Federal Campus Grant

The Office on Violence Against Women awarded the grant to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus.

Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Sex Crimes

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The Office on Violence Against Women awarded Florida State University a $400,000 federal grant through its Fiscal Year 2025 Campus Program. U.S. Attorney John P. Heekin highlighted the award following Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October 2026.

Why it matters

The Campus Program funds institutions to build multidisciplinary responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. For Tallahassee and the Florida State community, the award adds federal resources to campus-based victim services and prevention efforts.

The $400,000 award is paid through the Fiscal Year 2025 Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking On Campus Program. The source does not detail how the funds will be spent or when programming will begin.

The players

John P. Heekin

U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, who highlighted the award and leads a office that serves as the principal federal litigator in its district.

Office on Violence Against Women

A Justice Department office that administers federal grants to reduce domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Florida State University

The Tallahassee public university that received the $400,000 federal grant under the campus program.

The details

The Campus Program supports comprehensive approaches to enhance victim services, including legal services, and to implement prevention and education programs and security and investigation strategies. U.S. Attorney John P. Heekin publicized the award after Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

October 2026: Domestic Violence Awareness Month took place.
November 2, 2026: The Justice Department published the grant award announcement.

Legal Context

The award is paid under the Fiscal Year 2025 Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking On Campus Program, a federal campus-focused initiative. It places a single Florida university within the national Justice Department effort to fund campus-based responses to gender-based violence.

Students and staff who need support can contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, which is available for victims of domestic violence and their loved ones. Native American survivors can reach the Strong Hearts Native Helpline at 1-844-762-8483.

The takeaway

Federal campus grants fund a mix of victim services, prevention education, and security work. Students experiencing violence can use national hotlines for confidential help while local campus programs develop.