To date, most teams are resourced by volunteer efforts and many have done exemplary work without funding. Team members incorporate death review work into their regular and very busy work schedules. Some teams have sought and received funding. For example, one team in Florida receives funding from the county for a line item in the municipal budget to fund two persons to engage in death review work and at least one team has received funding from the state’s STOP grant program. Similarly, the Washington State death review team also received state STOP Grant funding.

There are also a variety of funding opportunities through the various federal agencies that offer assistance to multi-agency teams working to prevent to domestic violence. These agencies include the Violence Against Women Office (including the STOP Grant Program and the Grants to Encourage Arrest Grant Program). The State Justice Institute has also funded state fatality review development in New Hampshire.

When teams are formed as subcommittees to existing state or local domestic violence task forces, funding and resource support (such as administrative staff to set meetings, take minutes, prepare reports and monitor recommendations) can come from those umbrella efforts to support fatality reviews. It is also wise for teams to solicit the presence of local business people on their teams. Not only is domestic violence and domestic homicide an important workplace issue; these individuals may be able to offer support or sponsorship to assist with supplies, telephone costs, and other administrative expenses.