The Victim Compensation Formula Grant program provides crucial financial assistance to hundreds of thousands of crime victims each year.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 4 Years
Details:
Funds under this program shall be used by the states for awards of compensation benefits to eligible crime victims for costs resulting from crime.
Program Goal and Objectives
Goal 1: To supplement state and territory efforts to provide financial compensation to crime victims throughout the Nation for costs resulting from crime. These funds are used to provide crime victims with the compensation, support, and services necessary to aid their restoration after criminal violence, including costs associated with medical fees, lost income, dependent care, funeral expenses, relocation expenses, and other costs.
Objectives of the OVC VOCA Victim Compensation Formula Grant Program are the following:
- Objective 1: Support state and territory crime victim compensation programs.
- Objective 2: Reimburse crime victims for expenses resulting from criminal violence.
Funding Information
$178,983,000.
Grant Period
48 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments.
- For the purposes of this NOFO, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
