The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), seeks applications for a pass-through model in which a trauma-informed, survivor-connected technical assistance (TA) provider will provide TA, training, and subgrant funding for at least 10 sites that will receive subgrants.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/18/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,000,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety, and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.
Goals
The purpose of this grant program is to create or expand peer support programs that are culturally and linguistically tailored to meet the unique needs of specific survivor populations, especially for survivors of those crimes for which existing support does not, currently meet their needs. Specific goals include:
- Identifying innovative, or non-traditional programs specifically designed for the communities or populations to be served, which may lead to models that can be duplicated in other communities.
- Building the knowledge about, and community capacity to provide, peer-to-peer support options for victims of all types of crime.
Objectives
An applicant should address all the objectives listed below in the Goals, Objectives, Deliverables and Timeline web-based form.
The objectives for this grant program are to:
- Provide technical assistance, training, and capacity building to support a minimum of 10 community sites that will create or expand peer-to-peer support programs to meet the individual needs of victims and survivors of crime.
- Conduct program evaluation activities to improve implementation and understand the potential impact of peer-to-peer support for victims and survivors of crime.
Deliverables
The TA provider will produce the following deliverables:
- A competitive subgrant program to include a minimum of 10 community sites through a widely available Request for Proposals.
- Technical assistance and training to subgrantee entities to build capacity in using federal funds and to aid in establishing/expanding trauma-informed peer-to-peer survivor support programs to provide greater access to or enhance the quality of assistance and services to more victims of crime.
- A contractual agreement with an individual or an entity to provide program evaluation activities.
- A final report that documents the development strategy, the implementation process, and the impact/results/outcome of the program.
Priority Areas
The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.
Priority Considerations Supporting Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
In support of this Executive Order, OJP will provide priority consideration when making award decisions to the following:
- Applications that propose project(s) that are designed to promote racial equity and the removal of barriers to access and opportunity for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by inequality.
- To receive this consideration, the applicant must describe how the proposed project(s) will address potential racial inequities and contribute to greater access to services and opportunities for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by inequality, and identify how the project design and implementation will specifically incorporate the input or participation of those communities and populations disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and the criminal justice system overall. Examples addressing this requirement include, but are not limited to, the following: budgeted project planning and/or implementation meetings with community stakeholders representing historically underserved and marginalized communities; outreach and/or public awareness campaigns specifically tailored to historically underserved and marginalized communities to encourage participation in the proposed project(s); budgeted incorporation of members representing historically underserved and marginalized communities in program evaluation, surveys, or other means of project feedback; and partnership with organizations that primarily serve communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by inequality.
- Applicants that demonstrate that their capabilities and competencies for implementing their proposed project(s) are enhanced because they (or at least one proposed subrecipient that will receive at least 40% of the requested award funding, as demonstrated in the Budget Web-Based Form) identify as a culturally specific organization.
- To receive this additional priority consideration, applicants must describe how being a culturally specific organization (or funding the culturally specific subrecipient organization (s)) will enhance their ability to implement the proposed project(s) and should also specify which populations are intended or expected to be served or to have their needs addressed under the proposed project(s).
- Culturally specific organizations are defined for the purposes of this solicitation as private nonprofit or tribal organizations whose primary purpose as a whole is to provide culturally specific services to racial and ethnic groups, including, among others, Black people,
- Hispanic and Latino people, Native American and other Indigenous peoples of North America (including Alaska Native, Eskimo, and Aleut), Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and/or Pacific Islanders.
Note: Addressing these priority areas is one of many factors that OJP considers in making funding decisions. Receiving priority consideration for one or more priority areas does not guarantee an award.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $2,000,000
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
Eligible Applicants
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
