The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) seeks applications for funding to enhance or expand the capacity of national hotlines that are essential for providing crisis intervention services, safety planning, information, referrals, and resources for victims of crime in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/08/2022
Size of Grant: $2,000,000
Grant Duration: 36 m0nths
Details:
This program furthers the DOJ’s mission by supporting organizations to improve responses, services, and access for victims of crime.
OVC encourages applications that focus on—
- addressing online gender-based abuse and harassment;
- offering services that respond to online-facilitated gender-based violence;
- training hotline personnel on how to respond to issues of online harassment and abuse, particularly toward women and girls along
- with LGBTQ and nonbinary people and other marginalized groups; and
- using technology to make services safe and more accessible, and to reach underserved communities.
Grant Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $6,000,000
- OVC anticipates making up to three awards of up to $2 million each for up to a 36-month period of performance, to begin on October 1, 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
- 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)
- For purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
