The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) seeks applications for funding to develop or enhance promising practices, models, and programs that offer innovative solutions to build the capacity of service providers to increase the service options and/or expand access points for victims of crime in underrepresented communities.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/05/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $500,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
With this solicitation, OVC seeks field-generated proposals that offer innovative solutions that will increase the service options available to crime victims, expand access for underheard and underrepresented communities, or improve the way information is delivered to crime victims. Applicants will be asked to state the problem they are aiming to solve and present an innovative solution that will generate new or promising practices for the field.
Goals
The goal of this solicitation is for applicants to identify challenges or gaps in victim service provision and access, and propose to remedy these challenges and gaps through innovative, cost-effective, and pragmatic solutions.
Objectives
- Conduct a wide-ranging survey or needs assessment, unless the proposal includes supporting data and research to demonstrate the need to be addressed.
- Perform a review of existing services or programs for the problem intended to be addressed.
- Enter into a subrecipient agreement with an entity or a consultant to provide evaluation support.
- Appoint a steering committee—which includes persons with lived experience in the victimization or communities addressed by the project—to review and provide input on all program materials to be developed.
- Create a program, practice, resource, or tool that will be implemented during the timeframe of the award.
- Submit a final report that documents the development strategy, implementation process, and whether the project met its stated goals.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $2,000,000
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: Up to $500,000
Period of Performance Duration: 36 Months
Eligibility Criteria
- Small businesses
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Private institutions of higher education
For the 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.
