The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) seeks applications for funding for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Developing Future Victim Specialists to Serve American Indian/Alaska Native Victims of Crime program.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/12/2023
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
With this solicitation, OVC seeks to develop a workforce of victim service providers to serve American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) victims of crime in isolated locations. By identifying and training prospective victim service professionals in, or from, the communities to be served, Tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) victim service programs will be better able to fill these positions in remote Indian Country and Alaska Native locations, and in turn ensure that victims in these locations get the services they need.
Goals
The goal of this project is to develop victim service professionals who will provide direct services to AI/AN victims in locations that are remote and where positions are hard to fill. This will be accomplished by engaging interested individuals, including but not limited to, college and university students, who are from, live, and/or attend school in these areas.
Objectives
- Establish (or continue operating) and administer a structured program that links individuals interested in victim service careers to internship or residency opportunities with either a BIA or Tribally run victim services program. (This can include programs run by Tribal consortia.) Applicants may include incentives for participants, including, but not limited to, a stipend, course credit, tuition assistance, or priority consideration for future employment opportunities.
- Provide supervision and training to participants in the program by experienced victim service professionals.
- Establish baseline data and a data collection process for performance metrics. In addition to satisfying OVC reporting requirements, this data could potentially be used in an additional OVC evaluation or assessment of the program or to inform recruitment and workforce-building practices for other victim service programs that serve AI/AN communities.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $5 million
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $500,000
Period of Performance Duration (Months)
36
Eligible Applicants
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- 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)
- Small businesses
- Private institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
