The National Victim Crisis Hotlines program provides funds to maintain, 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, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/20/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
Award recipients will implement enhancements that increase the quality of services and the number of victims served; support hotline staff to minimize the risk of vicarious trauma and burnout; and participate in the National Hotline Consortium.
Program Goal and Objectives
- Goal 1: Enhance capacity of national hotlines to respond to crime victims.
- Objective 1: Maintain, enhance, or expand national crime victim hotlines to provide comprehensive crisis intervention support services using trauma-informed, survivor centered approaches that prioritize the safety and confidentiality of victims.
- Objective 2: Provide support to hotline staff to minimize the risk and the effects of vicarious trauma and burnout.
- Objective 3: Participate in the National Hotline Consortium, a collaborative network of leading national victim service and crisis intervention hotlines, to facilitate the sharing of knowledge, resources, and promising practices.
Funding Information
- Total Amount To Be Awarded Under This Funding Opportunity: $10,000,000.
- Anticipated Award Ceiling: Up to $2,000,000.
Grant Period
36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- 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
- State governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- State Government Entities: 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. Additional Applicant Eligibility Factors: Applicants must propose a project director with the following qualifications: Experience providing trauma-informed crisis intervention services to victims of crimes and demonstrated history of managing large-scale projects financially, operationally, and programmatically.
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