With this solicitation, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) seeks applications from state agencies to establish state-run hate crime reporting hotlines designed to assist victims who might otherwise be reluctant to report hate crimes.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/15/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The primary goal is for state agencies to establish and operate state-run hate crime reporting hotlines to facilitate significantly increased reporting of hate crimes, and to ensure that victims are connected to available support services and informed about their options for reporting to law enforcement.
Objectives
The program objectives are the following:
- Support collaboration with existing national or state-run hotlines for peer-to-peer learning on the successful implementation of state-run hotlines.
- Support collaboration with stakeholders including victim service providers, survivors, persons with lived experiences, community-based organizations, culturally specific organizations, faith-based organizations, and other allies to complete a community resource map to identify the needs of the community and the resources available to address those needs through a hate crime reporting hotline.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to Be Awarded Under This Solicitation: $2,250,000
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount per Award: Up to $1,125,000
Period of Performance
36 months
Eligibility Criteria
State governments
For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, “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.
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