The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is committed to advancing work that furthers the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) mission to keep the country safe and secure and uphold the rule of law and protect the rights of American citizens.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/23/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
OJP provides federal leadership, funding, and other critical resources to directly support law enforcement, combat violent crime, protect American children, provide services to American crime victims, and address public safety challenges, including human trafficking and the opioid crisis.
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OVC FY 2026 Technology to Support Services for Victims of Crime. This opportunity supports projects that create, expand, or enhance the use of technology by victim service organizations to improve interaction with crime victims, elevate service quality, and ensure accessibility and responsiveness. This funding is not intended to support projects that.
- Primarily fund equipment or supply purchases without substantial technological development components.
- Procure existing, commercial, off-the-shelf technology solutions.
- Duplicate existing services or products.
- Include active investigation or prosecution activities.
Goals and Objectives
- To support the use of technology to improve the overall effectiveness, accessibility, and coordination of victim services by strengthening infrastructure, building organizational capacity, and enhancing service delivery systems.
- Develop or expand the use of technology to enhance victims’ access to services, foster innovation and efficiency in the provision of services, improve the quality of services, and improve the accessibility and responsiveness of victim service organizations.
- Leverage and enhance technology to develop organizational capacity to support data collection needs, support victims of crime in new and innovative ways that protect victims’ rights, and enhance victim safety and confidentiality.
- Collaborate with community stakeholders, victim service providers, subrecipient organizations (if applicable), and other allied professionals on the technology needs to best serve victims.
- Produce a roadmap detailing (1) the technological gaps in services to be addressed by the proposed project; (2) identifying if the proposed project will enhance or expand existing services; (3) a description of the technical tools or features to be developed; and (4) a strategy to measure project effectiveness in achieving the identified outcomes.
Funding Information
- Expected Total Amount of Funding $4,400,000
- Anticipated Award Amount Up to $1,100,000
Grant Period
36 months
Eligibility Criteria
The types of entities that are eligible to apply are:
- Government Entities
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Native American Tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Native American Tribal governments (other than federally recognized)
- Educational Organizations
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public Housing Organizations
- Public housing authorities
- Indian housing authorities
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service (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
- Other
- Other units of local government
- “Other” Entities Definition:
- Other Units of Local Government: Other units of local government include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state.
- Cost Sharing (Match) Requirement: This NOFO does not require cost sharing (match).
- Limit on Number of Applications: An applicant may submit only one application in response to the NOFO.
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