Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2019, $720,000)
OVCs mission is to enhance the nations capacity to assist crime victims and provide leadership in changing policies and practices to promote justice and healing for all victims of crime. OVC achieves this mission, in part, by administering award programs supported by the federal Crime Victims Fund (CVF) to develop innovative training and technical assistance, and to provide direct services to improve the overall quality of victim assistance.
The overall goal of the Fiscal Year 2019 Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program is to provide support to tribal communities to improve services for victims of crime. Under the solicitation, OVC solicited applications for funding to support a comprehensive range of activities including needs assessment, strategic planning, program development and implementation, program expansion, and other activities needed to address the needs of a wide variety of crime victims in tribal communities.
With an award under Purpose Area 2: Coordination and Expansion of Existing Victim Service Program, the program will empower survivors of abuse to become self-sufficient in a safe environment through advocacy, support and education to 1)conduct a program scan and identify gaps in services to fill 2)expand populations served and types of crime addressed. 3)purchase or procure modular trailer home that will be used to enhance or expand victim services and provide emergency and/or transitional housing for crime victims. 4)expand and provide direct victim services. 5)provide community outreach and education.
(CA/NCF)