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Attendees will learn from OVC’s Human Trafficking Division about the grant purpose, expectations, award conditions; requirements and process for accessing OVC award funds; and where to direct questions they may have about their award.

During this briefing, OVC Director Kristina Rose shared information about National Native American Heritage Month, recent site visits, the Crime Victims Fund, and more!

This webinar provides OVC FY 2024 Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Program grantees with information on managing their to manage their award.

Meet your specialized technical assistance (TA) navigator, learn about the expert support the Human Trafficking Collective provides, and your next steps for the next 90 days.

This session provides an opportunity to introduce OVC program managers, TTA providers, and for peer to peer introductions. Youth Collaboratory will share important information about the intensive training the grantees will receive over the course of their award on topics related to deliverables and outcomes for the OVC Preventing Sex Trafficking of Girls direct-funded grantees.

OVC invited elected or appointed leaders of federally recognized Tribes and their authorized designees to participate in a Consultation on the Tribal Set-Aside from the Crime Victims Fund for Fiscal Year 2025. Participants were invited to share their thoughts, recommendations, and concerns about OVC’s administration of the Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside.

OVC invited elected or appointed leaders of federally recognized Tribes and their authorized designees to participate in a Consultation on the Tribal Set-Aside from the Crime Victims Fund for Fiscal Year 2025. Participants were invited to share their thoughts, recommendations, and concerns about OVC’s administration of the Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside.

Gain a greater understanding of OVC’s mission, key grant award documents, the terms and conditions of your award, the obligation to comply with federal requirements, and available grant and victim services resources.

OVC Anti-Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) award recipients will hear expectations from OVC on collaboration, coordination, and communication in working with OVC and each other to support the anti-trafficking field.

This recorded webinar for the Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance partners provides an overview of the Performance Measurement Tool and information on performance reporting requirements. View the presentation.

During this briefing, Director Rose shared information about the 40th anniversary of the Victims of Crime Act, National Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, the Crime Victims Fund, and more!

This recorded webinar is for Human Trafficking housing grantees funded by OVC in FY 2020 and forward. It provides clarification on how to report shelter and housing services, explores the new semiannual PDF report format, and demonstrates how to upload semiannual reports into the JustGrants system. View the webinar presentation slides.

During this briefing, Director Rose shared information about our Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Compensation and Victim Assistance Data Dashboards, the September 25 observance of the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims, recent site visits, the Crime Victims Fund, and more!

During this briefing, Director Rose shared information about recent site visits, the Crime Victims Fund, and more!

This webinar will provide helpful closeout tips about JustGrants, final progress reports and performance data, deliverables, financial reconciliation, retention of documents, and more.

OVC Director Kristina Rose shares information about the 2025 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, the Crime Victims Fund, upcoming meetings and events, recent site visits, and more!

This webinar provides information for VOCA administrators about OVC’s match waiver policy and how to complete the match waiver spreadsheet. This webinar was hosted by The OVC Center for VOCA Administrators.

OVC Director Kristina Rose shares information about 2025 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, the recently released OVC FY24 Meeting the Basic Needs of Crime Victims in Underserved Communities solicitation, the Crime Victims Fund, the 40th Anniversary of the Victims of Crime Act, a recent site visit, and more!

OVC Director Kristina Rose provides updates about OVC funding opportunities, the 18th National Indian Nations Conference, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, the Crime Victims Fund, and more!

Learn about the civil rights protections and requirements for faith-based organizations receiving federal financial assistance as well as the enforcement authority of the Office of Justice Programs’ Office for Civil Rights.

Joan Meunier-Sham is the director of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program and is responsible for the statewide delivery of acute adult and adolescent SANE services in 52 Massachusetts hospitals, and the delivery of Pediatric SANE services in 10 of the state’s 12 Children’s Advocacy Centers. She was also the co-director of the National TeleNursing Center (NTC), a pilot project funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime. In this pioneering project, expert SANEs at the NTC used telehealth technology to provide 24/7 “real time” support and guidance to clinicians conducting forensic examinations for adult and adolescent sexual assault patients in underserved communities.

The Hope Research Center partners with service organizations to develop, test, and implement a trauma-informed and hope-centered framework to improve outcomes for victims and their families. This research also examines hope as a protective factor against burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and turnover among service providers. The Center offers hope research strategies, including evaluations and applied research projects customized to the needs of an organization and focused on improving program services and achieving client outcomes.

Jocelyn Mejia is a social worker with the Imperial County Department of Social Services, Children and Families Division in California. She has worked in child welfare for 8 years, and currently works on complex and Indian Child Welfare Act cases in Imperial County, a border community in a rural area adjoining Mexico, the State of Arizona, three California counties, and a Tribal reservation. Ms. Mejia has been instrumental in ensuring that the youngest victims of crime are treated with love, respect, and care.

Herman Millholland is an independent consultant with more than 22 years of comprehensive management experience specializing in criminal justice and victim services initiatives. As a consultant and national victim advocate, Mr. Millholland uses his strategic planning, financial management, board and fund development, and training and technical assistance experience to provide guidance and advice on public policy matters.

Aswad Thomas is a community organizer, crime victim advocate, public safety policy expert, and a survivor of gun violence. Throughout his career, Mr. Thomas has brought unprecedented awareness of the unique and urgent needs of victims who are most impacted by crime and violence but who have been historically underserved, with a focus on addressing unaddressed trauma.