News and announcements
Message From OVC Director Kristina Rose on the 40th Anniversary of VOCA
Funding Opportunity: 2025 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Projects
The National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA), in cooperation with OVC, is seeking proposals for innovative and collaborative approaches to promoting community‐wide public awareness of the rights and available services for victims of all types of crimes during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW), April 6–12, 2025.
The 2025 NCVRW theme is—
Connecting < KINSHIP > Healing
Successful applicants will be awarded up to...
2025 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Dates and Theme
Every April, OVC leads communities throughout the country in their annual observances of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW).
Through NCVRW we honor crime victims and survivors, recognize the professionals and volunteers who provide critical services to victims of crime, and raise awareness about crime victims’ rights and services.
We are pleased to announce that NCVRW will be commemorated April 6–12, 2025, with the...
October 2024 Featured Resources
Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Victims of Crime Act
In recognition of the 40th Anniversary of the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA), the Office for Victims of Crime has compiled a toolkit of resources about the history of VOCA, the Crime Victims Fund (CVF), the programs it supports, and its important role in the lives of victims and survivors of crime.
VOCA was signed into law on October 12, 1984. Among its provisions...